Puzzle 28

Hi!

Sorry Si Kai, your "puzzle" has been rendered invalid.

I shall return to post on this blog again, as my duty as a citizen of the 2 Kejuju Blog (yours too), albeit intermittently.
This blog is on its last... something. Anyway, here's the puzzle!

AUTOLOGICALLY HETEROLOGICAL

Difficulty: Very Hard

Now, let's take a break from maths and learn a few vocabulary. :)

An autological word is a word that basically describes itself.
Confused? For example, "polysyllabic", "English" and "word" are all autological (Because "polysyllabic" is polysyllabic, "English" is in English, and "word" is a word).

A heterological word is just the opposite; it does not describe itself. "Red", "chair" and "quickly" are all heterological words.

You can basically group all the words in the English language as either autological or heterological. However, you'll soon realise that there is one word that does not really belong to either of these groups... do you know what it is?

If you want a hint, drag your mouse over the empty space below:

It's a word that can be found in this post!


Now to the answer to the Puzzle 27... drag your mouse over the empty space below to reveal the answer! Oh, and do remember to post your answers in the comments :)

31! The sequence is not 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64... but 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31, 57...

If you don't believe me, here's a picture of how a cake shared by 6 people will be cut like. Count up the number of pieces yourself!


:)
Glen

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

"autological" belongs in both groups. "heretological" belongs in neither group.

March 30, 2012 at 10:10 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Heterological is autological, technically.

March 31, 2012 at 6:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Look at wikipedia.

March 31, 2012 at 10:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Okay ;(

March 31, 2012 at 10:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glen: "It's a paradox"
Sean Ang: "nooooo"

April 1, 2012 at 12:41 PM  

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