Question
Logical Reasoning Question on Puzzle
If the second, third, fifth, eighth and ninth letters of the word CONTEMPLATION are combined to form a meaningful word, what will be the middle letter of the word? If more than one such word can be formed, your answer is X and if no such words can be formed your answer is Y.
A
A
B
O
C
X
D
Y
Answer
O
Explanation
Solution
Let's identify the relevant letters from the word "CONTEMPLATION":
The letters we have are: O, N, E, A, T.
One possible word that can be formed from these letters is ATONE.
The middle letter of "ATONE" (which has 5 letters) is O.
The middle letter of the word is O.
Since we can form only one meaningful word, the answer is O
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