Spot the hidden sequence
Original FiveLetterWords practice. This is separate from the publisher's daily puzzle.
Look for a contiguous three-letter sequence inside each entry. Keep letters in their original order. This exercise uses four different target sequences; a target can appear at different positions.
Select four entries to check a group.
Completion stays on this device.
Worked solution
Contain CAT
EDUCATE · VACATION · SCATTER · LOCATE
EDUCATE, VACATION, SCATTER and LOCATE contain the contiguous letters CAT.
Contain RAT
LIBERATE · SEPARATE · STRATEGY · PIRATE
LIBERATE, SEPARATE, STRATEGY and PIRATE contain the contiguous letters RAT.
Contain PEN
OPEN · SPENT · PENCIL · DEPEND
OPEN, SPENT, PENCIL and DEPEND contain the contiguous letters PEN.
Contain MAN
HUMAN · ROMANCE · DEMAND · MANTLE
HUMAN, ROMANCE, DEMAND and MANTLE contain the contiguous letters MAN.
Ambiguity and review notes
All sixteen entries contain exactly one of the four declared contiguous targets CAT, RAT, PEN and MAN. The test keeps order and counts positions. This proves the intended target-based partition, not uniqueness against arbitrary semantic descriptions.
By FiveLetterWords. Updated .
Try another mechanic: Letter operations.