Word Sums
Two Consecutive Identical Consonants
<ex-> ('out, out of')
<ob->
What's The Base?
(What's It Mean?)
100

assignment

as + sign + ment

100

odd

As a content word it needs three letters.

100

e____it

<ex>

exit

100

o___ey

<ob>

obey

100

subtract, contract, extract, tractor

<tract> means 'pull'

200

connected

con + nect + ed

200

bookkeeper

Compound: one base ends with a <k> and the next one begins with a <k>.
200

e____tract

<ex>

extract

200

o___struct

<ob>

obstruct

200

comment, mental, mention

<ment> means 'think'

300

effective

ef + fect + ive

300

funny

Double the final consonant of <fun> when adding a vowel suffix.

300

e___fort

<ef>

effort

300

o___cur

<oc>

occur

300

object, projectile, reject, eject

<ject> means 'throw'

400

illegal

il + lege + al

400

meanness

The base ends in <n> and the suffix begins with <n>.

400

e____cel

<ex>

excel

400

o___press

<op>

oppress

400

report, support, portable, porter

<port> means 'carry'

500

occasion

oc + case + ion

500

access

The <ac> is an assimilated prefix.

500

e__mit

Nothing! It's just <e>.

500

o___mit

Nothing! It's just <o>:

omit

500

aspire, conspire, perspiration, spirit

<spire> means 'breath'

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