Odd man out

[janeevans]

Which is the odd man out in these and why
1)Barracuda, cod, herring, shark, whale
2)Albino, Clef, Condemn, Crab, Dollop, Sink
3)Courage, Leave, Measles, Steamer
4)Ant, Bee, Midge, Moth, Spider
5)Cairo, Delhi, Lhasa, New Orleans, Quebec, Shanghi
6)Aminal, Engine, Identity, Octagon, Unicorn

Thanks for any help,

[earthakitten]

Hi jane ...
1. Whale is mammal others fish ?
4. Thinking spider but will need to check
3. Thinking Dutch Courage, French Leave, German Measles ......... ?
Looks like you are getting on with this one well ! xx

[juliefer]

I've got the same answers as you have, earthakitten (spider is the only one that isn't an insect)

I'm also stuck on the other three you're asking about, jane, and another two:

Ability, detergent, hiding, opulent, police, station

Aplomb, foreboding, moan, redress, willow

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

[Dinkypuzzled]

juliefer - is it hiding (2 vowels) and foreboding (4 vowels) ?

[pandabear]

6) Asuming the first word is meant to be ANiMal ...

The starting letter for the words Animal (A), Engine (E), Identity (I), Octagon (O), are all repeated once in the rest of the word.

This does NOT happened in the word Unicorn (i.e. the starting letter 'U' is not repeated.

So, UNICORN is the odd one out ? !!

[pandabear]

3) Courage, Measles, Steamer, ALL 7 letter words

The word Leave is only 5 letters ...

So, LEAVE is the odd one out? !!

[pandabear]

I am not sure why the title says Odd MAN Out

I am assuming that Odd ONE out is meant?

[pandabear]

2) Albino, Clef, Crab, Dollop, Sink, are all 4 or 6 letter words = EVEN number of letters in each word ......

Condemn has 7 letters ....... ODD number of letters

So, CONDEMN is an answer? !!

[Lash Larue]

Hi JANE.
5. Quebec is a Province, rest are cities

[Snowy Owl]

5) Quebec is a city as well as a province, so maybe that is the `why`.

[pandabear]

Information overload !!

Shanghai ... the only city on the coast ?

Lhasa .... the only city in a landlocked country

[pandabear]

Aplomb, Foreboding, Moan, Redress, Willow .....

I agree with Dinkypuzzled .... but there are other oddies .....

Redress -
the only word with an uneven (7) number of letters

the only word without the letter 'O'

[pandabear]

Ability, Detergent, Hiding, Opulent, Police, Station

Ab De Hi Op St

So Opulent is an answer ?
the only word where the first two letters do not follow consecutively in the alphabet

[janeevans]

Thanks everyone for them. Pandabear re the Ability, Detergent etc
I like your answer but what about the police bit?

[janeevans]

Going on Holiday today and what to get this sent off, tried last night to do the rest with no luck so here it goes.
7)Alexander, Hannibal, Napoleon, Nelson, Wellington
8)144,197, 256, 361, 625
9)Captain, Frustrate, House, Labour, Swing
and also the two Juliefer is stuck on.

Thanks

[johnalex]

8) 197 (The others are perfect squares of 12, 16, 19, 25)

[johnalex]

Hi Jane - I think pandabear must have meant 'Police' rather than 'Opulent, having identified the logic (ie first two letters in sequence). ja

[janeevans]

Thanks Johnalex for them,
Just need No 7 & No 9 now plus Juliefer's one: Aplomb, Foreboding, Moan, Redress, Willow.

before I can relax and go on Holiday!!

[juliefer]

Thanks everyone for all the great answers.

Jane, the answer to number 7 is Nelson - he was an admiral and the others were generals. Have a good holiday but ,before you go, could you (or any other kind person) help me with three of the anagrams please? The ones I'm stuck on are:

NO WORKS IN A TAN
END BRAIL STORY
WILL NEED A DAISY

They are all anagrams of 'entertainers in the broadest sense of the word'. If this helps, the other twelve I've found are actors/singers/presenters and are older people. Thanks very much.

[janeevans]

Hi juliefer. Thanks for that I was thinking of Nelson Mandela, Well anagrams Rowan Atkinson, Robert Lindsay, Daniel day Lewis. Thanks again

[juliefer]

Thanks jane. I've been thinking about question 9 and Swing could be the odd one out as it has one vowel whilst the others each have three.

Dinkypuzzled has suggested Foreboding is the odd one out in the Aplomb etc question as this has four vowels and the rest have two.

I'm embarrassed to ask for another anagram but I've realised I've gone wrong on one of the others so please could you help me with

BORN AS RAW BRAID

Many thanks.