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Friday puzzle -- features in common
Two similar puzzles today.
What do the sports in the first list have in common, which the sports in the second list do not have (two answers to this one):
Football, Basketball, Hockey, Lacrosse, and Soccer all have the desired feature
Tennis, Volleyball, Baseball, Bowling, and Golf do not
Thirsty, Unopposed, Defined, Weighing, and Student have something in common that is not shared by any of
Hungry, Force, Yacht, Impolite, or Outlasted
Re: Friday puzzle -- features in common
With regard to the sports, I have a goal not to answer questions like that. 
:-)
Re: Friday puzzle -- features in common
Sports: Can I make a case for the first group being governed by a clock. The second by play and no clock.
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Hint
Lee and Gary got the two solutions I am aware of for the first one--The first list of sports are timed, and goals are scored.
For the second list, look at the words themselves, not at their meaning.
Re: Friday puzzle -- features in common
If I were to answer the second one would that make three in a row?
Re: Friday puzzle -- features in common
The first group of words all contain at least on pair of letters that are adjacent in the alphabet, and in order, the second group of words has no letters in alphabetical sequence..
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Yes
And more than that, as Dan has found, each of the first words has a triple that are sequential letters in the alphabet. But you are correct that ever the pairs of adjacent letters are enough to separate the two groups.
