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It Pays to Increase Your Word Power - MOUNTWEAZEL Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/12/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


It Pays To Increase Your Word Power is a series of Mystery placements, influenced by Peter Funk's monthly feature in the Reader's Digest magazines which appears under the same name.

Many fondly remember the 20 words with several definitions alongside, and the linguistic tantrums in trying to determine the closest meaning before referring to the correct answers at the bottom of the page, or at the back of the magazine.

The cache can be found at the published coordinates. The Mystery classification serves only to test your understanding of the meaning of the word.

As it was back in the days of the monthly printed publication of the Reader's Digest. All hints and ratings refer to the physical cache alone. Using the checker requires entering a letter - a; b; c; or d. 

Further insight toward the word might be revealed in the correct checker entry.

The word of this cache is MOUNTWEAZEL (noun) [ mount - wee - zuhl ]

Is it :

a) Form of torture toward soldiers showing reluctance to advance.

b) Range of mountains situate is Southern Georgia.

c) Decoy entry in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

d) Test procedure used to determine the authenticity of AI generated content.

(ref:www.dictionary.com)

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gebg bire gb gur sebag, evtug?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)