The Cabbage Puzzle


Consider the following table:
The Puzzling Table
Group #1 Group #2 Group #3
cabbage English heterological
monosyllabic iambic
everything noun
French something
nothing unhyphenated
adjective plurals

Explain the organizing principle behind Group #1, which includes "cabbage". What is going on with Group #2? And what about that very small Group #3?

I give up, show me the solution.


Last revised on 15 November 2000.