It's hot as hell outside...

....all the better to say in and do a puzzler. Ready for Monday's Brain Bender?? Here we go!

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Which of the scrambled words below is least like the others? And why?

• MTENGIP
• EPRCA
• SHUEO
• MAGDO
• SRCTATE

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Okay, you know what to do. The answer will be found in the comments later....

Update: Well, This was interesting. We have three smartypants today! Whoohoo!

First up is jvh from Showcase of a Shattered Mind for coming up with her *own* working answer to today's Brain Bender.

Next, Oddybobo gets kudos for answering corectly - even without the right reasoning (and she posted cutimous pics of her young son swimming today).

And finally, friend and reader Rich Blank posted the correct "why" of it all. Thanks for playin' everybody!!