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The initials SLO refer to the Olympic country code for the country of Slovenia. The first three letters are used to identify a country with a unique 3 letter code. In some cases the code may not be the first three letters but a subset of letters in the country's name.
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Germany, the first four letters aren't a speciific disease but a germ is a disease carrying vector.
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My method was to first find a list of countries whose name is only four letters long. There aren't many:ChadCubaFijiIranIraqLaosMaliOmanPeruTogoThen, I looked at each country's name to see if the last 3 letters spelled anything.ChadIranOmanAnd finally I tried making new words from each of these. My answer:Oman -> Woman -> woman/man
The word is "wheat." By removing the first letter, it becomes "heat," a form of energy. Removing the first two letters leaves "eat," which is needed to live. Scrambling the last three letters gives "tea," which can be drunk.
4-Letter CountriesHere are the countries that have only four letters in their name: ChadCubaFijiIranIraqLaosMaliOmanPeruTogo
Fiji and Niue are both countries to the north of NZ with 4 letters to their name. Niue was the world's first country with free wireless internet throughout the country.
Some seven letter words with the first and sixth letters the same are:abysmalaccrualacrobatadmiralalmanacanagramangulararrivalartisanarsenalcapricechalicecollectcompactconcoctconductconnectcontactconvictcorrectcornicecrevicedecidedegradeearlierepithetescapeefalsifyfortifygarbagegeologyhealthyidioticillicitimperilinertiaingraininhabitinheritinhibitinsulininvalidkaraokelegallylegiblylightlylikablelocallylooselylovableloyallyluckilymacramenirvananothingoctagonopinionoutlookovationoxbloodperhapspreceptpreemptrampartrapturerectoryrequirerestorerevelryrivalryrhubarbrupturesadnesssarcasmselfishsoloiststylishsubsistsuccesssucrosesuggestsupposesurmisesurpasssynapsetaffetatermitethirstythriftytributetrinityuraniumwillowy