Which of the following verbs doesn't belong?  Please explain.

work
seek
teach
win
buy

Win, because the others you can modify by adding "ing" (with win you also have to double the n) to make the present participle.

True, but not what I had in mind.

You can get rich by working

You can get rich by seeking (buried treasure)

You can get rich by winning (the lottery)

You can get rich by buying (shares in Microsoft in 1986)

You can get rich by teaching (just depends on what and who you are teaching).

Buy - it's the one that requires the least effort

Or Work - it's the only one that's changed into the past by adding 'ed'. The past of the rest are different words

I'm opting for buy, as you can change the first letter of the others to a 'p' and make another word.

So far good answers, but not the one in my mind.

Buy - it's the only word with a line extending past the baseline of all the letters

Sorry, not it.

is it a language feature of the words?  or based on the definitions?

Language feature.

Work. Because it can be used as a noun.

Nope, sorry.

They all have 'long' vowels except for win... I think

Is it 'win' as the past tense of the others rhyme?

Wrought, sought, taught and bought.

That's it.  +1 Monty.

hmm... Dek was soooo close with her original answer.. She'll be pissed..

ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*jumps off the jetty*

OMG! I was gonna write that but thought I'd wait until you checked my first answer! 

I think this happens everytime I decide I'll wait to guess - and every time it gets taken from right under our noses! And also every time it happens I say I won't hesitate again! LOL! Oops.....

Monty, you are just too good!

Why wait woman??

Shoot off all the answers you think of and hope for probability's sake that one of them is right!

I was going to ask why you were jumping off the jelly, but it appears I misread it.

Nope...

I think it was because I always think of another guess *just* after I've left the page... then it's just too much effort to go back lol

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