Wednesday – I spy with my little eye – Mini contest (73)

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Introduction
Hello everyone! I am here to take part in the mini contest moderated by @patjewell. This contest is about profering an answer to a riddle. The riddle is is finding a word with the following characteristics:
It begins with the letter “A"
It is an 11-letter word
It can be a thing or a person
Misplaced
It can make you raise your eyebrows

After going through the dictionary searching for words with the characteristics above, I was able to arrive at my conclusion.

How I came up with the right answer

1. First of all the clue says it's a word that begins with the letter 'a.' there are thousands of words which begin with letter 'a'

2. Secondly, the word is 11-lettered. Of course, hundreds of 11-lettered words begin with the letter 'a'. For example, we have animalistic, abracadabra, etc.

3. It can be a thing or a person. Animalistic (adjective), abracadabra( noun, interjection). At this point, we can see that 'abracadabra' is the only word that posses the three characteristics listed so far. Let's delve further.

4. Misplaced: the word can be misplaced. Oftentimes, we see that the word 'abracadabra' is misplaced.

5. It can raise your eyebrows: in addition to all the characteristics listed before, if the word can raise an eyebrow, then the right word is abracadabra.

In conclusion, the correct answer is 'abracadabra' which is a magical word or a word use by magicians when performing magic.