Join the two 'unknown' words together,

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The discussion focuses on creating compound words from two sets of 'unknown' words. Participants identified that combining the words "fly," "emerald," and "house" with "holding," "holy," and "low" results in the compound word "greenland." This exercise emphasizes the linguistic creativity involved in word formation and the importance of understanding word relationships in language.

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The first three words have an 'unknown' common word that can go in front of or behind to make a new word. The same for the last three words. Join the two 'unknown' words together, to make a compound word, and they will make the mystery word.

(fly - emerald - house) + (holding - holy - low) =
 
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