Trade my opening letters for 'T' and I become the steady rhythm of a grandfather clock; trade them for 'BR' and I become a clay block for building walls. But leave me with 'CH' and I am a newborn fledgling cheeping softly in an Easter nest. What am I?
Chick
This word-family puzzle works by manipulating prefixes on the phonogram '-ick.' Adding 't' yields 'tick,' adding 'br' creates 'brick,' and retaining 'ch' names a 'chick,' the young fledgling associated with spring and Easter.
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