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Verbal reasoning question: Find the one letter that completes the word before the brackets and starts the word after the brackets: WOR ( ? ) ARN

1. Read the word before the brackets, WOR, and list letters that could complete it to make a real word: WORD, WORK and WORM all work, so the missing letter could be D, K or M.
2. Read the word after the brackets, ARN, and list letters that could start it to make a real word: BARN, EARN, WARN and DARN all work, so the missing letter could be B, E, W or D.
3. Compare the two lists {D, K, M} and {B, E, W, D} to find the letter that appears in both.
4. D is the only letter common to both lists, since it completes WORD and also starts DARN.
5. Final answer: D, since it completes WORD and starts DARN.