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I start with the good and end with the bad

I start with the good and end with the (sort-of?) bad

My second letters spell poet

I rhyme with rest

Old Clues:

I am a third like the fourth state of matter

I am a third like what math puns make me feel

I am a third like the blank: C U IN THE _ _ _ _ _ _

That's Spanish, dude! Now translate it to English

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  • $\begingroup$ The first word is plasma, the second word is number, and the blank should be nt, are these correct? So the answer is a six letter word, that contains two letters from the first word and two letters from the second word, and it ends in nt? $\endgroup$
    – Ξένη Γήινος
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 13:44
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    $\begingroup$ No, the blank can't be nt, the blank should have six letters, the last hint is unclear. $\endgroup$
    – Ξένη Γήινος
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 13:47
  • $\begingroup$ @Ξένη ΓήινοςI think the third word is rot13(pbfzbf), but I have no idea about the rest of the puzzle $\endgroup$
    – FrodCube
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 13:54
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    $\begingroup$ Did xyldke get the right answer? If yes, could you explain the Spanish clue? $\endgroup$
    – FrodCube
    Commented May 23, 2022 at 15:10

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The word you're looking for is

protest

I start with the good

Pro, someone who is good at what they do (pro gamer)

and end with the (sort-of?) bad

Test, which can be considered bad, if it is very hard or you didn't study enough.

My second letters spell poet

protest

I rhyme with rest

Test rhymes with rest, so protest does as well.

Old Clues

I am a third like the fourth state of matter

That's PLASMA

I am a third like what math puns make me feel

Puns make me feel numb, but maths puns make me feel NUMBER

I am a third like the blank: C U IN THE _ _ _ _ _ _

There's a book called "See You in the COSMOS", the description of which sounds perfect for English class.

My idea:

All of these words have six letters, so a third of them would each be two letters.
If we take two letters from each word to form a new one, the new one will be 1/3 like each of the other words.
I tried splitting the words into two letter particles, those being:
"PL" "AS" "MA"
"NU" "MB" "ER"
"CO" "SM" "OS"
I tried combining these particles into new words and translating the result from Spanish to English (as per the next line).

The problem:

The only words google translator can translate are:
aseros - handles
manuos - manuals
mambos - mambos (dances)
erasos - erased
oseras - bear caves
comear - eat
None of these options make any particular sense. And my rudimentary knowledge of Spanish makes me doubt that some of them are even words.
I suspect I can't just cleanly slice the words into three to get the thirds but haven't had time to check every possible combination yet. Also, before I do that, I'd like some indication that I'm on the right track

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  • $\begingroup$ The words are correct, and I confess the final answer is hard. $\endgroup$
    – Number Basher
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 14:42
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    $\begingroup$ Would the 1/3 criteria be preserved, if the combined word included a letter that is present in more than one of the other words? (i.e. "combas", which could be up to 1/2 of the first, 1/3 of the second and 2/3 of the third word) $\endgroup$
    – xyldke
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 14:48
  • $\begingroup$ No, each of them has 2 common letters (in the correct spot) $\endgroup$
    – Number Basher
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 14:52
  • $\begingroup$ I shouldn't have put Spanish in there but anyways... $\endgroup$
    – Number Basher
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 14:54
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    $\begingroup$ You've just created a whole different puzzle... $\endgroup$
    – xyldke
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 15:00

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