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With all the popularity of four liners lately, I figured I'd contribute. Since my recent riddles seem to have been too hard, I'll err on the side of ease this time. Determine what each line is describing (each is a single word) and what the commonality is.

I'm depending on you.

I'm lost in your eyes; there's just something about them...

I'm one of many, rarely referred to individually, but just look inside and you'll find me with the others.

When the previous word's done with you, come see me!

ADDENDUM: I've discovered that there is a 5th word that also shares the common bond of the previous 4. I'll add it here in the interest of making it perhaps easier on you:

A sailor's friend, I'm the concatenation of two words (slightly ironic because the first is not known to play well with the second).

HINT:

All 5 of the words are anagrams of each other. These words are 7 letters long each.

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    you call that easy? – Kingrames Aug 26 '15 at 16:26
  • Well it was easier originally, but some edits made before posting it on here made it harder, I realize now. I suppose I should spill the beans on the shared attribute and hopefully facilitate the solving – NeedAName Aug 26 '15 at 16:33
  • Are you sure that the words are 8 anagrams? The only set of 5 8-letter words that are anagrams of each other are "alerting altering integral relating triangle", which doesn't really work. –  Aug 27 '15 at 02:50
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    Before reading the fifth one and the hint I thought the answers are "you" (U), "eye" (I), "queue" (Q), and "see" (C), the commonality being sounding the same with a letter. – justhalf Aug 27 '15 at 11:02
  • Btw, I don't think you need to put [tag:no-computer] tag here. – justhalf Aug 27 '15 at 11:02
  • I suppose it depends on what tool you use. I had a program that found the first four using a dictionary text file found online. Then an online tool I used did not feature the third, but did have the fifth. Another had all five. It was at this point that I added it to the riddle. – NeedAName Aug 27 '15 at 12:07
  • @Runemoro: Why do you think that? I guess there are a lot more 8 letter anagramms with 5 words, why do you think there is only one? I found a site with 54 8 Letter-5 words anagramms. (and even some more then 5 words 8 letter anagramms...) – kl78 Aug 27 '15 at 12:37
  • @ Runemoro Another set I could find is "restrain / retrains / strainer / terrains / trainers". – Hackiisan Aug 27 '15 at 17:00
  • @NeedAName halp D: – Bailey M Aug 31 '15 at 17:33
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    It seems I made a gross error. Apparently I couldn't count when I made the hint, because the words are 7 letters long and not 8. I apologize for the wasted time on this one. I'll edit the hint accordingly for anyone still interested in solving. I assume there will be downvoting for this, which is totally fair, but want to emphasize this was an honest mistake, I didn't mean to waste anyone's time/effort. – NeedAName Aug 31 '15 at 18:05

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Aha! Finally. I spent a good few days on this riddle back when it was an 8-letter word.

The answers are:

I'm depending on you.

RELIANT

I'm lost in your eyes; there's just something about them...

RETINAL

I'm one of many, rarely referred to individually, but just look inside and you'll find me with the others.

ENTRAIL

When the previous word's done with you, come see me!

LATRINE

A sailor's friend, I'm the concatenation of two words (slightly ironic because the first is not known to play well with the second).

RATLINE

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  • Apologies again for the incorrect information before. Congrats on the correct answer and welcome to the Puzzling SE! – NeedAName Aug 31 '15 at 20:46