Sunday, April 5, 2009

IN THE BEGINNING
Credit: GAMES Magazine---Sept. 1986
Theresa Sweeney

1. The same four letters, in the same order, can go in each blank below to complete a common word. What are the four letters?

_ _ _ _ A
_ _ _ _ ON
_ _ _ _ NUT

2. Change each of the following words into new words by adding the same three letters, in the same order, to each word:

OREM/SHEA/LEAR/WEAR

HINTS:
1. The first letter is "C" and the fourth letter is "O".
2. The three letters go in front of the first word, behind the second word, and are inserted into the third and fourth words. The three letters make up a common word in their own right.

Answers:

1. COCO.......COCOA/COCOON/COCONUT
2. THE-----THEOREM, SHEATHE, LEATHER, WEATHER

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