KANGAROO WORDS  II

A kangaroo word is one that has within its letters a synonym of itself, with the letters in the correct, but not consecutive, order. The hidden word is called a Joey. Can you find the Joeys in the following kangaroo words?

Example: The word APPROPRIATE contains the letters APT.

1. TRANSGRESSION

2. SUPERVISOR*

3. MATCHES

4. STRIVES

5. CLUE

6. DESTRUCTION

7. POSTURE

8. SCIONS

9. CONTAMINATED

10. JUNCTION

Answers:

1. SIN

2. SUPERIOR*

3. MATES

4. TRIES

5. CUE

6. RUIN

7. POSE

8. SONS

9. TAINTED

10. UNION

 

*SUPERIOR is also a kangaroo word - its joey is PRIOR

According to Dmitri Borgmann, SUPERVISOR is the only example of a kangaroo word with a joey in which the joey is also a  kangaroo word.

Source: GAMES Magazine

              November/December, 1980

              Inside Words: The Kangaroo Game

              Dmitri Borgmann

              (Word Row, page 88)