1. What do the following words have in common?

BURN

GUST

SPICES

THOR

2. What do the following words have in common?

ILL

END

OUT

AIL

EAT

3. What do the following words have in common?

ME

NEST

SPICE

USE

HINTS:

1, 2, and 3 - Each word in each set can be preceded by two letters to make different words. The two letters are different for each question, but the same for each word in the set.

Answers:

1. AU (auburn, August, auspices, author)

2. TR (trill, trend, trout, trail, treat)

3. HO (home, honest, hospice, house)