1. What do the following words have in common?

LAST

POT

MISS

BEG

PICK

2. What do the following words have in common?

CAP

UP

NO

CART

HER

3. What do the following words have in common?

DEAL

VALID

HINT

VALOR

RABBLE

HINTS:

1. It has to do with vowels.

2. The same two letters will change each word.

3)

Hint 1: After a certain change, the same three letters can precede each word.

Hint 2: The change is to drop the first letter.

Answers:

1. The single vowel in each word can be replaced by any other vowel and to form a new word.

For example: LAST/LEST/LIST/LOST/LUST

2. The letters ON can be added to each word.

3. After dropping the first letter, each word can be preceded by SQU.