1. What do the following words have in common?

PHONES

STUNTWOMAN

FOURTH REED

FREIGHTER

INTEND

SPIN

2. The same change can be made to each of the following words to create new ones. The changed letters make up a word appropriate to the change.

TENON

BORED

FLUE

NEAT

TWIST

LOU

LATER

FOE

3. What do the following words have in common?

FLIPPANT

GARMENT

TRIBUNE

CHANDELIER

MACHINE

PLUNGING

CRISPINESS

HINTS:

1. One clue is different from the others.

2. The change involves replacing one letter in each word with the a different letter. The new letter is the same for each word.

3. DELIVERY and DISHEARTENED could be added to the list.

Answers:

1. Each word contains a hidden number:

phONEs

stunTWOman

fourTH REEd

frEIGHTer

inTENd

sPIn

2. One letter in each word can be replaced by "X" to make a new word:

TENON - XENON

BORED - BOXED

FLUE - FLUX

NEAT - NEXT

TWIST - TWIXT

LOU - LOX

LATER - LATEX

FOE - FOX

The replaced letters are T-R-E-A-S-U-R-E

(as in "X marks the spot" on a treasure map).

3. Each word contains a hidden body part.

fLIPpant

gARMent

tRIBune

cHANDelier

maCHINe

pLUNGing

criSPINEss

(deLIVERy and disHEARTened)