ADDENDUM

Credit: NY Times Crossword
January 1, 2012

Patrick Berry

The same sound can be added to each word below to create new words. The spelling of the sound may differ from word to word, and the new words will be completely different than the original ones. Can you determine what the sound is and find the new words?

1. CARE

2. FORCE

3. TRANCE

4. VALLEY

5. HAIR

6. DEN

7. BOARD

8. MODE

HINT:

The added sound is "UM."

Answers:

Adding the sound "um" in its various spellings to each word yields:

1. CAROM

2. FOURSOME

3. TRANSOM

4. VALIUM

5. HAREM

6. DENIM

7. BOREDOM

8. MODEM