Thursday, January 5, 2012

SORT IT OUT

The following fifteen words are listed in random order, but they can be put into five groups of three words each based on a very clear pattern. Can you determine what it is and place the words in their proper groups?

LIEN
BONY
PINION
SLANDER
TILE
NIT
VARY
LAND
ASTERN
VENUE
PENDING
CON
DEAL
RANGE
STEROID

HINT #1: Each word must be preceded by a new letter.
HINT #2: There are five new letters, one for each group.
HINT #3: The added letters are the five vowels.

Answers:

ALIEN/ASTEROID/AVENUE
EASTERN/EBONY/ELAND
ICON/IDEAL/ISLANDER
OPINION/ORANGE/OVARY
UNIT/UPENDING/UTILE

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