1. What do the following words have in common?

RAMP

PAGE

FOND

GALL

CLAIM

BUOY

2. What do the following words have in common?

SASH

AVER

ILL

IRE

ELL

SIRE

HINTS:

1. The same three letters, added in the same place, will create new words

2. The same two letters, added in the appropriate places, will create new words.

Answers:

1. Each word can be changed by adding ANT at the end.

RAMPANT

PAGEANT

FONDANT

GALLANT

CLAIMANT

BUOYANT

2. The letters QU can either precede or be inserted into each word to create new words.

SQUASH

QUAVER

QUILL

QUIRE

QUELL

SQUIRE

Credit: Idea - Brendan Emmett Quigley

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