Saturday, August 24, 2013

MORE IN A WORD
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 2009
Erich Friedman  (adapted)

The words below can be changed into two new words by the insertion of the same letter in two different places. The order of the letters in the original word remains unchanged. For example, given the clue word AID, the letter M could be inserted in two different places to form MAID and AMID.

1. SIN
2. AID  (different than example)
3. EAR
4. ADS
5. RAM
6. SINE
7. EASE
8. PANE
9. STAR
10. EIGHT
11. SPARS
12. ACING

Answers:

1. SIN - SINK / SKIN
2. AID - RAID / ARID 
3. EAR - NEAR / EARN
4. ADS - DADS / ADDS
5. RAM - PRAM / RAMP
6. SINE - SWINE / SINEW
7. EASE - LEASE / EASEL
8. PANE - PLANE / PANEL
9. STAR - SITAR / STAIR
10. EIGHT - HEIGHT / EIGHTH
11. SPARS - SPEARS / SPARSE
12. ACING - RACING / ARCING

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