SEVEN SEAS I
Credit: Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
March 9, 2014

What do the following five-letter words have in common?

BOUGH
MARCH
BATHE
FEIGN
ONION
AWARD

HINTS:
#1: Two letters can be inserted into each word to change it to a new one.
#2: The two letters are inserted in the same place in each clue word.

Answers:

Two letters can be inserted after the first letter of each clue to make a new, seven-letter word:

BOROUGH
MONARCH
BREATHE
FOREIGN
OPINION
AWKWARD