Wednesday, October 22, 2014

SYNONYM SHUFFLE
Credit: Games Magazine - Sept. 1986
M. S.  (Original post April 22, 2009)

Each of the words below can be anagrammed into two words which are synonyms of each other. For example, the word PARTIER could be anagrammed into RIP and TEAR. The numbers in parentheses give the number of letters in each synonym.

1. SHOUTS  (2/4)
2. DETAINED  (5/3)
3. IRELAND  (4/3)
4. TROLLING  (4/4)
5. CUTICLES  (3/5)
6. MARTINET  (4/4)
7. CONSORTED  (4/5)
8. RESISTANCE  (4/6)

HINTS:
The first letters of each of the two words:
1. S and T
2. D and A
3. L and D
4. T and R
5. C and S
6. T and N
7. O and S
8. R and A

Answers:

1. SO - THUS
2. DINED - ATE
3. LAIR and DEN
4. TOLL and RING
5. CUT and SLICE
6. TRIM and NEAT
7. ODOR and SCENT
8. RISE and ASCENT

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