Wednesday, October 29, 2014

THE LETTERS ARE THE LAW II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 1998
Francis Heaney

The misspelled words in each group below are misspelled according to a certain pattern. First, see if you can recognize the category to which the words in the group belong. Then scan the group to see if you can discern any kind of pattern to the misspellings. Finally, think of another word that would fit the category (but is spelled correctly) AND would provide the law governing the misspellings.

For example, given the group

CAPPAMS
LARSONAMS
SCHULTZAMS
TRUDEAUAMS,

the category is "cartoonists," and all the entries end in AMS. The missing member is ADDAMS - a word which, when split up, provides the law "add AMS" and also fits the category as a cartoonist. Can you figure out the categories, missing entries, and laws for the groups below?

1)
AFRACA
ANTARCTACA
AUSTRALAA
NORTH AMERACA

2)
HGTIT END
NECTER
RIGHT DRAUG
TACELK

3)
ARCTIC OCBEAEN
CHESAPBEAEKE BAY
GRBEAET SALT LAKE
PBEAERL HARBOR

4)
HOSDN
HYUSDNI
POSTINC
VOLKSWNGES

Answers:

1)
Category: Continents:
Africa, Antarctica, Australia, North America
Missing entry: ASIA
Law: AS I, A

2)
Category: Football positions:
Tight end, center, right guard, tackle
Missing entry: HALFBACK
Law: HALF BACK

3)
Category: Bodies of water:
Arctic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, 
Great Salt Lake, Pearl Harbor
Missing entry: BERING SEA
Law: BE RINGS EA

4)
Category: Autos:
Honda, Hyundai, Pontiac, Volkwagen
Missing entry: NISSAN
Law: N IS S; A, N [A (is) N]

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