KANGAROO WORDS V
LOOKING INWARDS
Credit: GAMES Magazine - April, 2009
Deann Brasher

A kangaroo word is one that has somewhere within its letters a synonym of itself, with the letters in proper, but not consecutive, order. The hidden synonyms are called Joeys. For example, the word DESTRUCTION contains the word RUIN. Can you find the Joeys in these kangaroo words?

1. CONTAMINATE
2. RESTRAIN
3. INSTRUCTOR
4. CLOSEMOUTHED
5. OUTSPOKEN
6. PERCEIVABLE
7. CHARIOT
8. COLD-HEARTED

Answers:

1. TAINT
2. REIN
3. TUTOR
4. MUTE
5. OPEN
6. REAL
7. CART
8. HARD