WORD PYRAMID II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
Sept. 2006
N. M. Meyer

Find a three letter word to fill in the top row of the pyramid such that you can then use each letter of that word once in each subsequent row (in any order) to complete the pyramid.

1)
                  _ _ _
                  _ _ _ G
              B _ _ _ T
            H _ _ TE _
           _ E _ NIO _
           _ _ IVE_ SE

2)
                            _ _ _
                          _ O _ _
                         _ AP _ _
                        _ IDD _ _
                     R _ A _ IS _
                   R _ SE _ B _ E

Answers:

1)
                        RUN
                      RUNG
                     BURNT
                    HUNTER
                   REUNION
                  UNIVERSE

2)
                                           ELM
                                         MOLE
                                        MAPLE
                                       MIDDLE
                                      REALISM
                                     RESEMBLE