The four-letter words below have two related things in common. Can you determine what they are?

INKY
GALA
ALMS
ARMS
ORCA
CONE
MANY

Answer:

The words are formed by combining the two-letter postal abbreviations of two states that share a border. For example, IN (Indiana) and KY (Kentucky).

Credit: GAMES Magazine - Aug. 1992
Arnie Danoff
BORDERLINE WORDS