What do the following words have in common?

ITEM
LYRE
INCH
SEVER
STRIPE
ENLIST

Answer:

Each word becomes a new one when its first two letters, in order, are moved to the end of the word:

EMIT
RELY
CHIN
VERSE
RIPEST
LISTEN

Credit: GAMES/WORLD OF PUZZLES
February, 2015
J. Mark Thompson
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