Saturday, September 5, 2015

LETTER PATTERNS III
Credit: The Word's The Thing
Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each set of clues below can be answered with words which end in the same letter pattern.

1)
Found everywhere at the same time
Touching - as the 48 states
Harmful
Not genuine, fake

2)
Pistol case
Support and/or pillow
Become inflamed, as a wound
Annoy

3)
Frame of mind, mood
Appreciation
Trite, commonly heard expression
"Blessed are the meek," for one

4)
Very heavy, as rain
In a particular order
Capacity for development
Digressive, barely related to the subject

5) 
Sailor on the Bounty
Exercise excessive authority
Marionette
Early settler of the west


Answers:

1)
UBIQUITOUS
CONTIGUOUS
INJURIOUS
SPURIOUS 

2)
HOLSTER
BOLSTER
FESTER
PESTER 

3)
ATTITUDE
GRATITUDE
PLATITUDE
BEATITUDE 

4)
TORRENTIAL
SEQUENTIAL
POTENTIAL
TANGENTIAL 

5)
MUTINEER
DOMINEER
PUPPETEER
PIONEER

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