WHICH WORD OR PHRASE..........
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
August, 2015
Andrew Parr

Choose from the answers below:

Which word or phrase.......................

1. can be spelled backwards simply by moving the first letter to the end?
2. meaning '"portion," would mean "proportion" if the last letter was dropped?
3. is a punny way of saying  "foot"?
4. is an inaccurate description of itself when the first letter is removed?
5. has the same meaning when the first two letters are removed?
6. is a Spoonerism of a hot, spiced beverage?
7. sounds the same with its first and last letters removed?
8. is made up of consecutive US state abbreviations?
9. contains four consecutive letters of the alphabet?
10. contains A, E, I, O, U, and Y, in that order?
11. can loses one letter (which is a homophone of a tree) to become a type of tree?
12. when read backwards, means "emphasized?"
13. forms a new word when its first letter is moved to the end? Or forms a new word if the first two letters are moved to the end?
14. contains two consonants that become silent if you remove the last letter?

CHOICES:

a. SEVEN
b. FACETIOUSLY
c. DESSERTS
d. MANDARIN
e. TAI CHI
f. INFLAMMABLE
g. EMIT
h. CORPSE
i. LEGEND
j. IGNITING
k. POPULAR
l. RATION
m. KNOW
n. OVERSTUFFED

Answers:

1. j - IGNITING
2. l - RATION
3. i - LEGEND
4. a - SEVEN
5. f - INFLAMMABLE
6. e - TAI CHI (chai tea)
7. m - KNOW
8. d - MANDARIN
9. n - OVERSTUFFED
10. b - FACETIOUSLY
11. k - POPULAR (poplar - yew)
12. c - DESSERTS
13. g - EMIT
14. h - CORPSE