ALPHABET SOUP
Credit: GAMES Magazine
August, 1983
Carlene Stroup

Re-arrange the letters of each word to make eight new words with something in common.

SIP
HIP
TEA
BEAT
DEALT
MAGIS
MAGMA
MORONIC

Answers:

Each word can be anagrammed into a letter of the Greek alphabet:

PSI
PHI
ETA
BETA
DELTA
SIGMA
GAMMA
OMICRON