A BLANK LOOK
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
January, 2016
Raymond Love

Can you fill in the blanks in each row below with the same five letters in the same order to make five common words?

_ _ _ _ D _
_ _ _ _ F _
_ _ _ _ K _
_ _ _ _ P _
_ _ _ _ V _

HINT:

First of the missing letters: S

Answers:

The letters are S, T, R, I, and E:

STRIDE
STRIFE
STRIKE
STRIPE
STRIVE