SHIFTY CHARACTERS
Credit: GAMES Magazine
June, 2000
Douglas Tench

A single letter in each of the following words can be moved into a new position to create a new word.
The letter to be moved is in the same position in each word, and it is moved to the same new position to create the new word. Can you determine which letter in each word  should be moved, where to place it, and the new word thus formed?

BEAD       ELBOW
GREET     HOSE
INFER      MISLED
STAIR      TASTE

Answers:

The third letter in each word should be moved to the beginning of its word:

ABED          BELOW
EGRET       SHOE 
FINER        SMILED
ASTIR        STATE