Sunday, February 14, 2016

The ten words below share an unusual quality. Can you determine what it is?

1. ANCESTOR
2. TOREADOR
3. BANJO
4. STORE
5. TURBAN
6. RYE
7. YEAR
8. DANCE
9. DORY
10. JORDAN

HINTS:
#1. The words can be written in an unusual way.
#2: It has to do with the beginning and ending letters of the words.
#3: It starts with TURBAN.

Answer - part 1:

The last two or more letters of each word will be the starting letters of another word. By eliminating the overlapping letters and the spacing between the words, you can telescope the words into a consecutive string of 27 letters. For example, given the words PYTHON, VOLCANO, and CANOPY, you could telescope them into VOLCANOPYTHON. Can you do it with the ten clue words?

Answer - part 2:

TURBANJORDANCESTOREADORYEAR

Credit: GAMES Magazine
July, 1983
Will Shortz
THE TELESCOPE



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