NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
August 23, 2009
Will Shortz (adapted)

In each pair of words below, the two words share a certain property in relation to each other. Can you determine what it is?

1. EACH - PAIN
2. PEAL - GRIN
3. BARE - DUNE
4. GEAR - FURY
5. BURN - ARCH
6. OVEN - LINK

HINTS:
#1: It has to do with anagrams.
#2: It has to do with synonyms.

Answers:

One of the words in each set can be anagrammed into a synonym of the other word:

1. EACH - ACHE (PAIN)
2. GRIN - RING (PEAL)
3. DUNE - NUDE (BARE)
4. GEAR - RAGE (FURY)
5. ARCH - CHAR (BURN)
6. LINK - KILN (OVEN)