NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
August 23, 2009
Will Shortz

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. INFO - SEWN
2. ROVE - ATOP
3. RAPT - ROLL
4. FELT - GONE
5. WHIP - GOLF
6. THIN - CLUE

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. SEWN - NEWS (INFO)
2. ROVE - OVER (ATOP)
3. RAPT - PART (ROLL)
4. FELT - LEFT (GONE)
5. GOLF - FLOG (WHIP)
6. THIN - HINT (CLUE)