NO END IN SIGHT
GAMES/World of Puzzles
January, 2017
Raymond Love

Each of the 26 words below can be changed into a different word by adding a letter at the end. Some letters may fit at the end of more than one word, but only one arrangement will use all 26 letters of the alphabet. Can you determine which letter goes on the end of each word? All the words are common, although one is a proper noun and one is a variant spelling. No answer is a plural.

ANTI _                       MEN_
ASPIRIN_                   NEEDLES_
BADGE_                    OUTRAN_
BOOT_                       PARK_
BURRO_                     PLUM_
CAME_                       QUART_
COMB_                       RE_
FACTOR_                   REAR_
GRIP_                         SCAR_
HAD_                          SHREW_
IRA_                            TAX_
JAM_                           THOUGH_
LATE _                        YEAR_

HINT:
One of the words is often hyphenated.

Answers:

ANTIC                       MENU
ASPIRING                 NEEDLESS
BADGER                   OUTRANK
BOOTH                      PARKA
BURROW                  PLUMP
CAMEL                      QUARTZ
COMBO                     REV
FACTORY                  REARM  (RE-ARM)
GRIPE                        SCARF
HADJ                          SHREWD
IRAQ                           TAXI
JAMB                          THOUGHT
LATEX                        YEARN