NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
December 4, 2011
Will Shortz

The two five-letter words in each pair below differ only by their fourth letter. The first word has one syllable, and the second word has two. The first three letters are given. Can you supply the fourth and fifth letters?

MIN _ _
MIN _ _

CHA _ _
CHA _ _

BLA _ _
BLA _ _

Answers:

1)
MINTS
MINUS

2)
CHARM
CHASM

3)
BLARE
BLASE