THREE IN A ROW
GAMES/World of Puzzles
June, 2017
David Mezzera

Some patterns of consecutive letters are unusual in English words. Can you determine which fairly familiar English words contain each of the following consecutive letters? Some letter patterns may fit in more than one word.

1. HYT
2. NGH
3. NSL
4. RDV
5. THH
6. XYG
7. YST
8. GTH
9. CHT
10. THM
11. YMP
12. DHP

Answers:

1. RHYTHM
2. DINGHY - GINGHAM
3. ONSLAUGHT - ENSLAVE
4. AARDVARK
5. WITHHOLD - WITHHELD
6. OXYGEN
7. OYSTER - MYSTIC - CRYSTAL
8. LENGTH - STRENGTH
9. YACHT
10. ASTHMA
11. SYMPHONY - SYMPATHY
      ASYMPTOTE - SYMPTOM
12. JODHPURS