Tuesday, September 18, 2018

BE A BETTER ANAGRAMMER IV

Many words are almost anagrams. That is they differ by only a single letter - although they often look very different from each other. For example, IRONY and RHINO would be anagrams except for one letter - the Y in IRONY and the H in RHINO.

Match each word in Column I with its one-letter-off anagram in Column II.

          I                             II
1. WORLD               FUNGUS
2. LEAST                 INTACT
3. MERELY              UNCLE
4. TOUPEE               RODENT
5. WALRUS              NEUTER
6. TENDER               SPRAWL
7. UNSUNG              REMEDY
8. CLEAN                 POUTED
9. CATNIP                DRAWL
10. UNTRUE            AISLE

Answers:

1. WORLD - DRAWL
2. LEAST - AISLE
3. MERELY - REMEDY
4. TOUPEE - POUTED
5. WALRUS - SPRAWL
6. TENDER - RODENT
7. UNSUNG - FUNGUS
8. CLEAN - UNCLE
9. CATNIP - INTACT
10. UNTRUE - NEUTER                  

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