The same change can be made to each of the words below to get new, related words.What is the change, and what are the new words? Wordplay is fair play.

1. HOG

2. FEE

3. PUB

4. PAT

5. SIN

 

Answers:

 

By removing the vowel from each word and using the lower case form of the last letter, each word becomes the symbol for an element:

 

1. HOG - Hg (mercury)

2. FEE - Fe (iron)

3. PUB - Pb (lead)

4. PAT - Pt (platinum)

5. SIN - Sn (tin) 

 

Credit:

Kevin Wald

OUT OF ITS ELEMENT

(original title: Empty Metal Containers)