FOUR-MID-ABLE IV

GAMES Magazine

December, 1986

Bernie Cosell

The letter strings below consist of four letters which appear consecutively in common, uncapitalized, single words. What are the words? For example, given the letters THTU, the answer word would be BATHTUB. This is a difficult puzzle, and hints to the answer words are given below the clues.

1. XOPH

2. AGHE

3. UCUM

4. AILU

5. ETTU

HINTS:

1. Music

2. Pasta

3. Vegetable

4. Turkey, slangily 

5. Vegetable

Answers:

 

1. SAXOPHONE

2. SPAGHETTI

3. CUCUMBER

4. FAILURE

5. LETTUCE