IN OTHER WORDS VII

GAMES/World of Puzzles

September, 2022

Stephen Sniderman

 

The five clue words in each set below are derived from an answer word that's made up of at least nine letters, none of which are repeated. The letters of each clue word appear in the answer word in correct left-to-right order, though not necessarily consecutively. For example:

 

Given the set of words: COLT, COMPLY, EXIT, MET, PITY - - - the answer word would be COMPLEXITY - - - which contains all the given words in correct left-to-right order. One word in each set appears in the answer word intact (EXIT in this example). The intact words are given as hints below the clues. Can you determine the answer word for each set?

1. FORT, MIST, RUNE, SORE, STUN

2. HOP, LIFE, PIER, SIT, SOFTER

3. LAW, LIGHT, PAY, RIG,WIT

4. ERA, MOST, MUSE, SET, STRAP

5. NOW, OWL, SOAK, SOFA, WAKE

6. AMOS, ASP, HER, MOPE, TOPIC

HINTS:

The clue words appearing intact in the answer words are:

1. FORT

2. HOP

3. RIG

4. TRAP

5. NOW

6. HER

Answers:

 

1. MISFORTUNE

2. SHOPLIFTER

3. PLAYWRIGHT

4. MOUSETRAP 

5. SNOWFLAKE

6. ATMOSPHERIC