HIJINKS

GAMES Magazine

January, 1987

Joan Leary

 

HIJINKS is an unusual word in that it can be formed by adding three consecutive letters of the alphabet (H I J) at  the beginning of the word INKS. For each of the words below, a new word can be formed by inserting three consecutive letters of the alphabet somewhere in the interior of the word (never at the beginning or end). As a solving hint, one of those letters - not necessarily the first one - is given below the words. [Also - See bonus question below the answers.]

1. SING

2. CAY

3. PARE

4. REINED

5 THIS (answer word is plural)

HINTS:

One of the consecutive letters to be added:

1. H

2. P

3. T

4. D

5. S

Answers:

 

1. SING - SIGHING 

2. CAY - CANOPY 

3. PARE - PASTURE

4. REINED - REDEFINED

5. THIS - THIRSTS 

 

BONUS QUESTION:

 

HIJINKS is an extremely unusual word in another sense. Do you know what that is?

 

Answer:

 

Written in lower case letters, hijinks is one of the very few words in English with three consecutive dotted letters.