LAST WORDS

GAMES Magazine

April/May, 1987 

Letter from Lee Newman

Each set of words below has a common denominator shared by the six words in the set. If you can determine that factor, you'll be able to choose which one of the three additional words belongs with the set.

Set 1:                              Set  2:

MARINE                        NEWLY

OCTOPUS                      TAX

JUNGLE                          FOOL

DECENT                         STUPID

APRICOT                        NOMAD

SEPTIC                            GOUDA

 

DANGER                        NARCOTIC

NOVICE                          GIRAFFE

FORGETFUL                  GOVERNMENT

Answers:

 

Set 1:

NOVICE - Words that begin with the abbreviation of a month

 

Set 2:

NARCOTIC - Words whose first and last letters combine to form a postal abbreviation for a state