ODDS AND ENDS

1. Can you think of three five-letter words - all of which begin with SIN? One of them is a proper name.

2. What is unusual about this sentence?

    WE SEND AID IN AS NEEDED.

 

3. What is unusual about the following two words:

     FOREGONE

     REMAINED

    

4. What do the following words have in common?

     ART, AIL, ALMS, EASY

5. Fill in the blanks with the same four letters, in the same order:

    _ _ _ _ P

    _ _ _ _ NE

    _ _ _ _ TY

Answers:

1. SINAI

    SINCE

    SINUS

2.

WE SEND anagrams to SWEDEN

AID IN anagrams to INDIA

 

3. Each word contains the name of a U.S. state:

    fOREGONe

    re MAINEd

 

4. Each of the words can be preceded by QU:

    QUART

    QUAIL

    QUALMS

    QUEASY

 

5.  The missing letters are EQUI:

     EQUIP

     EQUINE

     EQUITY