BETWIXT AND BETWEEN VII 

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

July, 2022

 

For each pair of words below, find an everyday word that would fall between them alphabetically in the dictionary. No word is merely a different form of one of the given words. The length of the in-between word is indicated by the number of dashes. For example, given 

JUNGLE

_ _ _ _ _ _

JUNIPER

 

the in-between word would be JUNIOR.

 

1. THRIFT

    _ _ _ _ _ _

    THRIVE

 

2. DEPORTMENT

    _ _ _ _ _ _

   DEPOSIT 

3. MUUMUU

    _ _ _ _ _ _

   MY 

4. FLAIL

    _ _ _ _ _

    FLAKE

 

5. DRY

    _ _ _ _

    DUB

 

6. PARADE

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    PARADISE 

Answers:

 

1. THRILL

2. DEPOSE

3. MUZZLE

4. FLAIR

5. DUAL

6. PARADIGM