CONNECTIONS IV

What do the three or four words in each group have in common?

1. Ink, Old, Lack, Range

2. Off, Aside, Party

3. I, Hare, Naval, Mussel

4.  Jewel, Hurts, Carrot

5. Cures, Salts, Smokes

6. Dial, Egads, Yoga

7. New, Bare, Dear, Turn

8. Rice, Duke, Howard, Brown 

9. Boxer, Glass, Pant, Goggle

10. Ex, Jay, Gee, Bee

11. Bed, Chess, Monarchy

12. Pate, Rose, Resume, Expose

Answers:

1. Colors missing their first letters

2. Words that can be preceded by CAST

3. Homophones of body parts

    (eye, hair, navel, muscle)

4. Homophones of units of measure

    (Joule, Hertz, Karat) 

5. Ways to preserve meat

6. Homophone of famous artists

    (Dali, Degas, Goya)

7. Homophones of animals

    (Gnu, Bear, Deer, Tern)

8. Universities

9. Singular forms of words usually in plural

10. Homophones of letters (x, j. g, b) 

11. Things that have kings and queens

12. Words that are pronounced differently when the final E is accented