DROP A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD CXI

GAMES/World of Puzzles

April, 2025

FAMILY REUNIONS

Bob Stigger

 

Drop one letter from each word and re-arrange the remaining letters to form ten related words.  

1. FLEX

2. GROVE

3. ENGINE

4. RATIFY

5. SOUGHT

6. TAXING

7. APELIKE

8. BOWLING

9. HIPSTER

10. MALINGER 

HINTS:

First letters of the new words:

1-5: *****

6. G

7. K

8. G

9. S

10. G

 

Answers:

 

1. ELF

2. OGRE

3. GENIE

4. FAIRY

5. GHOST

6. GIANT

7. KELPIE*

8. GOBLIN

9. SPRITE

10. GREMLIN - - - Folklore Beings

 

* A kelpie is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore - a shape-shifting water horse that can appear on land and lead people to their watery doom.