1. What do the following words have in common? 

MA

DUMB

OPENING

 

2. What do the following words have in common?

 

ORDER

SAUCE

INTEREST

 

3. What do the following words have in common?

 

BUCK

ONION

HARBOR

 

4. What do the following words have in common? 

 

HAY

FISH

TAIL

WALK

SKILLS 

 

Answers:

 

1. Each word can be followed by BELL to make a common phrase:
MA BELL

DUMBBELL

OPENING BELL (of the NY Stock Exchange)

 

2. Each word can be followed by SPECIAL to make a common phrase:

SPECIAL ORDER

SPECIAL SAUCE

SPECIAL INTEREST

 

3. Each word can be preceded by PEARL to name a person, place, and thing:

 

Pearl Buck

Pearl onion

Pearl Harbor 

 

4. Each word can be preceded CAT to name places or things:

 

1. CATHAY (old name for China)

2. CATFISH

3. CATTAIL

4. CATWALK

5. CATSKILLS (mountains in southwestern NY)