How many words can you think of that can follow WHITE to make up a common two-word phrase? The initial letters of 22 words are given below. The number of dashes indicates the number of letters in the words.

C _ _

H _ _

L _ _ 

O _ _

T _ _ 

C _ _ _

F _ _ _

W _ _ _

W _ _ _

S _ _ _

M _ _ _

P _ _ _ _

W _ _ _ _

B _ _ _ _

D _ _ _ _

L _ _ _ _

N _ _ _ _

K _ _ _ _ _

C _ _ _ _ _ 

E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

 

(Possible) Answers:

 

WHITE ........ 

Cap

Hot

Lie

Out

Tie

Cell

Face

Wash

Wine

Sale

Meat

Paper

Water

Bread

Dwarf

Light

Noise 

Knight

Collar

Elephant 

Lightning

Chocolate 

  

 

ASSOCIATIONS

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

December, 2025 

 

Form a chain of associated words by filling in the blanks with the letters on the right. Each word will be associated in some way with the word above it and the word below it. The initial letters of the words are in place. Each letter on the right will be used only once.

 

HERMIT                   A  B 

C _ _ _                       E  E  E

A _ _ _ _                    I

T _ _ _                       L  N

T _ _                          O

S _ _ _                        P  P  P  P

D _ _                          R  R  R

WALL                        Y

 

Answers:

 

HERMIT

CRAB

APPLE

TREE

TOP

SPIN

DRY

WALL  

 

 

COMPLETE-A-WORD XXIX

Fill in the dashes with 4-letter answers to the clues to complete 7-letter words.

1. Conceited                  E _ _ S _ O _

2. Saga                           R _ _ L _ _ A

3. Evict                          T _ _ RI _ _

4. Ceremony                  P _ _ MA _ _

5. Ticket souvenir          DI _ _ _ R _ 

6. Peel                            _ _ _ SL _ Y

7. Adjoin                        H _ LI _ _ _

8. Preserve, as meat       _ _ _ R _ NT 

9. Spice or weapon        RO _ _ N _ _

10. Sun ________         A _ M _ R _ _

11. Raced                       _ TI _ _ N _

12. Wade across             _ _ RWA _ _ 

Answers:

1. VAIN - EVASION  

2. EPIC - REPLICA

3. OUST - TOURIST

4. RITE - PRIMATE

5. STUB - DISTURB

6. PARE - PARSLEY

7. ABUT - HALIBUT

8. CURE - CURRENT

9. MACE - ROMANCE

10. DIAL - ADMIRAL

11. SPED - STIPEND

12. FORD - FORWARD  

DOUBLE DUTY CCXCVIII

Fill in the blanks with words that will complete the partial word or phrase beginning on the left and begin the partial word or phrase ending on the right. The number of blanks indicates the number of letters in the missing word. 

1. GNO _ _ AN

2. DE _ _ _ TON 

3. AREA _ _ _ BY

4. BARE _ _ _ _ FALL

5. SEA _ _ _ _ FLOWER

6. CANDLE _ _ _ PAPER

7. THEME _ _ _ _ BENCH 

8. GROUND _ _ _ _ JOINT

9. GRAND _ _ _ _ _ ECLIPSE 

10. HUMAN _ _ _ _ _ MESSAGE

 

HINTS:
First letters of the missing words:

1.**

2. B

3. R

4. F

5. W

6. W

7. P

8. B

9. T

10. E

 

Answers: 

 

1. gnoMEan

2. deBUTton

3. area RUGby

4. bareFOOTfall

5. sea WALL flower

6. candle WAX paper

7. theme PARK bench

8. ground BALL joint 

9. grand TOTAL eclipse

10. human ERROR message 

 

SHUFFLE 'EM LXI

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Volume 142

 

Two six-letter words with their letters in correct, but not consecutive order are combined in each row of letters below. To solve the puzzle, separate both words. There are no extra letters, and no letter is used more than once. The two words are not related.

 

Ex: S D Y I S A T P E M E R

       S d  Y i S a  T p E M e  r - SYSTEM - diaper

 

1. T O U R M C H I B L D E

 

2. C N E U S A T R O L Y M

 

3. P R S O M F U D I T G E

 

4. D M U R A S C G L O N E

 

5. S F A U L R C V O N E Y 

 

6. A V M E R O U I N F Y T

 

7. W S E A C O R M N T D H 

 

8. G O R B U J M E C P Y T  

 

9. P A K I S U N M E C T H

 

10. F R L O I C M K S E T Y 

 

Answers:

 

1. TUMBLE - orchid

2. CUSTOM - nearly

3. PROFIT - smudge

4. DRAGON - muscle

5. SURVEY - falcon

6. AMOUNT - verify

7. WARMTH - second

8. GRUMPY - object 

9. PAUNCH - kismet

10. FLIMSY - rocket   

ADD A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD CCCIV

Add the designated letter to each words and re-arrange the letters to get a new word.

1. PAID + H 

2. GAIN + L 

3. SITAR + G 

4. PAINT + A  

5. CHEST + A 

6. LATHE + M

7. SWORE + C

8. DEBUT + G

9. BREAD + V

10. STOIC +M  

 

HINTS:

First letters of the new words:

1. A

2. A

3. G

4. P

5. S

6. H

7. E

8. B

9. A

10. S

 

Answers:

 

1. APHID

2. ALIEN

3. GRATIS

4. PATINA

5. SACHET

6. HAMLET

7. ESCROW

8. BUDGE

9. ADVERB

10. SITCOM   

BE A BETTER ANAGRAMMER CXLVI

Each word on the left is one letter off from another word - whose initial letter is given at the right. Can you determine the other word?  

1. DEBUT - B 

2. TOUGH - G 

3. FUTURE - R 

4. RENEGE - G 

5. CANTER - A 

6. BEYOND - N

7. LOUNGE - E 

8. IMPRESS - E

9. MUTUAL - A 

10. REVENGE - R

 

HINTS:

1. Move

2. Energy

3. Deny

4. Sex

5. Mysterious

6. Cipher

7. Sufficient

8. Royal figure

9. Season

10. Income

 

Answers:

 

1. BUDGE

2. GUSTO

3. REFUTE

4. GENDER

5. ARCANE

6. NOBODY

7. ENOUGH

8. EMPRESS

9. AUTUMN

10. REVENUE