Wednesday, February 3, 2010

1. What do the following words have in common?

PURSE
SPINE
PAPER
FED
MEN

2. What do the following words have in common?

GEM/YAK/MAP/LIEN/NAVE/AILED/ASSET/NOMAD

HINTS:
1. Add the same letter (in different places) to each word to get five new words.
2. Think of names.

Answers:

1. Adding U to each word changes them to pursue, supine, pauper, feud, and menu.
2. Reverse the letters and capitalize, and you have personal names.