HERE IS THE QUESTION
Credit: GAMES Magazine - May, 2001

Gloria Rosenthal  (adapted)

1. What do the following words have in common?

HAVE
GIN
TRAY
ACHES
WILDER
AVER

2. What do the following words have in common?

CORE

TREE

DING

DIVE

LIST

SIGN

TREAT

CHANT

HINTS:

1. The same two letters, added in the same place, will create new words.

2. The same two letters, added in the same place, will create new words.

Answers:

1. The letters BE can precede each word:

BEHAVE/BEGIN/BETRAY/BEACHES

BEWILDER/BEAVER

2. The letters EN can precede each word:

ENCORE/ENTREE/ENDING/ENDIVE/ENLIST

ENSIGN/ENTREAT/ENCHANT