1. What do the following words have in common?

HIJACK

FIRST

DEFAULT

STUDENT

CALMNESS

2. What do the following words have in common?

EWER

RAMP

STAGE

BATH

3. What do the following words have in common?

VEAL

STING

CENT

CALL

SIDE

HINTS:

1. Think alphabetically.

2. It has to do with animals.

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

Answer:

1. Each word contains three letters in consecutive alphabetical order.

2. Dropping the last letter leaves the name of an animal.

3. Each word can be preceded by RE to give new words.