1. The two groups of words below are related in an interesting way. Can you determine the connection?

Group I

BAKED

LIFE

TIME

WIT

MAST

Group II

ENCHILADA

WHEAT

SOME

NUMBER

SALE

2. Can you think of the fairly common words that are spelled with these unusual endings?

_ _ _ RYO

_ _ _ YME

_ _ _ YNX

_ _ _ MPI

_ _ _ THM

HINT:

1. Each word in Group I can be preceded by the same four-letter word. Each word in Group II can be preceded by the same five-letter word. The two words are related.

Answers:

1. The words in Group I can be preceded by HALF, and those in Group II by WHOLE.

2)

EMBRYO

ENZYME

LARYNX

SCAMPI

RHYTHM