THE SEQUOIA CODE

Credit: GAMES Magazine - Aug.  2005

---Smatt

Each clue below leads to a word that contains exactly one occurrence of each vowel (A, E, I, O, and U). The vowels are shown in their correct order as a hint. Can you determine the words?

1. Giant evergreen tree (EUOIA)

2. Extreme happiness (EUOIA)

3. Underfed (AOUIE)

4. Conversation (IAOUE)

5. Jingly instrument (AOUIE)

6. Leave in the dust (OUIAE)

7. Before 1492 (EOUIA)

8. Schooling (EUAIO)

9. Type of grammatical clause (UOIAE)

10 Welcome party for new digs (OUEAI)

MORE DIFFICULT AND NO HINTS:

11. Give official approval

12. Persistent

13. Believing in false realities

14. Limits between people or places

15. Uncertain or risky

16. Jelly-like

17. Safeguard ahead of time

18. Tantalizingly delicious looking

19. Playfully jocular

20. Simple

21. Make into a household name

Answers:

1. SEQUOIA

2. EUPHORIA

3. MALNOURISHED

4. DIALOGUE

5. TAMBOURINE

6. OUTDISTANCE

7. PRE-COLUMBIAN

8. EDUCATION

9. SUBORDINATE

10. HOUSEWARMING

11. AUTHORIZE

12. TENACIOUS

13. DELUSIONAL

14. BOUNDARIES

15. PRECARIOUS

16. GELATINOUS

17. PRECAUTION

18. MOUTHWATERING

19. FACETIOUS (Vowels in sequential order)

20. UNCOMPLICATED

21. POPULARIZE