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Credit: "Ask Marilyn" in Parade Magazine

Evan Trimble

What do the following words have in common?

DECORATION

HOCKEY

LAMBASTE

MISSPELLING

REDRESS

SIGNATURE

TACITURN

THRESHOLD

HINT:

The title is a clue.

Answer:

Each word contains two shorter words conjoined by a common letter. The first word ends with the same letter that starts the second word. (SIGNATURE = SIGN + NATURE)