WORD-ECTOMY

1. Each of five words has had the same three consecutive letters removed. The three consecutive letters make up a word in themselves. The list below shows the remaining letters of the five words, left in their proper order. Can you determine the missing three-letter word?

LOE

CH

SHING

ER

VAE

2. How are the words TREE and ART related to the word EBB?

3. How are the words SIN and GET related to the word EAT?

4. What is the shortest word in English that uses the letters A, B, C, D. E, and F?

HINTS:

1)

Hint 1: The three-letter word is the name of an animal.

Hint 2: In the clue SHING, the missing letters come between the S and the H.

2 and 3)

It has to do with anagrams.

Answers:

1. The missing letters are CAT:

loCATe

CATch

sCAThing

CATer

vaCATe

2. TREE and ART anagram into RETREAT, a synonym for EBB.

3. SIN and GET anagram into INGEST, a synonym for EAT.

4. FEEDBACK