1. What do the following words have in common?

IRK

ADE

ONE

OWN

RINK

2. What do the following words have in common?

SET

LAB

BOX

SPAN

BULL

BLOOD

3. What do the following words have in common?

SELECTION

BRAIDED

PREVIEW

GOLDEN

CLAMP

HINTS:

1. Each word can be changed by the addition of the same two letters.

2. It has to do with animals.

Answers:

1. Each word can be preceded by SH to yield new words.

2. They are the beginning letters of dogs or dog breeds:

SETter/LABrador/BOXer/SPANiel

BULLdog/BLOODhound

3. Dropping the first letter of each word leaves a valid word.