DRAWING A BLANK (OR TWO)
Credit: Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle (adapted)
September 9, 2012


What do the following words have in common, other than that they all start with R?

RAVE
ROVE
ROUTE
RANGE
RANCHO

Answer:

If you drop the R and add it to the end of the word, a new word is formed:

RAVE - AVER
ROVE - OVER
ROUTE - OUTER
RANGE - ANGER
RANCHO - ANCHOR