What do the following words have in common?
 
NEURAL
APEMEN
TONGUE
FINANCE
BELIEVE
DOORWAY

HINTS:
#1: INDICT could be added to the list.
#2: Two letters must be dropped from each word.
#3: A single letter must then be added.
#4: It has to do with world geography.

Answers:

Dropping two consecutive letters from somewhere in each word and substituting a single letter in their place, will change each word into the name of a country.

NEURAL - NEPAL
APEMEN - YEMEN
TONGUE - TONGA
FINANCE - FRANCE
BELIEVE - BELIZE
DOORWAY - NORWAY
(INDICT - INDIA) 

Credit: Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
April 18, 2010
TWO-FOR-ONE TRAVEL