A MEANINGFUL CHANGE
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 1993
Rosalie Moscovitch

Without scrambling the order of the letters, change one letter of each word to form three new words that are synonyms of one another. For example, EAST, THROB, HULL, could be changed to CAST, THROW, HURL.

1. Healthy, loaned, rice
2. Avert, clover, quack
3. Flesh, now, repent
4. Guest, inner, reduce
5. Clear, shrub, wasp
6. Guzzle, power, tenser
7. Oat, plume, strut
8. Boot, dish, rug
9. Curve, out, slick
10. Strong, twice, word
11. Shall, tint, woe
12. Chase, half, suit
13. Gas, goad, slated
14. Beau, marry, tore
15. Ball, coy, sow

Answers:

1.  Wealthy, loaded, rich
2.  Alert, clever, quick
3.  Fresh, new, recent
4.  Guess, infer, deduce
5.  Clean, scrub, wash
6.  Puzzle, poser, teaser
7.  Fat, plump, stout
8.  Bolt, dash, run
9.  Carve, cut, slice
10.  String, twine, cord
11.   Small, tiny, wee
12.  Cease, halt, quit
13.  Gay, glad, elated
14.  Bear, carry, tote
15.  Bawl, cry, sob