IN A WORD
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 2009
Erich Friedman  (adapted)

The words below can be changed into two new words by the insertion of the same letter in two different places. The order of the letters in the original word remains unchanged. For example, given the clue word ACE, the letter M could be inserted in two different places to form MACE and ACME.

1. ORE
2. SAG
3. PEN
4. CON
5. BUS
6. TAR
7. SOW
8. HEN
9. ACE  (different than example)
10. SING
11. RAID

Answers:

1. ORE - GORE / OGRE
2. SAG - SNAG / SANG
3. PEN - OPEN / PEON
4. CON - ICON / COIN
5. BUS - BUYS / BUSY
6. TAR - STAR / TSAR
7. SOW - SNOW / SOWN
8. HEN - WHEN / HEWN
9. ACE - RACE / ACRE
10. SING - USING / SUING
11. RAID - BRAID / RABID