LETTER SWAPPING VIII
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Aug. 2009
Stephen Sniderman   (adapted)

The words in each pair below can swap a single letter to make two new words. For example, given the words PRATE and COPIER, the P in PRATE and the I in COPIER could be swapped to give IRATE and COPPER.

1. LOOPING..........................TRESS
2. BEAR.................................WOULD
3. SALVO...............................TRIES
4. PROPER.............................ALIAS
5. SWORE...............................GUILD
6. CORNET.............................CHORALE
7. BARON...............................CLOSET

Answers:

1. LOOTING - PRESS
2. BEAU - WORLD
3. SALVE - TRIOS
4. PROPEL - ARIAS
5. SWORD - GUILE
6. CORNEA - CHORTLE
7. BATON - CLOSER