STATE SECRETS I
Credit: GAMES Magazine
Sidney Kravitz

Each word in the list below contains all the letters necessary to spell the name of a U.S. state (or, in one case, the names of two U.S. states). For example, from the letters RHINO, you could spell OHIO. A letter may be used any number of times to spell a state, and all the letters in a word may not need to be used. How many "secret" states can you find?

1. AMOUNT
2. BALM
3. CINEMA
4. CORDIAL
5. DIVAN
6. HAIRDO (2)
7. IGNORE
8. LOSING
9. WAIT ON
10 TOURISM

Answers:

1. MONTANA
2. ALABAMA
3. MAINE
4. COLORADO
5. INDIANA
6. IDAHO and OHIO
7. OREGON
8. ILLINOIS 
9. IOWA
10. MISSOURI