THE TROUBLE WITH TRIPLES II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
February, 1995
Stephen Sniderman

Complete each sentence below by filling in the blanks with three words that differ by only one letter. The changed letter will be in the same position for all three words. For example, to complete the sentence

_____they were at SeaWorld, the _____class cheered the killer _____

you would add the words WHILE, WHOLE, and WHALE. In this case the third letter of each word was changed.

1. To avoid getting a _____, the _____ ate a bowl of hot _____.

2. With all _____ imaginative _____ parks, _____ must be someplace we can take the kids.

3. We have to be back on the bus at _____, which only gives us an _____ to _____ the ruins.

4. Around _____, anyone who can round up an entire ____ of stampeding cattle is considered a _____.

5. The cryptographer couldn't _____ if he should keep trying to _____ the message he's been working on for nearly a _____.

6. The _____ persuaded the city council to make a _____ contribution to the town's _____ house.

7. The next time I spend extra money for a _____ umbrella, I won't _____ myself about its ability
to survive a real _____.

8. Unfortunately, there was only a _____ amount of Danish _____  left on the _____ shelf.

9. There's no _____ in opening up a new _____ store until you can _____ up a flier showing your inventory.

Answers:

1. CHILL, CHILD, CHILI
2. THESE, THEME, THERE
3. FOUR, HOUR, TOUR
4. HERE, HERD, HERO
5. DECIDE, DECODE, DECADE
6. MAYOR, MAJOR, MANOR
7. DELUXE, DELUDE, DELUGE
8. PALTRY, PASTRY, PANTRY
9. POINT, PAINT, PRINT