DOUBLE MEANT TWINS
Credit: GAMES Magazine
October, 2005
K.M. Paskert

What do the following words have in common?

DIMES
DOCKS
SIGHTS
BULLS
MOORS
FRAYS
SHOOTS
LIES

HINT:
The answer involves a spelling change in each of the clue words.

Answer:

After a spelling change, each of the words can be preceded by PARA:

PARADIGMS
PARADOX
PARASITES
PARABLES
PARAMOURS
PARAPHRASE
PARACHUTES
PARALYZE