SOMETHING UNCOMMON
Credit: GAMES Magazine
March, 2006
Paddy Smith

What unusual property do the following words all share?

ABHOR         FIRST
ALMOST      GHOST
BIOPSY        KNOW
CHIMP          MOP
DEFY            PRY

Answer:

The letters in each word are in alphabetical order. (In DEFY and FIRST, three of the letters are in consecutive alphabetical order.)