TRIPLE PLAY V
Credit: GAMES Magazine
July, 2001
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 in all three words. For example, "I _____ any gardener to _____ that _____ grass can clog a lawn mower." would be completed by the words DEFY, DENY, and DEWY.

1. You don't have to be _____ at parenting to _____ a child, but you must be willing to _____ to a new lifestyle.

2. If you find life _____ while visiting your _____ friend in Kuwait, _____ a phone and call me.

3. You'd have to be in _____ to remain _____ after doing that _____ labor all day.

4. It's a good _____ when you don't have to _____ the _____ to smell the turkey.

5. The _____ reason Lindbergh _____ so many people on the potential of air travel is that he flew _____ across the Pond.

6. Should I _____ my _____ farmer's advice and let my land lie _____ for a year.

7. A fighter pilot must have the _____ - and a positive _____ - to fly at low _____.

8. _____ do _____ comedians satirize society in such a caustic ___.

9. When the message was _____ that we're not actually _____, I became more _____ about dating you.

10. _____ in the horse got tougher when it started _____, _____ the jockey's chances for victory.

Answers:

1. Adept, adopt, adapt
2. Drab, Arab, grab
3. Denial, genial, menial
4. Omen, open, oven
5. Sole, sold, solo
6. Follow, fellow, fallow
7. Aptitude, attitude, altitude
8. Why, wry, way
9. Relayed, related, relaxed
10. Reining, raining, ruining