TWO AND ONLY TWO
Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
February 4, 2007
Will Shortz

Each pair of letters below appears in the middle of two, and only two, common, uncapitalized, four-letter English words. For example, given the letter pair PO, the two words would be SPOT and UPON. Can you name the two words for each pair below?

1. CH
2. GL
3. NC
4. LS
5. VI
6. CR
7. MO
8. YT

Answers:

1. ACHE - ECHO
2. OGLE - UGLY
3. ONCE - INCH
4. ALSO - ELSE
5. AVID - EVIL
6. ACRE - ECRU
7. AMOK - SMOG
8. BYTE - MYTH