NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
June 10, 2012
Will Shortz

What do the following words have in common?

FAIL
HOLD
HIRED
TOAST
BRAIN
ALONG
WANING
HOMELY

HINT:
It has to do with changing a single letter in each word.

Answer:

By changing a single letter in each word, the new word is the opposite of the old one.

FAIL - NAIL
HOLD - FOLD
HIRED - FIRED
TOAST - ROAST
BRAIN - BRAWN
ALONG - ALONE
WANING - WAXING
HOMELY - COMELY