NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
June 15, 2014
Will Shortz

After a certain change has been made, the words below can be anagrammed into new ones that have something in common.

1. ELFIN
2. COOING
3. ENRICH
4. BOILER
5. NIECES
6. HAMSTER
7. SNAGGED

HINT:
One letter has to be dropped from each word.

Answers:

After dropping one letter from each word, the remaining letters can be anagrammed into the names of rivers:

1. ELFIN - NILE
2. COOING - CONGO
3. ENRICH - RHINE
4. BOILER - LOIRE
5. NIECES - SEINE
6. HAMSTER - THAMES
7. SNAGGED - GANGES