DROP A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD XXIV

FAMILY REUNIONS
GAMES/World of Puzzles
October, 2019
Regis Modesta

Drop one letter from each of the following words and re-arrange the remaining letters to form new words. The first three words will have something in common, and the final seven words will have something (different) in common.

1. LOBSTER
2. UNLACED
3. REACHES
4. FUEL
5. FORGE
6. ORGANDY
7. CHAIRMEN
8. TRUNCATE
9. UPSTAGES
10. RUMINATOR

HINTS:
1-3: Not heavy and not dark
7-10: Not real

Answers:

1. STROBE
2. CANDLE
3. SEARCH - - - kinds of lights
4. ELF
5. OGRE
6. DRAGON
7. CHIMERA
8. CENTAUR
9. PEGASUS
10. MINOTAUR - - - mythical creatures