IT'S MAGIC!

Think of an eight-letter word used in magic to denote sudden appearance or disappearance. If you change the last letter of this word to an R, the word can be read as four, consecutive, two-letter U.S. postal codes. What's the word?

Answer:

ALAKAZAM!

If you change the last letter to R, you get ALAKAZAR:

ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS

Credit:
The Enigma
NPL Magazine
July, 2019
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