CHAIN WORDS IV
Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles
February, 2019

Join these twelve words into a chain. Begin with STEAL. The word that follows will do at least one of the following: 1. Rhyme with it, 2. have the same meaning, 3. be an anagram of it, or 4. have one different letter. The first and last words will not connect. For example, the following is a chain:
MERIT, WORTH, EARTH, HEART, HEARD.

CURVE    WAIVE    GENRE     CRAVE
NAIVE     STALE     CARVE    OOMPH
STYLE    VERVE     GREEN     STEAL

Answer:

1. STEAL
2. STALE
3. STYLE
4. GENRE
5. GREEN
6. NAIVE
7. WAIVE
8. CRAVE
9. CARVE
10. CURVE
11. VERVE
12. OOMPH