What do the following 12 words have in common?

IMPS

CHIN

AHOY

HINT

KNOW

BLOW

MOST

DEFY

LOPS

FLUX

ERST

GIST 

HINT:

What do the following 12 words have in common? 

Ahoy, blow, chin, defy, erst, flux, gist, hint, imps, know, lops, most

Answer:

 

The letters of each word are in alphabetical order.

 

Credit: 

Ben Hamilton

Brainteasers and Mind Benders