1. What do the following words have in common?

PLAZA

LOUSE

HASTEN

ANIMAL

 

2. What do the following words have in common?

 

SMILE

PINCH

BOUNCE 

3. What do the following words have in common?

EAR

FOUR

STEAL

 

HINTS:

1. Anagrams

2. Hidden words

3. Added letters

Answers:

 

1. The words are anagrams of world capitals:

    PLAZA - LA PAZ

    LOUSE - SEOUL

    HASTEN - ATHENS

    ANIMAL - MANILA

 

2. Hidden in each word is a unit of weight or measure:

    sMILE

    pINCH

    bOUNCE

 

3. Each word becomes a new one with the addition of TH:

    earTH

    fourTH

    stealTH 

Credit: #2

Jim Holland