DROP A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD XLVI

Drop one letter from each word and re-arrange the remaining letters to get nine new words. Numbers 6-8 will have something in common.

1. PITCHER

2. UNSEAT

3. INWARD

4. LAUGH

5. VARIOUS*

6. BALSAM

7. NOUGAT

8. VASSAL

 

HINTS:

Letters to be dropped:

1. T

2. N

3. W

4. G

5. U* (American spelling)

6. L

7. U

8. V

Answers:

 

1. CIPHER

2. SAUTE

3. DRAIN

4. HULA or HAUL

5. SAVIOR*

6. SAMBA

7. TANGO

8. SALSA (#6, 7, and 8 are kinds of dances.)

 

*The British spelling of SAVIOR is SAVIOUR - which would make it an anagram of VARIOUS.