1. What do the following words have in common?

LINES

STICKS

GAMES

TRUCKS 

2. What do the following words have in common? (The answer to MOIRE comes from French and is a variant spelling in English.)

 

TIER

SLING

MOIRE

 

HINT:

OUCH!

Answers:

 

1. Each word can be preceded by PICK-UP to make a new phrase.

 

2. Each word becomes a new one by inserting OUCH into the word:

 

TOUCHIER

SLOUCHING

MOUCHOIRE*

 

*MOIRE is a kind of fabric with a wavy, watery pattern.

  MOUCHOIR is a handkerchief. 

Credit:

1: Rachel Simon