INSERT-A-WORD XIX

Joseph Appel

The same three-letter word can be inserted into each word below to make new words. What is the word to be inserted and what are the new words?

 

1. RED

2. CURE

3. SHED

4. RING

5. FLING

 

Answers:

 

The word OUT can be inserted after the first or second letter of each clue word to make a new word:

 

1. ROUTED

2. COUTURE

3. SHOUTED

4. ROUTING

5. FLOUTING

 

Alternate title: MISSING OUT