NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

May 1, 2022 

Will Shortz

The words - or rather the letters in them - have something in common. Can you determine what it is?

THEN

OPEN

QUIT

SINK

PEST

LUMP

DISH

TO DO

HINT:

World geography

Answer:

 

The set of letters appears consecutively in the name of a world capital:

 

aTHENs

cOPENhagen

QUITo

helSINKi

budaPEST

kuala LUMPur

mogaDISHu

sanTO DOmingo