NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

July 17, 2022

Will Shortz

The words below are various things and places. For each one, think of another word that names something in the same category, with the same number of letters, and beginning and ending with the same letters. For example, if the given word were FORTY, the answer would be FIFTY - because both word are numbers, both have five letters,  and both words begin and end with the same letters.

1. Poppy

2. Raven

3. Rupee

4. Sudan

5. Jackson

6. Alabama

7. Cocoa Puffs

Answers:

 

1. Pansy or Peony

2. Robin

3. Ruble

4. Spain

5. Johnson

6. Arizona

7. Corn Flakes