The same change can be made to each of the words below to get new words. Can you determine the change and the new words?

1. BLADE

2. STEEL

3. PARKA

4. LARIAT

5. CHASE

6. APRON

7. PLUNGE

8. GRAINY

9. STICKLER

10. ORATION

 

Answer:

 

Each word has a shorter word within it - found by dropping the first and last letters of the original word:

 

1. BLADE - LAD

2. STEEL - TEE

3. PARKA - ARK

4. LARIAT - ARIA

5. CHASE - HAS

6. APRON - PRO

7. PLUNGE - LUNG

8. GRAINY - RAIN

9. STICKLER - TICKLE

10. ORATION - RATIO

 

Credit:

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles 

January, 2020

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