DROP TWO LETTERS - GET A NEW WORD LXXI

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

June, 2019

 

Drop two letters from each word and re-arrange the remaining letters to get a new word. For example, KINGDOM becomes DOING if you drop the K and M and re-arrange the remaining letters. The dropped letters - two from each of the 13 words, comprise the 26 letters of the alphabet, each letter used only once. The original version of this puzzle is much more difficult - giving the answer word first and asking the solver to pick the required two letters from the alphabet to get the longer word. This version of the puzzle is still hard, and the letters to be dropped are given as hints below the words. The answers to the puzzle are unique, because you're using all the letters of the alphabet, once each.

1. KINGDOM

2. SQUEAKY

3. VINEGAR

4. TEXTURE

5. FLAVORS

6. PROJECT

7. BREWING

8. HAZARDS

9. DECLINE

10. PERPLEX

11. INSPECT

12. RACQUET

13. HATCHET

HINTS:

Letters to be dropped:

1. KM

2. SY

3. GI

4. EX

5. FV

6. JO

7. BW

8. AZ

9. DL

10. PR

11. CN

12. QU

13. HT

Answer words:

 

1. DOING

2. QUAKE

3. RAVEN

4. UTTER

5. SOLAR

6. CREPT

7. REIGN

8. SHARD

9. NIECE

10. EXPEL

11. SPITE

12. TRACE

13. CHEAT