LETTER BANK XXXIV

GAMES Magazine

February/March, 1989

Fraser Simpson

 

A letter bank is a shorter word whose letters, repeated as necessary, make up a longer word. IMPS is a letter bank for MISSISSIPPI.

 

Find a letter bank for the first word in each pair below. The second word is its definition. To continue the example above, given MISSISSIPPI, RASCALS, the letter bank would be IMPS (RASCALS)

1. GODLESS, CABINS

2. BASEBALL, PACKAGES

3. GUNRUNNING, REGRETTING

4. HIGHLIGHTS, INSIGNIFICANT

5. BEANBAG, STARTED

6. DECIDED, CHOP UP

7. SUCCESSES, SIGNALS

8. LONESOMENESS,VERY FORMAL AND DIGNIFIED

 

Answers:

 

1. LODGES

2. BALES

3. RUING

4. SLIGHT

5. BEGAN

6. DICE

7. CUES

8. SOLEMN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

See also MINIGRAMS, posted 5/20/14