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GAMES/World of Puzzles

February, 2016

R. Wayne Schmittberger

Can you write a word into each set of blanks, without re-arranging the letters, to form another word? For example, given _ OA _ _ , you could write SPY in the blanks to give you the word SOAPY. The first letters of the words to be put in the blanks are given as hints below the clues. [JA: This is a hard puzzle - impossible for me without the clues.]

 

1. _ OJ _ 

2. _ OD _ _ _

3. _ _ OB _ _ _

4. _ _ _ OC _ _ _

5. _ _ _ OE _ 

6. _ OI _ _ _ (three answers)

7. _ _ _ _ OK _

8. _ _ ON _

9. _ _ OP _ _ _

 

HINTS:

First letter to fill the blanks:

1. D

2. M

3. P

4. R

5. V

6. B, F, or S

7. P

8. A

9. P

Answers:

 

1. DO - DOJO

2. MULE - MODULE

3. PRATE - PROBATE

4. RELATE - RELOCATE

5. VETS - VETOES

6. BLED - BOILED

    FLED - FOILED

    SLED - SOILED

7. PROVE - PROVOKE 

8. ATE - ATONE

    ALE - ALONE

9. PROSE - PROPOSE