TWO-FOR-ONE

GAMES/  World of Puzzles

April, 2016

From the GAMES library

 

Drop one letter from each of the words in each pair below, then combine the remaining letters to get a third word. Do not re-arrange the order of the letters. For example, given 

 

MOUSE - UMP, 

drop the O from MOUSE, to get MUSE, drop the P from UMP to get UM, combine the remaining letters to get MUSE + UM = MUSEUM.

1. COURT - RAIN

2. SERAPE - ANT

3. COMB- PUNTER

4. BEAVER - PAGE

5. DECK - ANTLER

6. RACKET - CRACK

7. HAMPER - STAND

8. PEAR - CLOCK

HINTS:

Letter to be dropped in the first word:

1. O

2. A

3. B

4. A

5. K

6. K

7. H

8. R

Answers:

 

1. CURTAIN

2. SERPENT

3. COMPUTER

4. BEVERAGE

5. DECANTER

6. RACETRACK

7. AMPERSAND

8. PEACOCK