PRESTO - CHANGE-O  XXIV 

GAMES Magazine 

September, 2001

ALTERED ALLIANCES

 

Each group below contains four seemingly unrelated words. Without re-arranging the order of the letters, change one letter in each word so that the new words in each group have something in common. For example, TIER, DUCK, WAVER, PEACH could be changed to PIER, DOCK, WAVES, BEACH.

1. OWE, TOO, THREW, FOUL

2. GUM, ALE, TONAL, WHALE

3. ANTS, BARDS, DELL, POSER

4. BING, CROWN, HUT, CHART

5. BARD, BEAN, LEATHER, WINKS

 

Answers:

 

1. One, two, three, four*

2. Sum, all, total, whole

3. Ante, cards, deal, poker

4. Sing, croon, hum, chant

5. Bird, beak, feather, wings 

 

*Can you continue the series to Ten?

 

Possible answer:

Owe, too, threw, foul, fine, sin, sever, night, line, men