WHAT ARE THE ODDS? II

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2023

Shawn Kennedy 

The nine-letter words below are missing their odd-positioned letters - that is, their 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th. These five letters have been scrambled into a word and placed atop the incomplete nine-letter word. Can you use the letters of the five-letter word on top to replace the missing letters and restore the nine-letter word? For example, given

 

SMART

_ I _ C _ E _ N _ ,

the answer word would be MISCREANT - M,S,R,A,T = SMART

 

1. LIVEN

    _  A _ E _ T _ N _

2. UTTER

    _ U _ B _ L _ N _

3. OPINE

    _ A _ T _ M _ M _

4. TRUMP

    _A _ A _ O _ N _

5. NINER

    _ G _ O _ A _ C _

6. VIBES

    _ N _ I _ I _ L _

7. SHORE

    _ O _ O _ C _ P _

8. ICING

    _ O _ N _ T _ N _

9. LASER

    _ T _ I _ W _ L _

Answers:

 

1. VALENTINE

2. TURBULENT

3. PANTOMIME 

4. PARAMOUNT

5. IGNORANCE

6. INVISIBLE

7. HOROSCOPE

8. COGNITION

9. STAIRWELL