Gems from old GAMES Magazines XIX

April, 2005

From the GAMES Library

The words in each set below are incomplete. Can you figure out what shorter word is missing - intact - from the words in each set?

1. UNCH

    SHERN

    CURIER

    BIQUE

2. TAN

    CON

    CHER

    STLE

3. ATD

    INSE

    USIL 

    LAT

4. COLL

    MY

    HST

    CORT

HINT:

All four of the missing words are three-letter words.

Answers:

 

1. OUT:

    UNCOUTH

    SOUTHERN

    COUTURIER

    BOUTIQUE

 

2. ART:

    TARTAN

    CARTON

    CHARTER

    STARTLE

 

3. TEN:

    ATTEND

    INTENSE

    UTENSIL

    LATTEN

 

4. ONE:

    COLONEL

    MONEY

    HONEST

    CORONET