WHAT ARE THE ODDS? I

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,

EARTH

_ B _ O _ R _ N _ ,

the answer word would be ABHORRENT - A,H,R,E,T = EARTH

1. UNHOT

    _ O _ C  _ D _ W _

2. PROSE

    _ U _ E _ H _ R  _

3. RISKY

    _ A _ D _ T _ C _

4. DERBY

    _ O _ F _ I _ N _

5. TIRES

    _ P _ A _ M _ N _

6. SMART

    _ I _ C _ E _ N _

7. USAGE

    _ I _ N _ T _ R _

8. EASED

    _ K _ D _ D _ L _

9. WIRED

     _ O _ L _ W _ D _

Answers:

 

1. TOUCHDOWN

2. SUPERHERO

3. YARDSTICK

4. BOYFRIEND

5. SPEARMINT

6. MISCREANT

7. SIGNATURE

8. SKEDADDLE

9. WORLDWIDE