DROP A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD LXXVIII

with some old gems

Drop one letter from each word and re-arrange the remaining letters to get new words. The fist five words are related, as are the last five - but in different ways.

1. PELICAN

2. CAREERS

3. UNSTATED

4. ARGUABLE

5. FISHERMAN

 

6. REPUTE

7. INWARD

8. ASCRIBE

9. MEMOIRS

10. PHRASING 

HINTS:

Letters to be dropped:

1. A

6. T

Answers:

 

1. PENCIL

2. ERASER

3. STUDENT

4. ALGEBRA

5. FRESHMAN - - - school-related words

 

6. PUREE

7. DRAIN

8. BRAISE

9. SIMMER

10. GARNISH - - - words found in recipe direcions

 

Credit:

GAMES Magazine

February, 2009

George Bredehorn