GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2015

Paddy Smith

 

The two puzzles below are related.

 

Puzzle 1: Can you logically arrange these eight words into four pairs?

 

AGE            AID

CELL          FIRST

HOLE         ICE

PHONE      SINK

 

Answer:

 

ICE AGE

CELL PHONE

SINK HOLE

FIRST AID

 

Puzzle 2:

Now can you do the same for these eight words?

COAL      EYE

FUR         OWN

SAGE      SELF

SING       STAYED

Answer:

 

The words in Puzzle 2 can be paired as homophones of those in Puzzle 1:

 

EYE SAGE (ice age)

SELF OWN (cell phone)

SING COAL (sink hole)

FUR STAYED (first aid)