SHIFTY CHARACTERS

GAMES Magazine

June, 2000

Douglas Tench 

 

What do the following words all have in common?

 

1. ABED

2. EGRET

3. FINER

4. SMILED

5. STATE 

HINT:

The puzzle title is a hint.

Answer:

 

Shifting the first letter of each word to the third letter makes a new word:

 

1. ABED - BEAD

2. EGRET - GREET

3. FINER - INFER

4. SMILED - MISLED

5. STATE - TASTE