What unusual quality do all of the words below have in common?

1. PUSHING

2. SWANKIER 

3. CANYON

4. ALLEGE

5. BROWNED

6. BOWING

7. WEEKEND

8. LONDONER

 

Answer: 

 

They are all words within words:

 

1. puSHINg (pug - shin)

2. sWANkier (skier - wan) 

3. cANYon (con - any)

4. alLEGe ( ale - leg)

5. brOWNed (bred - own)

6. boWINg ( bog - win)

7. weEKEnd (wend - eke)

8. lonDONer (loner - don)

 

Credit:

David Baskind

GAMES/World of Puzzles

May, 2015

TAKE IT ALL IN 

 

Note: See the original version of this puzzle - posted May 26, 2015 under TAKE IT ALL IN.