TRIM AND FIT IX

GAMES Magazine

June, 2000

Stephen Sniderman

 

Choose a word from the left-hand column and trim one, two, or three consecutive letters from the front or back (but not both). Then, without changing the order of the letters, fit a word from the right-hand column between two of the remaining letters to get a new, longer word. 

 

For examples, see TRIM AND FIT I - posted December 15, 2023.  

1. EXAMINER           AFAR

2. VOTER                   TRIO

3. LIST                        DOME

4. PATIO                     VEIL

5. SIN                          DREAD

6. RELENT                 ONES

Answers:

New word in capital letters, inserted word in ( ), dropped letters in lower case

 

1. exaMIN(DREAD)ER

2. vO(DOME)TER

3. LI(ONES)St

4. PA(TRIO)Tio

5. S(AFAR)In

6. RE(VEIL)LEnt