REVERSE LETTER BANKS XLII

GAMES Magazine

Novermber, 1984

Mary McCool

 

In a regular letter bank, the letters of a shorter word are used to make a longer word. The letters may be repeated as necessary, but no new letters are allowed. For example, BLUE is a letter bank for BUBBLE. In this version, you are given the longer word and have to determine the letter bank (shorter) word from which the longer word was made. In the example above, you would be given BUBBLE and the answer would be BLUE. As a solving hint, the first letter and the number of letters in the letter bank word is given in ( ). In the example, the clue would read BUBBLE (B-4).

1. NITWIT         (T-4)

2. LASAGNA    (S-5)

3. DISMISS       (D-4)

4. SENTINEL    (L-6)

5. REVEILLE    (L-5)

6. REVOLVER   (L-5)

7. ANTENNAE             (N-4)

8. STALEMATE            (M- 6)

9. FOREFINGER           (F-7)

10. RESTAURANT        (S-7)

11. INCONVENIENCE  (N-6)

Answers:

 

1. TWIN

2. SLANG

3. DIMS

4. LISTEN

5. LIVER

6. LOVER

7. NEAT

8. METALS

9. FOREIGN

10. SAUNTER

11. NOVICE