RECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES VIII

GAMES Magazine

April, 2001

Stephen Sniderman

 

Change one letter in each word in the left-hand column to a new one. The result may or may not be a word. Put these letters to the front or back of a word in the right-hand column to make a longer word. For example. ACES in the left-hand column and CHAR in the right-hand column. The C in ACES could be changed to D - leaving ADES. These letters could be placed after CHAR to get CHARADES. Given CARDS in the left-hand column and BILL in the right-hand column, the C in CARDS could be changed to I - leaving IARDS. These letters could be added to BILL in the right-hand column to make BILLIARDS. The longer words will all be in the same category (GAMES in the examples above) and the changed letters, shown in ( ) and reading down, will spell another word in that category. As a starting hint, if needed, the category is shown below the answers.

1. GERM            ANT

2. AT                   HELLO

3. COUCH          RUDE

4. BROIL            SHY

5. ONE                STAFF

6. FAT                 US

7. HOCK             STONE 

Answers:

 

1. GERM - GERT - GERTRUDE* (M)

2. AT - OT - OTHELLO  (A)

3. COUCH - TOUCH - TOUCHSTONE**  (C)

4. BROIL - TROIL - TROILUS  (B)

5. ONE - ONY - ANTONY  (E)

6. FAT - FAL - FALSTAFF  (T)

7. HOCK - LOCK - SHYLOCK  (H)

 

Category: Shakespeare characters

Bonus word: MACBETH

 

*Gertrude is Hamlet's mother

** Touchstone is a court jester in As You Like It