GAMES Magazine

August, 1992

Arnie Danoff

BORDERLINE GAMES

 

The following four-letter words have something in common. Can you determine what it is?

 

ALGA

ALMS

ARMS

CONE 

INKY

MANY

MOIL

ORCA

 

HINTS:

1. The puzzle title is a hint.

2. U.S. Geography

 

Answer:

 

The words are formed by combining the two-letter postal abbreviations of two states that share a border. For example, INKY is IN (Indiana) and KY (Kentucky).