1. What is unusual about the following words?

SEAT

STEW

SHOUT

THORN 

 

2. What do all of the following three-letter words have in common?

 

WAG

CAN

CAP

HER

BAR

BAT 

 

Answers:

 

1. The words are anagrams of the four cardinal directions:

 

SEAT - EAST

STEW - WEST

SHOUT - SOUTH

THORN - NORTH

 

2. Each word becomes a new one when ON is added at the end:

 

WAGON

CANON  

CAPON 

HERON

BARON

BATON