DROP A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD CXXV

Drop one letter from each word and re-arrange the remaining letters to get new words. The new words are not related.

1. CUSHION

2. LOCALE

3. REWIND 

4. OBLIGE

5. STRING

6. RETINA 

7. CATNIP 

8. ORCHID 

9. LAWYER

10. ENFORCE

 

HINTS:

Letters to be dropped:

1. H

2. E

3. N

4. I

5. N

6. N

7. C or T

8. D

9. W

10. E

 

Answers:

 

1. COUSIN

2. CELLO

3. WEIRD

4. GLOBE

5. GRIST

6. IRATE

7. PAINT or PANIC

8. CHOIR

9. EARLY

10. CONFER