1. What unusual property do the following words have in common?

ANTARCTIC

AFTERGLOW

ADORATION

 

2. What unusual property do the following words have in common?

 

DUMBSTRUCK

THUMBSCREW

BIRTHPLACE

 

Answer:

 

1. Each of the words is made up of three smaller words:

    ANT  ARC  TIC

    AFT   ERG  LOW

    ADO   RAT   ION 

 

2. All three words have five consonants in a row:

    duMBSTRuck

    thuMBSCRew

    biRTHPLace