FAMILY TIES XLIII

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Winter, 2025

 

Each group below contains four unrelated words. Without changing the order of the letters, change one letter in each of the words to form four related words.

 

1. Peppy.....Lamp.....Dawn.....Bid

2. Twin.....Blanch.....Bank.....Truck     

3. Wood.....Sulk.....Liken.....Belt

4. Word.....Mope.....Spring.....Chair

5. Posture.....Yield.....Plait.....Pea

6. Share.....Curtail.....Grape.....Sputter

7. Chest.....Scramble.....Worry.....Rink

8. Next.....Borrow.....Fair.....Dive

9. Surgeon.....Prosier.....Thrice.....Broom

10. Canon.....Slow.....Rant.....Tinker 

 

Answers:

 

1. Puppy, Lamb, Fawn, Kid

2. Twig, Branch, Bark, Trunk

3. Wool, Silk, Linen, Felt

4. Cord, Rope, String, Chain

5. Pasture, Field, Plain, Lea

6. Shade, Curtain, Drape, Shutter

7. Chess, Scrabble, Sorry, Risk

8. Nest, Burrow, Lair, Hive

9. Burgeon, Prosper, Thrive, Bloom

10. Canoe, Scow, Raft, Tanker