BETWIXT AND BETWEEN XII

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

August, 2025

 

For each pair of words below, find a common word that comes between them alphabetically in the dictionary. No word is merely a different form of one of the given words. The length of the word in between is indicated by the number of dashes.

 

Ex. ATTEST

       _ _ _ _ _

       ATTIRE

 

The in-between word would be ATTIC.

 

1. LENIENT

    _ _ _ _ _ _

    LEOPARD

 

2. GAZEBO

     _ _ _ _

     GECKO

 

3. DRY

    _ _ _ _

    DUCK

 

4. SKEDADDLE

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    SKEW

 

5. PRY

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    PUB

 

6. BOTTLE

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    BOUNCE

 

7. ACUTE

    _ _ _ _ _

    ADAPT

 

8. GUZZLE

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    GYRATE 

 

Answers:

 

1. LENTIL

2. GEAR

3. DUAL  

4. SKELETON

5. PSYCHIC

6. BOULEVARD

7. ADAGE

8. GYMNAST