SHUFFLE 'EM LXIX 

DOVETAILED WORDS

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Volume 73

 

Two 7-letter words, with their letters in correct, but not consecutive order are combined in each row of letters below. To solve the puzzle, separate both words. There are no extra letters and each letter is used only once. The answer words are not related.

 

Ex. B O L U A T S N E K L E L T

Ans. B o L u A t s N e K l E l T

         BLANKET - outsell 

 

Note from JA: #1, 2, 3, and 4 contain suffixes.  #5 is tricky - with 5 E's. 

 

1. V O Y I Y E A G L E D R E D   

 

2.  S C E D A I N T I N O N E D

 

3. K E N A S E N T E S I T E R

 

4. D I R S O L I L A T L E D E  

 

5. P R E T R I E R E M P E T E 

 

Answers:

 

1. VOYAGER - yielded

2. SCANNED - edition

3. KEENEST - nastier

4. DRILLED - isolate

5. PREEMPT - retiree