GAMES Magazine

February, 2008 

Raymond D. Love

 

IN THE BEGINNING

 

What unusual characteristic do the following words have in common?

 

CANS              PENCIL

COLLAR        TENNIS

FLOOR           VERGE

HEIRESS        WHISK

KINETIC         WHY 

MRS.                YOU

 

HINTS:

1. It's phonetic. 

2. It's about beginning sounds.

 

Answer:

 

Each word is phonetically (if somewhat imperfectly) the beginning syllable or syllables of one of the United States:

 

CANS - KANSAS

COLLAR - COLORADO

FLOOR - FLORIDA

HEIRESS - ARIZONA

KINETIC - CONNECTICUT

MRS. - MISSISSIPPI 

PENCIL - PENNSYLVANIA

TENNIS - TENNESSEE

VERGE - VIRGINIA

WHISK - WISCONSIN

WHY - WYOMIING

YOU - UTAH