BANANAGRAMS IV
Credit: GAMES/ World of Puzzles
January, 2018
Edmund Conti

Complete each rhymed couplet by filling in the blanks with two words that are anagrams of each other.

1. Those shoes she lent me caused such a blister.
    I must ________ the urge to hurt my ________.

2. The politician was in jail last season.
    The ________ had committed an act of ________.

3. The artist designed headstones (among other crafts),
    But was ________ when chiseling ________.

4. For every Willy Loman, there are ten
    anonymous, ________    ________.

5. That bad conductor, Herbert Hubert,
    Stands on the podium and ________
    ________.

6. Scissors, science, skiing, svelte -
    Not the ________ words, and often ________.

Answers:

1. resist / sister
2. senator /  treason
3. happiest / epitaphs
4. nameless / slaesmen
5. butchers / Schubert
6. simplest /  misspelt 













     

BANANAGRAMS III
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
January, 2018
Edmund Conti

Complete each rhymed couplet by filling in the blanks with two words that are anagrams of each other.

1. My favorite student has come so far!
   Her skill with fine ________ has made her a ________!

2. I wanted to try that squid hors d'oeuvre,
    But I knew I could ________ work up the ________.

3. You must let me have the wheel, dear.
    You'll hit those ________ if you continue to ________.

4. Forget earrings, bracelets, and pins,
    Diamond ________ will give 'em the biggest ________.

5. Whack! Lob! Whack! Whack! Drop. Golly!
    Wasn't that a ________   ________?

6. To get Meg to clean her bedroom floor,
    Her Mom left a ________ in the bureau ________.

7. If you think I'm a show-off, I beg your pardon.
    But just take a ________ at my ________.

Answers:

1. arts / star
2. never / nerve
3. trees / steer
4. rings / grins
5. lovely / volley
6. reward / drawer
7. gander / garden


 

BANANAGRAMS II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 2001
Edmund Conti

Complete each rhyming couplet by filling in the blanks with two words which are anagrams of each other.

1)
Porridge too hot? Bless my soul!
Don't just sit there. _______ on the _______.

2)
"Timber!" won't be a popular tune
If you're under a tree _______ it's being _______.

3)
I wanted fried potatoes and was abashed
When the hostess _______ me into eating them _______.

4)
Here's a good rule that never should fail:
If you can't get fresh, choose the _______   _______.

5)
With saints and sinners, this is the norm:
The _______ redeem; the latter _______.

6)
During the dog days no one pities
Nome, Alaska, the _______ of _______.

Answers:

1. blow / bowl
2. when / hewn
3. shamed / mashed
4. least / stale
5. former / reform
6. iciest / cities

BANANAGRAMS I
Credit: GAMES Magazine
September, 2001
Edmund Conti

Complete each rhyming couplet by filling in the blanks with two words which are anagrams of each other.

1. Unless you're in the Foreign Legion,
Skip the Sahara: _______ the _______.

2. It's an urban myth and a big mistake
To ask for 13: Give the _______ a _______.

3. Moses said, when he saw the Sea,
"_______, Red, it's God's _______."

4. Nostalgia may be overblown,
But a nickel _______ could buy a _______.

5. Semper fi? What does it mean?
That you must always _______ a _______.

HINTS:

The second words are:

1. region

2. break

3. decree

4. cone

5. Marine

Answers:

1. ignore / region
2. baker / break
3. Recede / decree
4. once / cone
5. remain / Marine