FOUR-FIT XII

 

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

January, 2020

 

The blanks in each set of words below can be filled in with the same four-letter word to make a seven-letter word. For example, given the clue set:

          _ L _ _ B _ ER

          _ H _ R _ _ D

          MA _ R _ _ _

The missing word would be CAME 

         CLAMBER

         CHARMED

         MACRAME

 

1) _ _ _ _ NCY

    UPS _ _ _ _

    CO _ _ A _ _

2) A_ R _ B _ _

    _ O _ L _ N _

    _ _ _ S _ ER

3) B _ _ _ L _ S

    AB _ _ _ G _

    G _ _ D _ L_

4) _ O T _ _ _ D

    _ _ _ K _ LS

    S _ _ _ K _ R

5) P _ _ _ _ IC

    _ E _ NE _ _

    _ _ RGE _ _

Answers:

 

1. Missing word: URGE

    URGENCY, UPSURGE, COURAGE

 

2. Missing word: COAT

    ACROBAT, COOLANT, COASTER

 

3. Missing word: RIDE

    BRIDLES, ABRIDGE, GRIDDLE

 

4. Missing word: NICE

    NOTICED, NICKELS, SNICKER

 

5. Missing word: LAST

    PLASTIC, LEANEST, LARGEST

FOUR-FIT XI

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

January, 2020

 

The blanks in each set of three words below can be filled in with the same four-letter word to make a seven-letter word. For example, given the clue set: 

        _ EJO _ _ _

        SE _ V _ _ _

        A _ T _ _ L _ 

The four-letter missing word would be RICE:

        REJOICE

        SERVICE

        ARTICLE

1) _ RA _ _ _ R

    TEX _ _ _ _

    S _ _ F _ _ D

2) _ L _ _ B _ R

    _ H _ R _ _ D

    MA _ R _ _ _

 

3) I _ _ _ IZ _

     _ R _ P _ _ T

     _ R _ O _ _ D 

4) _ _ N _ OM _

    _ H _ _ TL _

    _ H _ _ P _ R

5) _ E _ _ T _ D

    TER _ _ _ _

     _ _ T _ H _ T

Answers:

 

1. Missing word: TILE

    TRAILER, TEXTILE, STIFLED

 

2. Missing word: CAME

    CLAMBER, CHARMED, MACRAME

 

3. Missing word: DOLE

    IDOLIZE, DROPLET, DROOLED

 

4. Missing word: WISE

    WINSOME, WHISTLE, WHISPER

 

5. Missing word: RACE

    REACTED, TERRACE, RATCHET

FOUR-FIT X

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

January, 2019

 

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once.

 

AUNT       MEAT        EAR        TILE

FORM       NINE         SNOB     TOGA

LUSH       OMEN       TACT      VEST 

1. _ _ B O _ G _ N         7. NO _ _ L I _ _

2. _ _ T _ I N E _           8. _ _ D I T _ _ E

3. D I S _ R _ _ _           9. _ C Q _ A I _ _

4. _ _ _ W _ A L L        10. E _ S H R _ _ _

5. _ A N G _ I _ _          11. _ _ _ E _ O S T

6. S _ _ C K _ _ R          12. M _ V E _ _ _ T

Answers:

 

1. TOGA - TOBOGGAN    7. VEST - NOVELIST

2. REAR - RETAINER       8. MEAT - MEDITATE 

3. TACT - DISTRACT       9. AUNT - ACQUAINT

4. SNOB - SNOWBALL    10. NINE - ENSHRINE

5. LUSH - LANGUISH      11. FORM - FOREMOST

6. TILE - STICKLER        12. OMEN - MOVEMENT

FOUR-FIT IX

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

December 1, 2018

 

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once.

 

ADIT    FAZE     FELT     GATE     GOAL

LASS    PERM    POOR    QUAD   YARN 

1. _ E _ _ LI _ G

2. _ _ CRO _ _ E

3. _ U _ _ _ ION

4. _ O _ _ H _ RD

5. S _ _ CT _ U _

6. _ O _ F B _ L _ 

7. _ I D _ _ I _ Y

8. S _ _ _ N _ ER

9. _ R _ M _ TE _

10. _ IN _ LI _ _

Answers:

 

1. YEAR -YeARliNg

2. LASS -LAcroSSe

3. ADIT -AuDITion

4. GOAT -GoAThErd

5. sPERM - PEctRuM

6. GOAL - GoOfbAlL 

7. FELT - FidELiTy

8. QUAD - sQUAnDer

9. POOR - PrOmOteR

10. FAZE - FinAliZE

FOUR-FIT VIII

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

November, 2018

 

Without changing the order of the letters, place the 4-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each 4-letter word will be used only once. 

 

BOLD       FLIT       HOLE       MILD       PLOY

ROSE       TEAL      CRIB        GUST        ICON 

MOTH     POUT      SECT        UNIT        DENY

HELM     LONE      NAIL         RIFT         SPAN

WAND 

 

1. _ ORK _ _ F _                11. LIN _ _ I _ _

2. _ U _ PL _ _ T                12. _ OODL _ _ _ 

3. _ ON _ LI _ _                  13. A _ T _ _ AC _

4. I _ _ _ TIF _                    14. _ _ UT _ CA _

5. S _ _ U _ D _ R               15. _ _ ED _ _ LE

6. _ EH _ _ _ EN                 16. S _ _ _ TCH _

7. _ EM _ _ AD _                17. _ _ IR _ OO _

8. _ _ P _ LA _ E                 18. IN _ _RV _ _

9. TO _ T _ I _ _                  19. D _ S _ _ U _ T

10. Q _ A _ T _ _ Y             20. _ P _ _ _ RUM

                                             21. _ AN _ FO _ _

Answers:

 

1. ForkLIfT                          11. linGUiST

2. SuPplANt                         12. WoodlAND

3. MonOliTH                       13. aRtIFacT

4. iDENtif Y                         14. NAutIcaL 

5. sHOuLdEr                       15. CRedIBle

6. BehOLDen                       16. sPLOtchY

7. LemONadE                      17. HEirLooM

8. POpUlaTe                         18. inTErvAL

9. toRtOiSE                          19. dIsCOuNt

10. qUaNtITy                        20. SpECTrum

                                               21. ManIfoLD

 

 

 

 

FOUR-FIT VII

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

March, 2019

 

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once.  

 

ATOM    DOTE     MUTE    PINE     SEAR

BRAN     FRET     NEAR     PLOT    TOGA

COIL      LOUD    ONLY     ROUT    VIAL 

  

1. S _ R _ _ KL _         9. _ _ BO _ G _ N

2. A _ V _ CA _ _        10. F _ _ _ N _ ER

3. SU _ M _ _ N _        11. _ _ LON _ A _

4. PL _ _ F _ R _          12. CO _ P _ _ _ R

5. _ _ P _ _ ATE           13. E _ D _ _ VO _

6. SU _ U _ B _ _         14. _ AR _ _ B _ E

7. DI _ _ _ MA _          15. M _ _ OPO _ _

8. _ O _ _ CAS _

Answers:

 

1. sPrINklE                 9. TOboGgAn

2. aDvOcaTE              10. fLOUnDer

3. suRmOUnT            11. COlonIaL

4. plATfOrM              12. coMpUTEr

5. SEpARate               13. eNdEAvoR

6. suBuRbAN             14. VarIAbLe

7. diPLOnaT              15. mONopoLY

8. FoREcasT

 

FOUR-FIT VI

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

 

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once. For example, given

 

_ H _ A _ AN _ , the letters in PEST would give

P h E a S a n T (PHEASANT)

 

BOLT    HERE    NORM    RUIN   TACT

CLAW   FACT    LINT       ONLY   PROD 

TIRE     EDIT     FEEL       PARE   RAGE 

SOLE    WINE

1. ARTI _ _ _ _            10. M _ _ OPO _ _

2. _ _ _ _ IGAL            11. F _ _ _ M _ NT

3. AP _ _ _ _ NT          12. _ _ D _ ME _ T

4. D _ _ _ CA _ E         13. _ I _ RC _ _ Y

5. _ H _ E _ AC _         14. F _ _ PPA _ _

6. T _ _ O _ IZ _           15. DIS _ R _ _ _

7. _ O _ ESL _ _           16. O _ S _ _ E _ E

8. _ _ SHBO _ _           17. I _ CHW _ _ _

9. SA _ _ _ IZ _ 

Answers:

 

1. artiFACT                10. mONopoLY

2. PRODigal               11. fRAGmEnt

3. apPAREnt              12. RUdImeNt

4. dEdIcaTe                13. FiErcELy

5. ShOeLacE              14. fLIppaNT

6. tHEoRizE               15. disTrACT

7. CoLeslAW              16. oBsOLeTe

8. WIshboNE              17. iNchwORM

9. saTIRizE

 

 

 

 

FOUR-FIT V
Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles
August, 2019

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once. For example, given

C_ E _ _ IV _ , the letters in RATE would give
c R e A T i v E (CREATIVE)

BEET      FACE      HEAT      ISLE
LATE      LUGE     MINT     NAVY
NORM    ROSE     VEND     VERB 

1. U _ S _ _ OR _            7. _ A _ _ _ AIN
2. _ _ H _ MO _ H          8. _ _ SIT _ _ E
3. DE _ I _ N _ _             9. OB _ IG _ _ _
4. KE _ _ _ EN _            10. _ A _ _ HT _ R
5. _ N _ O _ _ NT           11. RE _ _ RE _ _
6. E _ _ _ _ OUS             12. _ _ _ TE _ RA

Answers:

1. uNsAVorY                7. MaINTain
2. BEhEmoTh              8. HEsitATe
3. deFiAnCE                9. obLigATE
4. keROSenE               10. LaUGhtEr
5. InSoLEnt                 11. reVEreND
6. eNORMous              12. VERteBra

FOUR-FIT IV
Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles
March, 2019 - August, 2019

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once. For example, given

_ _ E _ RI _ G , the letters in CLAN would give  
C L e A r i N g (CLEARING).

SUIT      FOAL    QUIT     RANT     VIAL
VOLE    RATE     TACT    CITY       PEON
ACRE    SIGH      DELI     NEED     SIZE

1. ABS _ R _ _ _            9. M_ _ KE _ _ L
2. _ ANIT _ _ _              10. _ _ NTAG _ _
3. FI _ _ _ _ TY              11. TENA _ _ _ _
4. T _ _ _ SMI _             12. _ KYL _ _ _ T
5. C _ E _ _ IV _             13. AC _ _ A _ N _
6. _ _ WLYW _ _            14. _ _ LATI _ _
7. _ _ T _ _ ITY              15. _ _ OTF _ _ L
8. MO _ Q _ _ _ O

Answers:

1. absTrACT                  9.  mACkeREl
2. SanitIZE                    10. PEntagON
3. fiDELIty                    11. tenaCITY
4. tRANsmiT                 12. SkylIGHt
5. cReATivE                  13. acQUaInT
6. NEwlywED                14. VOlatiLE
7. VItALity                   15. FOotfALl
8. moSqUITo

FOUR-FIT III
Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles
February, 2019 - March, 2019

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once. For example, given

_ _ N _ G _ AM , the letters in MOOR would give  
M O n O g R am (MONOGRAM).

NICE     RARE    EVER    CAST    CLAN
TRUE    ORAL    MINT    RICE     MENU
SOON    COLT    ELAN    MAIN   ACHE

1. P _ _ N _ _ SS          8. _ _ EAS _ R _
2. _ _ EG _ _ CE          9. _ _ E _ RI _ G
3. U _ _ CY _ L _        10. B _ _ _ _ AGE
4. _ CH _ _ _ ER         11. _ _ _ ONIS _
5. VO _ _ LI _ _          12. C _ _ NME _ _
6. HA _ DW _ _ _       13. _ _ GIC _ A _
7. B _ _ _ _ LOR         14. _ _ RI _ G _ E
                                     15. _ _ _ ORI _ Y

Answers:

1. pRInCEss                8. TReasUrE
2. ELegANce               9. CLeAriNg
3. uNIcyClE                10. bEVERage
4. SchOONer              11. COLonisT
5. voCAliST                12. cORnmeAL
6. haRdwARE            13. MAgicIaN
7. bACHElor              14. MEriNgUe
                                     15. MINoriTy

FOUR FIT II
Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles
Winter, 2018/February, 2019

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once. For example, given

I _ P _ R I _  _ , the letters in MEAL would give  
i M p E r i AL (IMPERIAL).

HOLE   LATE   FAIR      FLAG   AUNT
DISC    PARE   MOOR   GAIN    OMEN
LION   BORE   QUIZ     SWAN   BLUE

1. JAM _ _ _ _ E           8. _ _ _ MIN _ O
2. C _ _ _ DIA _            9. _ _ RRIB _ _
3. _ _ N _ G _ AM        10. _ LE _ SU __
4. _ E _ _ H _ RY          11. A _ SO _ _ T _
5. _ _ _ _ IPLE              12. E _ ECT _ _ _
6. _ _ M _ LIA _           13. _ NO _ B _ _ K
7. E _ _ AL _ _ E          14. _ B _ _ DAN _
                                      15. _ U _ RD _ A _

Answers:

1. jamBOREe           8. FLAminGo
2. cOMEdiaN           9. HOrribLE 
3. MOnOgRam        10. PleAsuRE
4. LeAThEry            11. aBsoLUtE 
5. DISCiple              12.  eLectION
6. FAmIliaR             13. SnoWbANk
7. eQUalIZe             14. AbUNdanT
                                  15. GuArdIaN 

FOUR-FIT I
Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles
Winter, 2018

Without changing the order of the letters, place the four-letter words below on the dashes to form eight-letter words. Each four-letter word will be used only once. For example, given

_ _ R _ G O _ D , the letters in MAIL would give  
M A r I g o L d (MARIGOLD).

HAND   TANG   PACE   PLAN    MUSE
MAZE    VIED   TOIL    NINE     DATE
MAIN    CAMP   FOOL  SANG   FANG

1. DOR _ O _ _ _       8. E _ G _ _ E _ R
2. RE _ _EW _ _        9. S _ _ FFI _ _
3. T _ OUS _ _ _       10. _ L _ MI _ _ O
4. _ T _ RRI _ _         11. _ H _ _ _ ION
5. _ _ _ TBA _ L        12. __ _ TIEN _ _
6. AIR _ _ _ _ E         13. _ R _ P _ CA _
7. _ _ RZ _ PA _         14. _ _ GA _ IN _
                                    15. _ _ UGH _ _ R

Answers:

1. dorMoUSE            8. eNgINeEr
2. reVIewED             9. sTAffiNG
3. tHousAND            10. FlAmiNGo
4. StArriNG              11. ChAMPion
5. FOOtbaLl             12. PAtienCE
6. airPLANe              13. TrOpIcaL
7. MArzIpaN             14. MAgaZinE
                                    15. DAughTEr