FOUR-MID-ABLE IV

GAMES Magazine

December, 1986

Bernie Cosell

The letter strings below consist of four letters which appear consecutively in common, uncapitalized, single words. What are the words? For example, given the letters THTU, the answer word would be BATHTUB. This is a difficult puzzle, and hints to the answer words are given below the clues.

1. XOPH

2. AGHE

3. UCUM

4. AILU

5. ETTU

HINTS:

1. Music

2. Pasta

3. Vegetable

4. Turkey, slangily 

5. Vegetable

Answers:

 

1. SAXOPHONE

2. SPAGHETTI

3. CUCUMBER

4. FAILURE

5. LETTUCE

 

FOUR-MID-ABLE III

The letter strings below consist of three or four letters which appear consecutively in common, uncapitalized, single words. What are the words? Example: Given SGUS, the answer word would be DISGUST. This is a difficult puzzle, and hints to the answer words are given below the clues.

 

1. WBO

2. WBE

3. RWO

4. BST

5. MPH

6. TOPU

7. UMNU

8. WESO

9. NOSA

 

HINTS:

1. Watercraft

2. Fruit

3. Excessive hours at the job

4. Fish

5. Stress

6. Fish

7. School graduate

8. Very impressive

9. A thesaurus is not one

 

Answers:

 

1. ROWBOAT

2. STRAWBERRY

3. OVERWORK

4. LOBSTER

5. EMPHASIS

6. OCTOPUS

7. ALUMNUS

8. AWESOME

9. DINOSAUR 

Credits:

1-5: GAMES Magazine

        November/December, 1978

        George Bredehorn

6-9: GAMES Magazine

        December, 1986

        Bernie Cosell

FOUR-MID-ABLE II

GAMES Magazine

December, 1986

Bernie Cosell

The letter strings below consist of four letters which appear consecutively in common, uncapitalized, single words. What are the words? For example, given the clue letters USEO, the answer word would be NAUSEOUS. This is a difficult puzzle, and hints to the answer words are given below the clues.

1. SGUS

2. HOCO

3. ULEL

4. OMOB

5. IGEO

HINTS:

1. Revulsion

2. Flavor

3. Music

4. Horse alternative

5. It could carry a message

Answers:

 

1. DISGUST

2. CHOCOLATE

3. UKULELE

4. AUTOMOBILE

5. PIGEON

FOUR-MID-ABLE I

GAMES Magazine

December, 1986

Bernie Cosell

 

The letter strings below consist of four consecutive letters which appear in common, uncapitalized, single words. What are the words? For example, given the clue IRAF, the answer would be GIRAFFE. This is a difficult puzzle, and hints to the answer words are given below the clues.

1. IPAS

2. PHAZ

3. THTU

4. MEOG

5. USEO

HINTS:

1. Italian salad 

2. Random

3. Shower cousin

4. By-gone copier

5. Sick to your stomach

 

Answers:

 

1. ANTIPASTO

2. HAPHAZARD

3. BATHTUB

4. MIMEOGRAPH

5. NAUSEOUS