Friday, February 15, 2013

PUZZLE, Feb. 15th, 2013

Previous Puzzle:  Congratulations to Sarah, Brittany and Glenn for good, but different, answers.
Use real names to find the common word that is the name of their son or daughter—there were more than one correct answer to some of these:
Example: Mr and Mrs Voyant - Clare (as in Clairvoyant)
1. Mr and Mrs Tress--Mattress
2. Mr and Mrs Nasium—Gymnasium (Jim)
3. Mr and Mrs Tate—Dictate (Dick)
4. Mr and Mrs Anthemum—Chrysanthemum (Chris)
5. Mr and Mrs Mander—Salamander (Sally)
6. Mr and Mrs Mite—Dynamite (Dinah)
7. Mr and Mrs Time—Just in time (Justin)
New Puzzle: Add one letter at a time to make a new word: example a to adios (a/as/sad/dais/adios)
  1. a … treat
  2. a … flames
  3. u … undress
There may be more than one correct answer, so more than one bonus point to be awarded. All words used must be in the dictionary not a proper noun.

20 comments:

Alesha B said...

(a/at/art/tart/treat)

(a/am/sal/sale/males/flames)

(u/us/use/ruse/druse/nursed/undress)



Brittany Semkowich ENGL155 said...

1- a….. treat
a/at/ate/rate/treat

2- a….. flames
a/as/sea/safe/false/flames

3- u……undress
u/us/sue/sure/nurse/nurses/undress

Jennifer H said...

Treat
A/at/rat/rate/treat

Flames
a/am/sam/lams/flams/flames

Undress
u/un/und/dune/under/unders/undress

Sarah A said...

Treat
a/at/tea/teat/treat

Flames
a/as/sea/seam/males/flames

Undress
u/ur/run/runs/nurse/nurses/undress

Anonymous said...

Robert S said.

a/at/eat/rate/treat

a/as/sal/ales/meals/flames

u/un/sun/runs/runes/nurses/undress

maryannth said...

a at tar tear treat

a as sea seal false flames

u us sun runs nurse sunder undress

KirstenS said...

1. a....treat
a/at/rat/tear/treat

2. a....flames
a/as/sam/same/meals/flames

3.u.....undress
u/us/sun/runs/runes/sunder/undress

Veronica Baig said...

ALESHA: In the second one, you need to build on each word (same letters) as you did in #1;-)
BRITTANY: A good solution:-)
JENNIFER: Close, but no proper nouns and no foreign words;-)
SARAH:Sorry--ur is not a word;-)
ROBERT: Another good solution:-)
MARY ANN: An another good solution:-)
KIRSTEN:Almost, but no proper nouns allowed;-)

Alesha B said...

(a/at/art/tart/treat)

(a/as/sal/sale/males/flames)

(u/us/use/ruse/druse/nursed/undress)

Sarah A said...

Treat
a/at/tea/teat/treat

Flames
a/as/sea/seam/males/flames

Undress
u/us/sun/runs/nurse/nurses/undress

lisayak7 said...

a/at/tea/tear/treat
a/as/sea/seal/meals/flames
u/us/sun/runs/nurse/nurses/undress

Vivien said...

Treat
a/at/eat/ate/tat/fat/rate/tear

Flames
flam/fame/slam/lam/lame/mase/sea/me/same/as

Undress
Dress/sun/duress/red/nurse/sure/
dune/

Veronica Baig said...

ALESHA: Better, but note that 'druse' is a proper noun;-)
SARAH: That's better:-)
LISA: Another good solution:-)
VIVIEN: #1--either ate or tat (fat doesn't work); #s 2 and 3: start with one letter, then build to two, etc.,

amandaN said...

a/at/tar/tart/treat

a/am/mas/slam/flams/flames

u/us/use/nudes/sunder/undress

Veronica Baig said...

AMANDA: The first two are good, but the other has a problem. You go from a three-letter word "use" to a five-letter one "nudes". You need an intermediate word in there.

Alesha B said...

(a/at/art/tart/treat)

(a/as/sal/sale/males/flames)

(u/us/use/ruse/nurse/nursed/undress)

amandaN said...

yes my word there was going to be "used"

Veronica Baig said...

ALESHA: that's better!
AMANDA: thank you:-)

andrea fellner said...

1. a, at, eat, rate, treat

2. a, as, las, lase, fleas, flames

3. u, un, run, runs, nurse, nurses

Veronica Baig said...

ANDREA: good!