Thursday, April 18, 2013

PUZZLE, April 18th, 2013

Previous Puzzle: Congratulations to Leigha for being the first to completely solve it.
Five words that contain GM as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?

**GM*, **GM**, ***GM*, ****GM, **GM***

Pool: A, A, A, A, B, E, E, H, I, L, N, N, P, P, S, T, T, U, Y, Y

Answer: (PYGMY, BAGMAN, STIGMA, PHLEGM, AUGMENT)

New puzzle:
There are two groups of four-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words (A) of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words (B) are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them? (All the A words are anagrams of each other, and all the B words are anagrams of each other).

1. The hunters set a __A__ for the hare. How else were they to enjoy its succulent __B___ ?

2. They all listened in __A__ attention as their leader spoke and motivated them to work as a __B__.

3. There will always be a small __A__ of wildness in a cat, though it is considered to be a __B__ animal today.

*First student with the correct answer gets the point.

2 comments:

maryannth1 said...

1. trap meat
2. rapt team
3. part tame

Veronica Baig said...

MARY ANN: Congratulations--you were quick off the mark again!