Saturday, July 27, 2013

PUZZLE


Previous puzzle: Suggested answers

1. a. Outer layer                           b. Oxidized metal                          Crust / Rust
2. a. Defraud; violate rules           b. Thermal energy in transit          Cheat / Heat
3. a. Sensation of cold                  b. Local land elevation                  Chill / Hill
4. a. Go upward                           b. Jointed appendage; branch         Climb / Limb
5. a. Strong metal rope                 b. Having necessary skill               Cable / Able
6. a. Confined; restrained             b. Old; grew older                        Caged / Aged
7. a. Stop; discontinue                  b. Freedom from hardship           Cease / Ease
8. a. Lacking dirt                          b. Lacking fat                              Clean / Lean

New Puzzle: Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. Burn - Bead
2. Rid - Tripe
3. Grove - Rout
4. Charm - Rush
5. Cream - Sweep

9 comments:

Hanna said...

HanaaG155:
Trip - Ride
Bun - Bread
Harm - Crush
Scream - Weep

Hanna said...

HanaaG155:
Rove - Grout

CurtisP155 said...

1. Bun Bread
2. Ride Trip
3. Rove Grout
4. Harm Crush
5. Scream Weep

CurtisP155 said...

1. Bun Bread
2. Ride Trip
3. Rove Grout
4. Harm Crush
5. Scream Weep

Unknown said...

1. Bun - Bread
2. Ride - Trip
3. Groove - Rut
4. Harm - Crush
5. Scream - Weep

LeighaM said...

Bun-Bread
Ride-Trip
Rove-Grout
Harm-Crush
Scream-Weep

Norma W. said...

Norma W. Engl 155
Bun—Bread
Ride—Trip
Grover—Out
Harm—Crush
Scream—Weep

Tamara said...

Hanna, Curtis, Lana, Leigha, and Norma:
Thank you for your postings!

I don't have the answer key to the puzzle, so I just had to figure it out, too. And it wasn't easy! Especially #3.

Kudos to LANA for getting the puzzle 100% right by finding "groove" and "rut."

Unknown said...

1.Bun-Bread
2.Ride-Trip
3.Groove-Rut
4.Harm-Crush
5.Scream-Weep