Games World of Puzzles

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WORDPLAY IN THE BEGINNING

What two things can be done to each of the 20 words below to make 40 different common words? No letters are rearranged.

BOARD

BOUND

BOX

COME

DOORS

FIELD

FLOW

GROWN

HOUSE

LAY LET

LINE

MOST

POURING

PUT

SET

SIDE

SOLE

TAKE

WARDS

—Raymond Love

WORDPLAY IN PLAIN SIGHT

There are some words that have special characteristics and can be related in unusual ways, like the words below. Can you figure out what they have in common?

FOREGONE

RADIOWAVE

REMAINED

—Raymond Love

TEASERS WHERE’S THE PAIR?

Can you think of two U.S. state capitals, with no vowels in common, that rhyme?

—Craig Erb

TEASERS ELLEN’S FAVORITES

Ellen prefers snow to rain,

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