WILD CARDS
WORDPLAY
NO “ING” TO SEE HERE
Experienced Scrabble® players thrill when their opening rack includes the letters I-N-G because so many 7-letter words end with those three letters. However, the racks below all had their I-N-Gs removed, and if you add them back the only 7-letter anagram is a single common word that doesn’t end in I-N-G. Clues have been provided, but they’ve lost their I-N-Gs, too! If you can figure out all the answers, read down the middle column to describe a self-referential activity that can’t be done I-N-G-lessly…
—DAVID BINDER
