Friday, July 3, 2009

Jangle in the Jungle

Add a different set of three letters to each of the following words to create a list of new words. The three-letter additions all have something in common. What are the new words, and how are the three-letter additions related?

EASE
GIN
HEM
ICE
ON
OPUS
RILE
TIC



Answer
DECEASE
MARGIN
MAYHEM
NOVICE
APRON
OCTOPUS
FEBRILE
SEPTIC

Each of the three-letter additions is the common three-letter abbreviation for the months of the year (DEC, MAR, MAY, etc). AUG completes the hint word.

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