Word Game – Missing Pairs
26/06/2009I will give you two 6-letter words with the centre 2 letters missing – the same 2 letters complete both words – you have to work out which 2 letters are missing. Eg: AS _ _ ME / CA _ _ AL – answer is SU, giving ASSUME and CASUAL
- CR _ _ TE / BR _ _ CH
- SP _ _ ER / BR _ _ GE
- AL _ _ ST / FA _ _ US
- AR _ _ EN / PO _ _ ON
- CO _ _ IE / CA _ _ ED
- WA _ _ ER / CA _ _ LE
- TE _ _ IS / CA _ _ OT
- SP _ _ IN / CA _ _ TS
- VI _ _ UE / CA _ _ ON
- CR _ _ US / FL _ _ KS
See comments for solution
The solutions are:
1 EA – giving Create and Breach
2 ID – giving Spider and Bridge
3 MO – giving almost and famous
4 IS – giving Arisen and Poison
5 LL – giving Collie and Called
6 ND – giving Wander and Candle
7 NN – giving Tennis and Cannot
8 RA – giving Sprain and Carats
9 RT – giving Virtue and Carton
10 OC – giving Crocus and Flocks
Wow – just noticed what a lot of those words start with the letter C!!!