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Missing Anagrams III
Below are several sets of words with some letters taken out. For each letter (A, B, or C) there are 2 words. Find the 2 or 3 letters that will fit into both words. Take the letters that you put into the words for A, B and (maybe) C and unscramble them. That is your answer for that number.
Example:
1)
A) FORE _ _ _
_ _ _ ITE
B) BR _ _ K
SL _ _ K
Answer:
A) foreIGN
IGNite
B) brICk
slICk
Unscramble IGNIC: ICING is the answer.
All 5 words will belong to a common group, and a smaller group inside that group. Can you figure out all the words, what common group they are in, and what smaller group they are in? Good Luck!
1)
A) G _ _ _ E
_ _ _ Y
B) HOR _ _ _
_ _ _ ING
2)
A) CO _ _ _ R
S _ _ _ R
B) DOM _ _ _ TE
B _ _ _ RY
3)
A) P _ _ _ E
_ _ _ EY
B) DE _ _ _
VO _ _ _ IZE
C) EST _ _ _
RED _ _ _
4)
A) PL _ _ _
_ _ _ WER
B) SE _ _ ER
PE _ _ ING
5)
A) S _ _ _ Y
_ _ _ ITUDE
B) _ _ _ ANIZE
_ _ _ ANIC
C) _ _ _ MENT
S _ _ _ ING
Example:
1)
A) FORE _ _ _
_ _ _ ITE
B) BR _ _ K
SL _ _ K
Answer:
A) foreIGN
IGNite
B) brICk
slICk
Unscramble IGNIC: ICING is the answer.
All 5 words will belong to a common group, and a smaller group inside that group. Can you figure out all the words, what common group they are in, and what smaller group they are in? Good Luck!
1)
A) G _ _ _ E
_ _ _ Y
B) HOR _ _ _
_ _ _ ING
2)
A) CO _ _ _ R
S _ _ _ R
B) DOM _ _ _ TE
B _ _ _ RY
3)
A) P _ _ _ E
_ _ _ EY
B) DE _ _ _
VO _ _ _ IZE
C) EST _ _ _
RED _ _ _
4)
A) PL _ _ _
_ _ _ WER
B) SE _ _ ER
PE _ _ ING
5)
A) S _ _ _ Y
_ _ _ ITUDE
B) _ _ _ ANIZE
_ _ _ ANIC
C) _ _ _ MENT
S _ _ _ ING
Hint
All of the answers are animals.Answer
1)A) gLAZe
LAZy
B) horRID
RIDing
Unscramble LAZRID: LIZARD
2)
A) coUGAr
sUGAr
B) domINAte
bINAry
Unscramble UGAINA: IGUANA
3)
A) pHONe
HONey
B) deCAL
voCALize
C) estEEM
redEEM
Unscramble HONCALEEM: CHAMELEON
4)
A) plANS
ANSwer
B) seEKer
peEKing
Unscramble ANSEK: SNAKE
5)
A) sALTy
ALTitude
B) ORGanize
ORGanic
C) AILment
sAILing
Unscramble ALTORGAIL: ALLIGATOR
All of the answers are animals (common group) that are reptiles (smaller group).
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