Thursday, August 25, 2011

Two Edged Words!

Which word can be joined on to the end of the first word and the beginning of the second word to form two new words?

Example:

man ? wink

Answer is hood.

man ? wink
man hood wink

The  two new words are manhood and hoodwink.

Now try these puzzles:

1) ear ? ling

2) barn ? stick

3) cause ? lay

4) light ? fly




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Answer:

1) nest (earnest and nestling)

2) yard (barnyard and yardstick)

3) way (causeway and waylay)

4) house (lighthouse and housefly)



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