Can you turn each pair of the radically different words below into synonyms by taking a single letter from one of the two words and placing it somewhere within the other one, without rearranging any of the other letters?
For example, In No. 1, by taking the L from SALVE and inserting it into SAVAGE, you get the synonyms, ‘SAVE and SALVAGE’.
In No. 2, by taking the E from GRIPE and inserting it into SIZE, you get ‘SEIZE and GRIP’.
Thus convert 12 of the remaining duets into synonyms
1. SALVE. . . . .
SAVAGE. . . . .
A: (SAVE & SALVAGE)
2. SIZE. . . . .
GRIPE. . . . .
A: (SEIZE & GRIP)
3. MARCHES. . . . .
DOES. . . . .
4. CLOCKS. . . . .
LATHES. . . . .
5. TORE. . . . .
SMART. . . . .
6. SPINY. . . . .
GRATE. . . . .
7. SASH. . . . .
CULT. . . . . .
8. SINGE. . . . .
LONE. . . . .
9. CRATES. . . . .
PRIES. . . . . .
10. BAWL. . . . .
FRIGHT. . . . .
11. POTION. . . . . .
PIERCE. . . . .
12. FARCE. . . . .
F0NT. . . . .
13. BIDS. . . . .
TINES. . . . .
14. SHOVEL. . . . .
HACK. . . . . .
15. PURRED. . . . .
SURGED. . . . .
16. PIER. . . . .
TAT. . . . .
17. SORE. . . . .
STAVE. . . . .
18. ODES. . . . .
CLAWS. . . . .
19. NOT. . . . .
TIKE. . . . .
20. CATS. . . . .
SHEAVES. . . . .
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BEST OF LUCKMore example, In No. 3, by taking the 'M' from 'MARCHES' and inserting it into 'DOES', you get the synonyms, 'ARCHES and DOMES'
In No. 4, by taking the 'C' from 'CLOCKS' and inserting it into 'LATHES', you get ‘LOCKS and LATCHES’.
3. MARCHES. . . . .
DOES. . . . .
A: (ARCHES & DOMES)4. CLOCKS. . . . .
LATHES. . . . .
A: (LOCKS & LATCHES)5. TORE. . . . .
SMART. . . . .
6. SPINY. . . . .
GRATE. . . . .
7. SASH. . . . .
CULT. . . . . .
8. SINGE. . . . .
LONE. . . . .
9. CRATES. . . . .
PRIES. . . . . .
10. BAWL. . . . .
FRIGHT. . . . .
11. POTION. . . . . .
PIERCE. . . . .
12. FARCE. . . . .
F0NT. . . . .
13. BIDS. . . . .
TINES. . . . .
14. SHOVEL. . . . .
HACK. . . . . .
15. PURRED. . . . .
SURGED. . . . .
16. PIER. . . . .
TAT. . . . .
17. SORE. . . . .
STAVE. . . . .
18. ODES. . . . .
CLAWS. . . . .
19. NOT. . . . .
TIKE. . . . .
20. CATS. . . . .
SHEAVES. . . . .
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Whoah this is a tricky one - still, I love a challenge
5. TORE. . . . .store
SMART. . . . .mart
6. SPINY. . . . .spin
GRATE. . . . .gyrate
7. SASH. . . . .ash...orslash
CULT. . . . . .cults ... orcut
8. SINGE. . . . .single
LONE. . . . . one
9. CRATES. . . .craters... orrates .
PRIES. . . . . .pies... orprices
10. BAWL. . . . .brawl
FRIGHT. . . . .fight
11. POTION. . . . .portion .
PIERCE. . . . .piece
12. FARCE. . . . .arce is not spelt like that... must be face ;o)
F0NT. . . . .front
13. BIDS. . . . .binds
TINES. . . . .ties
14. SHOVEL. . . .hovel .
HACK. . . . . .shack
15. PURRED. . . . .spurred
SURGED. . . . . urged
16. PIER. . . . .pie
TAT. . . . .tart
17. SORE. . .store . .
STAVE. . . . .save
18. ODES. . . . .codes
CLAWS. . . . .laws
19. NOT. . . . .knot
TIKE. . . . .tie
20. CATS. . . . casts.
SHEAVES. .heaves
He he - that was fun. Maybe i'm cheating as a native speaker tho - sorry, but I love a puzzle. This one was brilliant. Took me a while to realise that each pair is linked - how clever
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hence the extra offerings Thanks for the post
Replying to [adseaco]:1. SALVE. . . . . SAVAGE. . . . .A: (SAVE & SALVAGE)
2. SIZE. . . . . GRIPE. . . . .A: (SEIZE & GRIP)
3. MARCHES. . . . .DOES. . . . .A: ARCHES & DOMES
4. CLOCKS. . . . . LATHES. . . . . A: LOCKS & LATCHES
5. TORE. . . . . SMART. . . . . A: STORE & MART6. SPINY. . . . . GRATE. . . . .A: SPIN & GYRATE7. SASH. . . . . CULT. . . . . .A: SLASH & CUT8. SINGE. . . . . LONE. . . . A: SINGLE & ONE9. CRATES. . . . .PRIES. . . . . .A: RATES & PRICES
10. BAWL. . . . .FRIGHT. . . . .A: BRAWL & FIGHT11. POTION. . . . . .PIERCE. . . . .A: PORTION & PIECE12. FARCE. . . . F0NT. . . . .A: FACE & FRONT
13. BIDS. . . . .TINES. . . . . A: BINDS & TIES
14. SHOVEL. . . . . HACK. . . . . . A: HOVEL & SHACK
15. PURRED. . . . . SURGED. . . . . A: SPURRED & URGED
16. PIER. . . . .TAT. . . . . A: PIE & TART
17. SORE. . . . .STAVE. . . . . A: STORE & SAVE
18. ODES. . . . .CLAWS. . . . . A: CODES & LAWS
19. NOT. . . . .TIKE. . . . . A: KNOT & TIE
20. CATS. . . . SHEAVES. . . A: CASTS & HEAVES