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Words in Common 11 (Posted on 2004-03-19)

What do the following words have in common?

HAGGARD
SWELTERING
HOGBACK
DOWNDRAFT
BIBLIOPHILE
DEVILMENT
FLEET
IRTRONS

See The Solution Submitted by Victor Zapana

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Puzzle Solution

| Comment 16 of 17 |

Adding last three letters with the first produces a new word.
Thus,

HAGGARD-----------> HARD
SWELTERING-------> SING
HOGBACK----------> HACK
DOWNDRAFT------> DAFT
BIBLIOPHILE.......> BILE
DEVILMENT.........> DENT
FLEET--------------> FEET
IRTRONS----------> IONS

Posted by K Sengupta on 2007-05-12 12:36:16

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