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Words in Common 8 (Posted on 2003-10-16)

What do the following words have in common?

tamper, spied, mister, decal, ashtray, uniformed, sneaky, refined

Submitted by Bryan

Rating: 1.7778 (9 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

When the third letter of each word is removed, a new word is formed:
taper, sped, miter, deal, astray, unformed, snaky, reined.
Furthermore, the removed letters, in order, spell "mischief".

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Subject	Author	Date
puzzle solution	K Sengupta	2007-03-30 05:10:18
Answer to Words In Common 8	Bill Bailey	2003-10-17 13:56:41
Brian's Problem	Bill Bailey	2003-10-17 13:32:13
re: Another solution???	J Miesch	2003-10-17 12:11:10
Another solution???	J Miesch	2003-10-17 12:08:31
re: More complete solution	SilverKnight	2003-10-16 18:00:24
More complete solution	Gamer	2003-10-16 17:48:30
re(2): full solution	SilverKnight	2003-10-16 15:53:55
re: full solution	Bryan	2003-10-16 15:46:45
full solution	SilverKnight	2003-10-16 15:15:38

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