Monday, June 15, 2020

Follow-up Word Puzzle: Replacement IDs

(Source from NPR Sunday Puzzle created by Will Shortz, which was aired this last weekend:
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/876570406/sunday-puzzle-replacement-ids )


This is a follow-up puzzle to previous "Lost ID's" puzzle. It's called "Replacement ID's." I'm going to give you some words. Each word contains the consecutive letters I-D somewhere in it. Change the I-D to two new letters to get a new familiar word.



Example: Stride --> Stroke or Strafe



1. Fidget

2. Ideate


3. Bridal


4. Rancid


5. Fiddle


6. Afraid (hyph.)


7. Collide


8. Provide


9. Humidity


10. Consider


11. Diffident


12. President







Answer Keys

   

   1.  forget

   2.  create

   3.  brutal

   4.  rancor

   5.  fondle

   6.  a-frame

   7.  collage

   8.  provoke

   9.  humanity

  10.              consumer

  11.              different

  12.              prescient

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