Sunday, November 29, 2020

Finding Compound Words - NPR on-air challenge of Sunday Puzzle!

Here’s another batch of NPR Sunday Puzzle created by Will Shortz. Ready to solve the puzzle? With given three words starting with "F", you give me another word that could follow each of the three words, and in each case it has to form a compound word OR a familiar two-word phrase.

 

Example: Full, Flex, Father (four letters starting with T) --> TIME (full-time, flextime, Father Time) 



 

1. Fly, Fifth, Ferris (5, W)

 

2. Fresh, Flood, Fire (5, W)

 

3. Fun, Full, Fraternity (5, H)

 

4. Flash, Focal, Freezing (5, P)

 

5. Fuel, Firing, Finish (4, L)

 

6. Feed, Flight, Flea (3, B)

 

7. Foul, Foot, Fur (4, B)

 

8. Fig, Fir, Family (4, T)

 

9. Fat, Fair, Fighting (6, C)

 

10. Fish, Funnel, Fruit (4, C)

 

11. First, Free, Farm (4, H)

 

Answer Keys

    1.  wheel

    2.  water

    3.  house

    4.  point

    5.  line

    6.  bag

    7.  ball

    8.  tree  

    9.  chance

   10. cake

   11. hand

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