Time to play the Sunday Puzzle from NPR! Rearrange each word with the letter C in the middle!

Today's puzzle is called "Middle C" — as in a midpoint on a piano. I'll give you a four-letter word. You rearrange the letters and put a C in the middle to make a common five-letter word.

 Example: OVAL --> VOCAL

 

1. SOUL

 

2. FATE

 

3. LUNE

 

4. BONA

 

5. RUIN

 

6. ROAM

 

7. LOAF

 

8. [two answers:] RULE

 

Answer Keys

    1.  locus

    2.  facet

    3.  uncle

    4.  bacon

    5.  incur

    6.  macro

    7.  local

    8.  ulcer or lucre