NPR Sunday Word Puzzle! Let's find words ending in sound /tu:/

Last Wednesday, Feb. 2, was abbreviated as 2/2/22. And the 22nd this month will be 2/22/22. So here is a puzzle based on "2." Every answer today is a word or name that ends in the syllable "2" (/tu:/ sound) in any spelling.

 

Ex. Language group of southern Africa --> BANTU

1. Design made with ink on the skin

2. Temporary shelter with a slanted roof (hyph.)

3. Noisy parrot with a decorative crest

4. Unplanned or off-the-cuff, as remarks

5. Along with the Tutsi ethnic group, one of the main ethnic groups in Rwanda

6. In ___ (as originally found)

7. Classic 1922 silent horror film

8. South Pacific island nation NE of Australia

9. Town in Mali whose name is sometimes used to designate any remote place

10. Boxing combination consisting of a left and a right (hyph.)

11. Social movement whose name starts with a hashtag

 

Answer Keys     

    1.  tattoo

    2.  lean-to

    3.  cockatoo

    4.  impromptu 

    5.  Hutu

    6.  in situ

    7.  Nosferatu

    8.  Vanuatu

    9.  Timbuktu

   10.  One-two

   11.  Metoo