Let's make a new bunch of 8-letter-words by adding two letters!

Here is the latest Sunday Word Puzzle aired on NPR today. I'm going to give you some six-letter words. Insert two new letters between the first and second letters of my word to make a familiar eight-letter word.

Example: BEHEAD --> BONEHEAD

1. ATOMIC

2. SUNKEN

3. LAMENT

4. MAROON

5. ORATOR

6. DONATE

7. CINDER

8. INSIDE

9. HACKER

 

Answer Keys

    1.  anatomic

    2.  shrunken

    3.  ligament

    4.  macaroon

    5.  operator

    6.  detonate

    7.  cylinder

    8.  ironside

    9.  hijacker