NPR Sunday Puzzle! Find the words in which the only consonants are R & T and the rest of the letters are vowels.

On-air challenge: Every answer today is a word in which the only consonants are R and T, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels. The letter Y isn't used.

Ex. Characteristic --> TRAIT

 

1. Common fish in streams

 

2. Participant in a civil disturbance

 

3. Extreme fright

 

4. Kind of sauce for seafood

 

5. Turn, as wheels

 

6. Means for connecting to the internet

 

7. Grand speaker

 

8. Tenacious dog

 

9. Turncoat

 

10. Getaway for meditation or study

 

11. Annoy

 

12. Italian eatery

 

13. Seesaw (hyph.)

 

 

Answer Keys

1.  trout

2.  rioter

3.  terror

4.  tartar

5.  rotate

6.  router

7.  orator

8.  Terrier

9.  traitor

10.            retreat

11.            irritate

12.            trattoria

13.            teeter-totter