Can you find words with the accented syllable of "TOR" somewhere inside? Let's try new set of puzzle from the on-air challenge of NPR!

When you're done with today's puzzle, I hope you can say you tore through it. Every answer is a word or name with the accented syllable "tor" somewhere inside.

 

Ex. Like important things from the past --> HISTORIC

 

1. Kind of college that selects the U.S. president

2. 19th-century English queen

3. Opinion piece in a newspaper

4. Class with one-on-one instruction

5. Well-known for something bad

6. Person who gets all bent out of shape

7. Math function signaled by an exclamation point

9. ___ Guinea (Central African country)

10. Administrative capital of South Africa

11. Use of force or threats to get money

12. Large room for a school gathering

13. Chicken ___ (Japanese dish)

14 Kind of question that's not meant to have an answer

 

Answer Keys

    1.  electoral

    2.  Victoria

    3.  editorial

    4.  tutorial

    5.  notorious

    6.  contortionist

    7.  factorial 

    8.  Equatorial

    9.  Pretoria

    10.  Extortion

    11.  auditorium

    12. Yakitori

    13.  rhetorical