Try to find the French-original words or phrases using the anagrams! (The latest NPR Word Puzzle)

Every answer today is a word or phrase that comes from French but is also commonly used in English. See if you can get them from their given anagrams.

 

Example: TOPED / Train station   -->   DEPOT

 

1.   BRIDES / Scattered pieces of waste

    2.   ROSE UP / One who pretends to be something he's not

    3.   BEARCAT / Nightclub

    4.   EURONET / On the way (2 words)

    5.   CONTOUR / Bit of toasted bread in soup or a salad

    6.   IT'S CHEAP / Artistic work that imitates another

    7.   BEARS OUT / One who deliberately wrecks something for military gain

    8.   QUITE SOUR / Bluish green

    9.   RUNESTONE / Confidentially (2 words)

    10. HOTEL SUITE / Dark outline of something against a light background

    11. CENTRAL BEACH / Complete freedom to act (2 words)

 

ANSWER KEYS

1.  debris

2.  poser

3.  cabaret

4.  en route

5.  crouton

6.  pastiche

7.  saboteur

8.  turquoise

9.  entre nous

10.      silhouette

11.      carte blanche