Want To Get An A? Better Know Your Words Backward And Forward
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Will Shortz |
NPR
Sunday, September 25, 2016
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On-air challenge: I'm going to give you some words ending in the letter A. Anagram each of them to get a familiar word starting with A.
For example: IDEA --> AIDE.
Last week's challenge, from listener Justine Tilley of Vancouver: Think of a familiar three-word phrase in the form "___ and ___." Drop the "and." Then move the last word to the front to form a single word ... that means the opposite of the original phrase. Here's a hint: The ending word has seven letters. What is it?
Answer: Here and now --> nowhere.
Winner: Karen Peterson.
Next week's challenge: Take the words DOES, TOES and SHOES. They all end in the same three letters, but none of them rhyme. What words starting with F, S and G have the same property? The F and S words are four letters long, and the G word is five letters. They all end in the same three letters.
Submit Your Answer
If you know the answer to next week's challenge, submit it here. Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you Thursday, Sept. 29, at 3 p.m. ET.
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