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Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Go West … or Not
by Sandy Wood - September 3, 2008 - 6:30 AM

ANSWER:

FLORIDA > FLORID, and MAINE > MAIN

INDIANA > INDIAN also works, but “Indian” is a proper noun.

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  1. correct me if I am wrong, but both florid and main are adjectives.

    posted by Brad on 9-3-2008 at 7:25 am

  2. You’re right, Brad — I rephrased the question to make it more accurate.

    posted by Sandy on 9-3-2008 at 7:27 am

  3. I was convinced that Vermont was a valid answer, but alas, it is “vermin” and not “vermon”.

    posted by Hodge on 9-3-2008 at 7:57 am

  4. Montana becomes montan which is “a hard brittle mineral wax obtained usually from lignites by extraction and used especially in polishes, carbon paper, and insulating compositions”

    posted by Michelle on 9-3-2008 at 8:29 am

  5. I made Hodge’s mistake with Vermont..but I got Maine

    posted by Caitlin on 9-3-2008 at 8:45 am

  6. Utah also works – uta is “any of a genus of large lizards” according to the Scrabble dictionary.

    posted by HeyBeckyJ on 9-3-2008 at 10:12 am

  7. I guessed Indiana and Florida- but gimme a break, I’m from Indiana!

    posted by Zach on 9-3-2008 at 10:51 am

  8. What about virgina it becomes virgin which is also a word.

    posted by Sabrina on 9-3-2008 at 10:53 am

  9. Oops just realized my mistake. Apparently I failed my spelling test today

    posted by sabrina on 9-3-2008 at 10:55 am

  10. Ooh! I got this one! I must have passed third grade and learned my states! = )

    posted by Andrea on 9-3-2008 at 12:15 pm

  11. What about Washington? It becomes “washing” and “to”.

    posted by Alicia on 9-3-2008 at 12:26 pm

  12. Washington and Montana are pushing the boundaries of “regular words” (Montan isn’t exactly a word I throw around daily, and “washing” “to” is both too many words and not a phrase), but there are three, not two, very good answers: florid, main, and indian.

    posted by Southern Buddhist on 9-3-2008 at 1:31 pm

  13. What about Ohio?

    If you take away this States Final letter (Being “o”); you are left with “hi”.

    posted by curious on 9-3-2008 at 2:26 pm

  14. Got Maine right away. Took me a while to get Indian and Florid.

    If you removed the last 2 letters you could use Alas(ka) and Virgin(ia).

    posted by Nerak on 9-3-2008 at 3:13 pm

  15. i think virgin is valid?

    posted by shawn on 9-3-2008 at 10:10 pm

  16. And without removing anything: New Jersey – a recently purchased sweater :-)

    posted by robin on 9-4-2008 at 5:04 am

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