Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Not Far Between
by Sandy Wood - October 2, 2008 - 6:30 AM

THE ANSWER: Each set can be made into five different words by adding the five vowels (A, E, I, O and U) between the letters. 

1. BAG, BEG, BIG, BOG, BUG
2. PAT, PET, PIT, POT, PUT
3. TAN, TEN, TIN, TON, TUN

Can you think of any others? Feel free to add them in the comments!

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Comments (5)

  1. B-T, since “bot” has become a word
    B-D, if you accept slang “bod”
    G-T, w/2 slang meanings for “git”
    M-D, if “med” is okay for medicine
    good morning to me

    posted by Mike Jackson on 10-2-2008 at 7:00 am

  2. All are words with all vowels: bag/pat/tan, beg/pet/ten, big/pit/tin, bog/pot/ton, bug/put/tun (if you accept tun…)

    posted by josh on 10-2-2008 at 9:15 am

  3. I guessed correctly! But um… What’s a ‘tun’? *searches dictionary.com*

    posted by DYMongoose on 10-2-2008 at 1:36 pm

  4. Wikipedia has a number of entries for “tun”, the most popular being an antiquated unit of measurement. Who knew?

    posted by PJ on 10-3-2008 at 5:19 pm

  5. Ooh! I though of another:

    F-N

    And, yes, fon and fen are both words!

    posted by PJ on 10-3-2008 at 5:22 pm

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