Today’s Brain Game starts with a single letter of the alphabet and builds into a seven-letter word. You’ll accomplish this by adding one new letter of the alphabet to the mix with each entry, and (if necessary) rearranging the existing letters, to form new words. (Example: I -> IN -> NIP -> PINS -> SPINE…) Good luck!
1-letter word: an indefinite article
2-letter word: Charles to Half Pint
3-letter word: not quite a hat
4-letter word: guitar helper
5-letter word: not quite a rooster
6-letter word: it’s over your head
7-letter word: regular business
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Got it! I like these, and formally request more. :-D
posted by AmyD on 6-8-2009 at 9:22 am
A
PA
CAP
CAPO
CAPON
CANOPY
COMPANY
This reminds me of “Laddergrams” or “Escalators” in my puzzle magazines.
Love the word games and logic problems!
posted by Nerak on 6-8-2009 at 1:30 pm
Thanks, Amy and Nerak. We’ll try to work these into the mix more often!
posted by Sandy Wood on 6-9-2009 at 1:44 am