Brain Game: I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
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Match these 10 words/names into five pairs. If you place the correct ones in the correct order, you'll find a connection between certain letters in the words/names in each pair. Good luck:
ARMADA COLONELS DELAYERS ELDORADO HOOLIGAN MICHAELS NEVERS SARDINIA SOFTWARE VIRGINAL
Here are the SOLUTIONS.
SOLUTIONS:
COLONELS + ELDORADO = COLORADO
DELAYERS + SOFTWARE = DELAWARE
MICHAELS + HOOLIGAN = MICHIGAN
NEVERS + ARMADA = NEVADA
VIRGINAL + SARDINIA = VIRGINIA