The heart of this blog is celebrating puzzles and wordplay in as many forms as possible, so for today’s blog, here’s a puzzle for you to solve!
I call this puzzle “Within-onyms” and the concept is simple. I’ll give you a combination of letters and blanks. Each blank represents a missing letter. The given letters spell out not only a word, but your clue as well. Because when you fill those blanks with the missing letters, you’ll spell out a larger word that’s a synonym of the given word.
For example, I give you this Within-onym:
G I _ A N T _ _
The given letters spell GIANT, but if you add a G, I, and C, you spell the word GIGANTIC, a synonym of GIANT!
Ready to try it for yourself? Careful, they get tougher as we go!
WITHIN-ONYMS
L A _ _ S T
_ _ N O _ _ B L E
_ _ T _ _ O M B
H _ _ _ I E S
M A _ _ _ L _ _ E
S P _ _ _ _ E D
_ _ S E _ _ E
U _ _ _ G _ _ L Y
_ _ H E _ I _ _ R
_ _ _ T A _ I N _ T _
_ R _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ I _ N
B _ _ _ _ I _ G _ _ _ _ _ _
Happy puzzling!
How many did you get? Let me know in the comment section below!
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