It tickles me that the word TUNA is found within FORTUNATE. And there is a COFFIN in SCOFFING. And who put the LAGER in the VILLAGER? The SKIER in RISKIER? The ROMAN in the MICROMANAGER? The TURBAN in DISTURBANCE? The ONCE in CONCERN? The MEAT in PERMEATE?
These words have always been there. Although I've been looking at them my whole life, I've only just noticed them recently. They were hidden in plain sight!
Maybe you've noticed them before. Let's test your powers of observation on some others.
Example:
Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 5-letter word to complete all the words:
P_____G
ST_____G
DIS_____G
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Answer: ROBIN
because it completes all the words:
PROBING
STROBING
DISROBING
See how many of the 10 below you can solve.
Super helpful clue: The fill-in word is semantically and etymologically unrelated to the containing words. (Well, almost always.)
1. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 4-letter word to complete all the words:
SI____NES
MO____NG
FI____TY
2. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 6-letter word to complete all the words:
S______
B______
CA______
3. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 6-letter word to complete all the words:
CH______
REP______
IMP______T
4. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 5-letter word to complete all the words:
C_____NG
G_____NG
_____T
5. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 4-letter word to complete all the words:
VI____S
CHO____S
WAL____S
6. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 5-letter word to complete all the words:
_____RD
_____UNT
_____VER
7. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 4-letter word to complete all the words:
____DS
L____T
SE____
ST____
S____ESS
8. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 6-letter word to complete all the words:
EX______G
INS______G
RES______G
9. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 6-letter word to complete all the words:
PU______S
FLE______S
FLA______S
And this one is just too icky not to include:
10. Fill in the blanks below with a well-known 5-letter word to complete all the words:
BA_____T
EA_____T
HOR_____
NOTE: Problem #2 relies on an obscure word which is often mistaken for a more common word. I am disqualifying it and removing it from consideration. However, you may still try to solve it, if you like.
Epilogue:
@Randal'Thor and @El-Guest — That was some quick solving! Good work.
Here are more fun facts about these words:
1. DELI is also contained in YODELING, DANDELION, and CHANDELIER5. RUSE is also contained in UTERUSES and ABSTRUSE
7. AMEN is also contained in ORNAMENT
10. Also AMUSEMENT and CASEMENT
Now be sure to check out the B side here.
Answer
From me
DELI (sidelines, modeling, fidelity)
From me and Rand al’ Thor, somewhat simultaneously
LENDER (slender, blender, calender)
From me
AIRMEN (chairmen, repairmen, impairment)
From Rand al’ Thor
RABBI (crabbing, grabbing, rabbit)
From Gareth McCaughan
RUSE (viruses, choruses, walruses)
From me
DISCO (discord, discount, discover)
From me
AMEN (amens, lament, seamen, stamen, sameness)
From Rand al’ Thor
PECTIN (expecting, inspecting, respecting)
From Rand al’ Thor
SHINES (pushiness, flashiness, fleshiness)
From me
SEMEN (basement, easement, horsemen)
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