A Couple of Word Puzzles

[strongm]

1. Take the letters ERGRO. Put three letters in front of it, and the same three letters behind to form a common English word

2. What do the words below have in common?

ADAM CLAIM GALL BUOY FOND RAMP

 

[johnwm]

1.

[COLOR=white] [b]UND[/b]ergro[b]UND[/b][/color]

2.

[COLOR=white] You can add ANT to the end and make new words[/color]

[note to self] must get out more (or even work a bit more!)[/note]

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'If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?'

 

[strongm]

Bah! Here's a fractionally more difficult one:

What do these words have in common?

HOLSTER BACHELOR BLISSFUL RAVELING

 

[lbass]

[white]They each contain the name of a composer.[/white]

-LB

 

[ESquared]

Is it cheating to look in my dictionary?

1

[white]underground[/white]

2

[white]-ant[/white]

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A sacrifice is harder when no one knows you've made it.

 

[ESquared]

I don't think I could have gotten the last one.

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A sacrifice is harder when no one knows you've made it.

 

[strongm]

No, I struggled with the last one when I originally saw it; it is a bit obscure