Ken Jennings

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May 9, 2012

Every word in these three columns hides a secret–a concealed word in consecutive letter somewhere within it. Choose one word from each column to make a trio whose hidden words all belong to the same category. For example, you can form a trio out of MACHINATION, INCUBATE, and VAGABOND from the three columns, because they contain CHINA, CUBA, and GABON respectively: three countries. Can you find the other nine hidden themes?

OVERBITE
MACHINATION
ABSOLUTE
EXHAUSTING
BOYSENBERRY
KEROSENE
GRAYSCALE
ENVIRONMENT
DISAPPEAR
SMARTING
CONCORDANCE
WHELPED
HUNDREDS
SATIRIST
CHANCELLOR
INCUBATE
EXCITING
CONTRAVENE
CANDIDATE
PRONOUNCEMENT
OVERHEARD
COMPLIMENT
JARGONIZE
HANDOVER
SHARPENER
GASTROSCOPIC
VAGABOND
PARTICLE
MIGRAINE
SOUTHEASTERN

Edited to add: Answers on this message board thread. Highlight invisible white text to read.

Posted by Ken at 1:58 pm