Just did Melissa’s little riddle and was so pleased with myself for getting it that I had to encumber you with it… (I orginally wrote “endumber” there – that’s just got to be a Freudian slip.)
Use all twenty-six letters of the English alphabet to complete the following 13 words, but use each letter only once.
b a __ __ a i n
l __ __ g e r
d y __ __ s t y
__ __ g o t e
s a __ __ a t i o n
d i __ __ p a n
p u m __ __ i n
d e __ __ a y
b o __ __ a r
d i __ __ i t
s u n __ __ r n
o b l __ __ u e
l i __ __ o f f
Answers in the extended entry.
bargain
lodger
dynasty
zygote
salvation
dishpan
pumpkin
deejay
boxcar
dimwit
sunburn
oblique
liftoff