Random Riddle: Swaffergies

A Swaffergy is a word that can be broken up into two parts: a different word and a letter of the English Alphabet.

The word defense is a common Swaffergy. It can be broken up into the letter D, and the word Fence. As a Swaffergy, it would be written like this:

D + A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails.

Which will give you D-Fence, or defense.

Can you find the following Swaffergies? They all use a different letter of the alphabet, excluding the letters W, and H.

1. A + Maize

2. B + an open receptacle with a flat bottom and a low rim for holding, carrying, or exhibiting articles

3. C + A male descendant

4. D + A clamping device

5. E + Large body of water

6. F + A fortified place or position stationed with troops

7. G + The joint between the thigh and the lower leg

8. I + The solid ground of the earth

9. J + To go or travel on foot

10. K + the starting place for each hole on a golf course

11. L + A bent, curved, or arched object

12. M + Outer covering of a tree

13. N + A small dent or nick

14. O + A bent, curved, or arched object

15. P + To tug at; jerk or tweak

16. Q + the starting place for each hole on a golf course

17. R + Past participle of “go”

18. S + To utter aloud

19. T + Polite address for a man

20. U + A base or cowardly person

21. V + A cape or headland

22. X + Past tense of “peck”

23. Y + A sharp, high-pitched sound

24. Z + To propel a boat with oars

 

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