The letters can become a familiar two-word phrase
if you put a j at the beginning and add another
j where a second word should start. The phrase
you can make out of the letters above is jumbo
jet.
Figure out how to make each of the sets of letters
below into a two-word phrase in the same way.
Add a letter at the beginning. Then add the same
letter where a second word should begin.
otow
tudykills
astood
oubleate
oodrief
not now
study skills
fast food
double date
good grief
STRATEGY: Guess and check.
Source: p. 52 in Giant Book
of Games, ed. by Will Shortz, New York: Times
Books, 1991. Wording and examples all original.