Golomb's Gambits: Verbal Geography

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Published Fall 2022

Each of the following words can be regarded as an abbreviation of the name of a country. Some letters have been dropped from the name, but the order of the remaining letters has not been changed. (The number of dropped letters is showing in parentheses. The first letter of the name may have been dropped.)

  1. AGHAST (5)
  2. AMEN (3)
  3. ASTRAL (3)
  4. ETON (3)
  5. GLAD (3)
  6. HAIL (4)
  7. LAVA (2)
  8. PASTA (3)
  9. REND (3)
  10. RENT (5)
  11. TUNA (5)
Illustration of Solomon Golomb reads 'Scroll down for solution'

Solutions:

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ARMENIA
  3. AUSTRALIA
  4. ESTONIA
  5. ENGLAND
  6. THAILAND
  7. LATVIA
  8. PAKISTAN
  9. IRELAND
  10. ARGENTINA
  11. LITHUANIA