Verbal geography

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Published Spring 2022

Each of the following English words is an anagram for the name of a country. See if you can unscramble these names.

  1. ANALOG
  2. CHAIN
  3. LAITY
  4. MAIL
  5. PAINS
  6. PLANE
  7. PURE
  8. RABIES
  9. RAIN
  10. REGALIA
  11. SERIAL
  12. UNHOARDS
Illustration of Solomon Golomb reads 'Scroll down for solution'

Solutions:

  1. ANGOLA
  2. CHINA
  3. ITALY
  4. MALI
  5. SPAIN
  6. NEPAL
  7. PERU
  8. SERBIA
  9. IRAN
  10. ALGERIA
  11. ISRAEL
  12. HONDURAS