Determine the letters that are common to all three given words. Then rearrange these letters to make the name of a U.S. state. (Answers for this section begin on page 315.)

Example:

• comedian

• dairymen

• examiner

All three words contain the letters M, E, I, A, N.

The answer is Maine.

Letter States Challenge 1

• choirboy

• chocoholics

• autobiographers

Letter States Challenge 3

• blacksnakes

• rattlesnakes

• knapsacks

Letter States Challenge 2

• groomsmen

• wrongdoer

• ergonomist

Letter States Challenge 4

• millionaires

• multidimensional

• illusionist

Letter States Challenge 5

• informative

• government

• improvement

Letter States Challenge 6

• holiday

• fashioned

• humanoids

Letter States Challenge 7

• advanced

• navigated

• heavenward

Letter States Challenge 8

• imagination

• tantamount

• animation

Letter States Challenge 9

• baklavas

• lackadaisical

• balkanizations

Letter States Challenge 10

• verbalization

• organizable

• vaporization

Letter States Challenge 11

• postdoctoral

• bachelorhood

• discoloration

Letter States Challenge 12

• exaltations

• hatboxes

• transfixed