Words

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Kangaroo Words: Words that include all letters of the letters of one of their synonyms in the right order. These included words are called Joey words.

 

The name for Kangaroo words comes from the manner in which kangaroos carry their young (joey) with them.

 

Artifice: Art

Balsam: Balm

Barren: Bare

Blotch: Blot

Bombard: Bomb

Burst: Bust

Cavern: Cave

Clue: Cue

Community: County, City

Concede: Cede

Curtail: Cut

Daub: Dab

Deception: Con

Depository: Depot

Encourage: Urge

Exists: Is

Falsities: Lies

Grandiose: Grand

Hostelry: Hotel

Impassive: Passive

Impertinent: Pert

Inflammable: Flammable

Isolated: Sole

Perambulate: Ramble

Postured: Posed

Prosecute: Sue

Rampage: Rage

Ransack: Sack

Rapscallion: Rascal

Respite: Rest

Separate: Part

Signal: Sign

Strives: Tries

 

A grand kangaroo is a word that has a joey word, that itself has a joey word: Alone, Lone, One.

 

Link: Kangaroo word [Wikipedia]