#1 Added C,O,S,T

[Otis]

Insert the letters C,O,S,T into each of the following strings, to form a common word. Each letter may be inserted anywhere, as long as all four appear in alphabetical order (reading left-to-right).

Example: HPPIE → CHOPPIEST

1. ARTONI
2. EYSEM
3. VISIY
4. BIAAL
5. INOCLA
6. AUIC
7. SARANC
8. RISAN

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[Romsek]

1) cartoonist
2) ecosystem
3) viscosity
4) bicoastal
5) iconoclast
6) acoustic
7) sacrosanct
8) croissant

 

[lev888]

Spoiler

1. CARTOONIST
2. ECOSYSTEM
3. VISCOSITY
4. BICOASTAL
5. ICONOCLAST
6. ACOUSTIC
7. SACROSANCT
8. CROISSANT

 

[HallsofIvy]

Now, use all of those words in one sentence!

 

[Otis]

Romsek knocked that out fast! ?

Honorable mention to Lev.

There's plenty of ways to add cost, so we can have another go later this month.

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[Otis]

Now, use all of those words in one sentence!

My favorite cartoonist mapped out a philosophical "ecosystem" -- using high-viscosity ink to emphasize both the rough, bicoastal nature of the atheist viewpoint in an agnostic landscape and the screaming voice of the iconoclast (boldly and colorfully acoustic) as it shouts to destroy what is sacrosanct to the religious masses -- to be contemplated in its entirety with a nice, warm beverage and spot of croissant.

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[lev888]

There's plenty of ways to add cost, so we can have another go later this month.

Now we know what causes inflation.

 

[Romsek]

Romsek knocked that out fast! ?

Honorable mention to Lev.

There's plenty of ways to add cost, so we can have another go later this month.

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I admit I sort of cheated. I knocked out a quick Mathematica sheet to produce the entire set of "words" formed from interlacing "cost" among the letters of each letter set and ran the lot of them through the dictionary check to find the one(s) that were actually words.

About 10 min of programming 5 min of running it and writing everything up.

Dictionary didn't like bicoastal so I had to figure that one the old fashioned way.