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Can You Unscramble the Names of These Famous Literary Characters?

Jeff O'Neal

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This week’s amusement is a bookish take on a familiar amusement: the word scramble.

Can you unscramble these famous characters? (Answers right here when you’re ready)

Good luck….

  1. Beneath Teen Blitz
  2. Way Crack Rain
  3. Adverb Yo Mama
  4. Stern Hen Prey
  5. Her Renaming Ogre
  6. Catfish Tunic
  7. Sow Thin Mints
  8. Baggier Moths
  9. Gobbling Bias
  10. Socially Raw Salad
  11. Keenest Invaders
  12. Hollers Shock Me