I Have A Friend Who …

Likes ... But Dislikes ... PAILIN   HILARY PASCAL   NEWTON SCALAR   VECTOR INVADE   DEFEND MARINE   SEAMAN ALMOND   CASHEW ARCADE   SPORTS CANDOR   MALICE VANDAL   MUGGER ORDEAL   COMBAT CANDID   HONEST MODEMS   ROUTER NECTAR   PLANTS DECADE   MONTHS DERIDE   PRAISE Can you figure out why my friend likes certain things and not others? Yes, I know that PAILIN, the governor, is spelled incorrectly, but there is a city in China that is spelled Pailin.

Solution to the Problem: My friend likes six letter words that are formed by three state abbreviations.   What is funny is that I thought this problem would be unfair to the gentleman from India, but he was the only one to solve it!

My Friend Likes ... But Dislikes ... PA IL IN   HILARY PA SC AL   NEWTON SC AL AR   VECTOR IN VA DE   DEFEND MA RI NE   SEAMAN AL MO ND   CASHEW AR CA DE   SPORTS CA ND OR   MALICE VA ND AL   MUGGER OR DE AL   COMBAT CA ND ID   HONEST MO DE MS   ROUTER NE CT AR   PLANTS DE CA DE   MONTHS DE RI DE   PRAISE

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