The Brainteasers thread

[Xerus]

A quiz. Can you figure out what's so special about this list of words?

Zebra
Cab
Picnic
Sad
Xylophone
Leaf
Bag
Witch
Deli
Raj
Yak
Eel
Gum
Fan
Veto
Up
Iraq
Near
Octopus
Kit
Menu
TV
Jaw
Ax
Hooray
Quiz

 

[mr3urious]

That's easy: every letter at the end is in alphabetical order.

Here's another:

500 begins it, 500 ends it,
5 in the middle is seen.
The first of all letters, and the first of all people,
take their places in between.
Combine all of these letters to form
the name of a famous king.