Homophone word game

Frieze / freeze / frees



If the artist frees himself from those cumbersome gloves he should be able to create a frieze around the ceiling even though it is so cold his fingers might freeze. Whew!

cored / cord

I cored apples and hung them on a cord to dry.

Quartz / quarts



We have quarts of gravel to sift through looking for pieces of quartz for our collection.

Wrest / rest



I can rest once I wrest the sofa away for the dog.

Paws / pause / Pa's



Pa's dog would pause and lift its paws, one at a time, so he could dry them when her feet were wet.



windlass, amazing how a word gets in to our subconscious . I'm sure I've done the same thing.

does / Duz

Does anyone use Duz detergent anymore?

Taut / taught / tot



Do you think a tot could be taught to pull a rope taut?

daze / days

I've been in a daze for days!

bizarre / bazaar

It's bizarre how crowded the bazaar is today.

four / for / fore

I had been calmly golfing for four hours in contemplative silence when I was shocked by someome yelling "FORE!"

massive / massif  (saw this word today in The Plains of Passage - it's a large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range).

The massif bordering the steppes is massive.

maid / made

The maid made the beds.

Venus / venous

Venus learned about venous circulation in anatomy class.

Cain / Caine / cane

Herman Cain and Michael Caine both wanted the last candy cane.

I'd / eyed

I'd eyed that dress in the window for weeks.