Homophone word game
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cue/queue
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pin pen
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pair pear
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lent / leant
The bank lent me the funds to build the house against which I leant.
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vein / vain / vane
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jewels / Jules / joules
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Y'all / yawl
Y'all better get on the yawl before it leaves the dock. -
graze / Grays / Grey's
Let's graze on some snacks and drink Grays Pale Ale while we watch Grey's Anatomy.
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ail ale
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straight strait
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genes jeans
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Yon, yawn
I have searched hither and yon for a cure for a perpetual yawn. -
BREAK, BRAKE
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find fined
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Awed / odd
I was awed by the ceremony even though I thought it was kind of odd. -
I was listening to public radio this morning and discovered a new homophone!
^ is an editing symbol called a caret. So...
caret / carrot / carat / karat
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Creak / creek
The old bridge would creak as we crossed the creek. -
toed / toad
would you rather kiss a toad or a three-toed sloth?
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spade spayed
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forth / fourth
In the cartoon popularity contest, Sally Forth came in fourth.
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Clime / climb
In search of a warmer clime, he had to climb a mountain. -
tea/tee
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Flare / flair
She lit the distress flare with a certain devil may care flair as the boat slowly sank in the rough sea.
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Cher / share
Did you hear that Cher almost flunked kindergarten because she didn't like to share?
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Heir / err / air
The heir to the throne did not want to err putting air in his tires. -
rain reign
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leery / Leary
I'd be leery of the punch at Timothy Leary's house.
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Eve / eave
On the eve of reroofing we realized we had to replace the eave too. -
fair fare The fare for the fair isn't fair.
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sine / sign / scion / sighin'
The sine is a sign that the scion will soon be sighin' while doing his hated geometry homework.
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