Could you find words or phrases that are only composed of consonants P and S with various vowels?

Time to play the on-air challenge puzzle from NPR! Every answer today is a word or phrase in which the only consonants are P and S, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels.

Ex. Spots on a playing card --> PIPS

 

1. Rival of Coke

 

2. Mexican coins

 

3. Wife or husband

 

4. To go against

 

5. To assume without proof

 

6. Flowers that produce opium

 

7. Young dogs

 

8. A group that accompanies a sheriff in a western

 

9. To have

 

10. To placate by acceding to someone's demands

 

11. Small bouquets

 

12. To forgo, as an opportunity (2 wds.)

 

13. Appears suddenly (2 wds.)

 

14. Thick fog is said to resemble it (2 wds.)

 

Answer Keys 

    1.  Pepsi

    2.  Peso

    3.  Spouse

    4.  Oppose

    5.  Suppose

    6.  Poppies

    7.  Puppies

    8.  Posse

    9.  Possess

    10.  appease

    11.  posies

    12.  pass up

    13.  pops up

    14.  pea soup