This is a phonetic puzzle. If I asked you to say a letter of the alphabet before one of the gifts of the Three Wise Men to get a boy's name, you'd put L before MYRRH to get ELMER. Now try these. ** Make sure to find the proper “PHONETIC SOUNDS”, NOT “SPELLING”! ^^
Say a letter of the alphabet before ... to get ...
1. ...a decoration on a gift ... a thin musical instrument
2.
... a carpenter's tool ... a biblical
patriarch
3.
... a boundary of a field ... a word meaning
"prevention of a team from scoring"
4.
... the sound a cat makes ... part of a car
that clears a windshield
5.
... the opposite of war ... a monocle, for
example
6.
... where a judge presides ... a person who
accompanies someone on a date
7.
... a son of Adam and Eve ... a word meaning
"difficult to understand"
8.
... a mean, mixed-breed dog ... a card game
9.
... a word meaning "having a raspy
voice" ... a fish that swims upright
10.
... a seabird with a harsh call ... a dog
with floppy ears
Answer Keys
1. Oboe
2. Esau
3. Defense
4. wiper
5. eye
piece
6. escort
7. arcane
8. euchre
9. sea
horse
10. beagle
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