Monday, October 7, 2024

The latest NPR Word Puzzle Game: PHONETIC SOUNDS of WORDS!

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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