Monday, March 10, 2025

Find compound words or 2-word-phrases that have long "I" and long "o" sounds!

Today's puzzle is called "Eye-Oh." Every answer is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase in which the first part has a long-I vowel sound, and the second part has a long-O one.

 

Ex. Marker every 5,280 feet on a road  -->  MILEPOST

 






1. Emergency craft for when a ship sinks

2. Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific

3. It's used to put out a conflagration

4. Rock material used in making the Great Pyramid of Giza

5. Something a daredevil circus acrobat walks

6. Pajamas

7. Femur

8. Sound you hear when you pick up a phone

9. Presentation of photos on a large screen for people to see

10. Very chilled, as the way beer might be served

11. Flower that symbolizes purity and innocence

12. Method of swimming

13. Decoration from a fir tree

14. What the Seven Dwarfs sing as they go

 

Answer Keys  

    1.  lifeboat

    2.  time zone

    3.  firehose

    4.  limestone 

    5.  tightrope

    6.  nightclothes

    7.  thigh bone

    8.  dial tone

    9.  slideshow

    10. ice-cold

    11. white rose

    12. sidestroke

    13. pine cone

    14. heigh-ho

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