Transcript Word Games Answers

Rearrange the letters of
the word ocean to form
the name of a boat not
often found on the ocean.
canoe
If you begin with this five-letter word,
you can form a homonym by removing
just the first letter. You can form another
homonym by removing just the second
letter. What’s the word?
scent
Make one word out of the
phrase, “new door.”
Make one word out of the
phrase, “new door.”
one word
What do the names Bob,
Otto, Eve, Hannah, and
Anna have in common?
They are palindromes.
What is the only word with
three double letters in a
row?
bookkeeper
What is the only word in
which all five vowel letters
appear in alphabetical
order?
facetious
What two homonyms are also
antonyms? One means “to
build up.” The other means
“to tear down.”
raise
raze
What delicious thing do all
of these words share?
beggar, coats,
windjammer, hammer,
appease, spear, plumber,
caprice, tease, scream
What delicious thing do all
of these words share?
beggar, coats,
windjammer, hammer,
appease, spear, plumber,
caprice, tease, scream
What orderly feature do all of
these words share?
almost, bent, fir, clot, fez, hut
The letters of each word
are in alphabetical order.
What is so unusual about the
words in this sentence?
I do not know every single
British novelist currently
publishing undebatable
masterpieces.
Each word contains one additional letter.
What is so unusual about the
words in this paragraph?
This is an unusual paragraph in an
important way. It conforms to our
notions of grammar and syntax, but its
words vary from typical options. Can
you say how?
The letter e is not used.
What three words begin with
the letters su but sound as
though they begin with sh?
What three words begin with
the letters su but sound as
though they begin with sh?
sugar
sure
sumac
What is so unusual about the
words sanction, dust, bill,
cleave, clip, fast, hold up,
lease, screen, seed, temper,
left?
What is so unusual about the
words sanction, dust, bill,
cleave, clip, fast, hold up,
lease, screen, seed, temper,
left?
autoantonyms
(contranyms)
Can you find the hidden word?
Tommy’s mother has three children,
represented by these coins. One is
named Penny, and another is named
Nicole. What is the third child’s name?
The third child is Tommy!
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