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Given below are five pairs of words. Each pair sounds similar, but have different meanings (they are homonyms). Can you find them?
Lift high - Bring down, destroy
Plant with ears - Labyrinth
Burial/Cremation formalities - Uses a pen and paper and forms legible words
To communicate with God - Carnivore's target
Watery part of milk that separates when milk turns to curds - The route or the course traveled from one place to another
Lift high - Bring down, destroy
Plant with ears - Labyrinth
Burial/Cremation formalities - Uses a pen and paper and forms legible words
To communicate with God - Carnivore's target
Watery part of milk that separates when milk turns to curds - The route or the course traveled from one place to another
Answer
Raise - RazeMaize - Maze
Rites - Writes
Pray - Prey
Whey - Way
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Got all of them except #1- Great job.
4out of 5 ain't bad. pretty good teaser I say.
"form" should be "forms" to keep it in the same tense, otherwise good. Got them all.
I got 3!!!
This was fun! Keep up the good work.
Easier than it looked at first.
fun! i didn't get number one though
Tee Hee! I got them all. Kinda easy but what fun. Great job. brainster. More please!
Well-thought out clues, but easy answers. Got them all within a minute!
Great teaser!
I agree with thimblenoggin - easier than it looked at first
I agree with thimblenoggin - easier than it looked at first
Well done.
Got them all ...but,
whey and way don't sound exactly alike; whey has a 'whoosh' sound at the beginning, like 'what' and 'when.'
and how come the comments have different dates?? ...some dates are from years ago!?!
whey and way don't sound exactly alike; whey has a 'whoosh' sound at the beginning, like 'what' and 'when.'
and how come the comments have different dates?? ...some dates are from years ago!?!
hey learningchinese, I think you're lmurray in disguise. The point? Well, why did you do it?
I liked it, and I got them all, yay! to the above person, some teasers are on the site before they are daily teasers and have already been commented on.
Thanks for the fun teaser!
I liked it, and I got them all, yay! to the above person, some teasers are on the site before they are daily teasers and have already been commented on.
Thanks for the fun teaser!
Very enjoyable, a good beginning to my day.
Shawneeo - I had the exact same first thought when reading the comments. lmurray is baaaaaack, but with a new name. Very THIN disguise, if you ask me.
Brainster, thank you for a fun start to the day!
Brainster, thank you for a fun start to the day!
Easy, but fun. I give this teaser four stars. ****
Now, THAT was a good teaser. Good instructions, to the point, fun to do. Not impossible. Congratualations!
Maybe you mean porpoise LC
Marshie, Just enjoy them. Don't get so critical.
Perhaps Imurray IS back, but with a new name. I'm back with a new name!! For some reason, Braingle stopped letting me access the teasers so I had to change it. Maybe you would remember me by my old nickname.... smee. Yep, that was me!
I found this teaser hard until I looked at the answers.Good teaser, Great teaser.I'll do better next time, now that I really understand it.
Great way to start the day..with a smile. Easy, but very clever and fun! (welcome back smee)
Very good!! I got them all, but had to think a little - enjoyed!!
Hey brainster, good work, this was a little hard but lot of fun.
And it does seem the brat is back. WHAT IS YOUR POINT???
And it does seem the brat is back. WHAT IS YOUR POINT???
Nice teaser! Excellent job on the clues - it took me a moment, but once I got the first one the rest fell into place. Also, great instructions!!
I enjoyed that one! Got all but one - way to go!
I got all of them. Being a writer sure helped a lot. Wonderful teaser.
iteachkids and shawneeo: i agree with you that imurray is back with a new name. if you would see imurray's profile, you would see what appears to be the chinese flag, and his new name also talks of learning chinese! yes, it is indeed a thin disguise!
Another great teaser, Brainster!
"It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a thought for our many faults which have escaped us."
Author Unknown
"It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a thought for our many faults which have escaped us."
Author Unknown
Right ON, Sweetie!!!
very fun...didn't get as many as i should have but fun neverth e less
Didn't get RAISE/RAIZE, darn it!
Thanks for a fun noggin tease this morning.
Thanks for a fun noggin tease this morning.
nice & easy - thanks
Got 4 of 5. Marschie, I asked the same question a while back. Some nice person pointed out there's a list of teaser categories in the "Browse Teasers" column at the left of your screen. There you can call up teasers before they're featured as the daily teaser and test drive them. Today we had two teasers -- one about homonyms, and the one about Imurray aka Learning Chinese. LOL
I liked this one. I'm dissapointed that I didn't get raise/raze, but maybe next time.
wow, I got `em all, loved these more please, Most days they r too tough for me but love `wordy` ones
Thanks a bunch....
Thanks a bunch....
Found this one easy, but still fun. I look forward to a new teaser every day. Keep up the good work.
Ok, folks.... I've got a teaser for you.
I don't have enough "points" to be able to submit this on the regular Braingle "submit a teaser" thing, and I haven't paid them for me to be able to do it either. That's why I'm gonna submit it here in the comments section.....
I'm thinking of a word that has nine letters.
If you subtract a letter, you still have another word that's used regularly.
Again, if you subtract a letter, you have another word...
After all subtracted letters, one by one for each word, what is the letter you end up with, and what is the word that you started out with?
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Hint...... the letter you end up with is the letter "I".....
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Startling
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Staring
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Did you get this one before scrolling down?? LOL
I don't have enough "points" to be able to submit this on the regular Braingle "submit a teaser" thing, and I haven't paid them for me to be able to do it either. That's why I'm gonna submit it here in the comments section.....
I'm thinking of a word that has nine letters.
If you subtract a letter, you still have another word that's used regularly.
Again, if you subtract a letter, you have another word...
After all subtracted letters, one by one for each word, what is the letter you end up with, and what is the word that you started out with?
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Hint...... the letter you end up with is the letter "I".....
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Startling
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Did you get this one before scrolling down?? LOL
Easy, but fun teaser. Not the one above my comment. That was annoying. Thank you.
not to shaby
It was ok not that im in the mood to try and solvebrainteasers or anything for that matter
Enjoyed them both!
either the teasers are getting easier or i'm getting smarter!( not that it was a bad teaser) I actually really enjoued the teaser and got them all
sorry, "enjoyed" i mean
This imurray thing is kind of pathetic
This imurray thing is kind of pathetic
Forgot, good one beckyd too!
Hey folks, I'm back. All this static about Imurray. For a while I thought Besa was back and had just changed from Spanish to Chinese. The comments from the person is really about the same in character, always negative. At times I think their words are just to anger the rest of us, other times I feel sorry for them as they seem to have a lot of hatred in their comments. If they could just learn to love themselves then others would love them too. I hope these guys, be it one or two or three along with learningchinese, will happy up and start the day, or night, with a smile. Evidentally they all need some understanding of some sort. Love to you guys, but please lighten up on these people who do submit teasers for our enjoyment.
Fun! I got all but the last one.
GREAT one Got 5 out of 6 Must have been in a daze cause I missed maze.It was fun
Damn Vlerma....The huevos comes back after a hiatus and finds his name being slandered in the comment section. For the record, i am NOT learningchinese or imurray or whatever his/her name is. They are mere copycats, that are no match to the original.
P.S. that teaser was lame...
P.S. that teaser was lame...
Cute little teaser. I liked it.
3 out of 5. that was really cute.
been out of school awhile . couln't remember about this type of whatever. But when I looked at answers it was a bit clearer and I understood!
Loved it . . . got them all. Good Job!!
3 out of 5......is that bad?
WHAT DID I OR MY OLD ROOMMATE SAY A YEAR AGO?
OBVIOUSLY ATTENTION GETTING.
IF I KNEW, I WOULD SAY IT AGAIN TO SEE IF IT HAD THE SAME IMPACT.
SINCE I DON'T KNOW, SUFFICE TO SAY EASY EASY EASY!
OBVIOUSLY ATTENTION GETTING.
IF I KNEW, I WOULD SAY IT AGAIN TO SEE IF IT HAD THE SAME IMPACT.
SINCE I DON'T KNOW, SUFFICE TO SAY EASY EASY EASY!
It was a fun quiz. Points out how our language has its twists and turns!
Fun teaser!
I really thought it was gonna be hard when reading the directions and then when I started doing it I realized it was not bad.
Still, I only got 3. The first one and the last one I didn't get...the last one I should have gotten...just lost my mind for a sec.
Great Job!!!
I really thought it was gonna be hard when reading the directions and then when I started doing it I realized it was not bad.
Still, I only got 3. The first one and the last one I didn't get...the last one I should have gotten...just lost my mind for a sec.
Great Job!!!
pretty easy today..
I'm HORRIBLE at teasers, so I was feeling really smart until I read some of the other comments about how easy it was Oh well, I feel smart anyway. Fun Fun
Did much better this year. Must be I've learned something over the past year. Thanks for the great teaser.
Hi blagh! The tenses are right.
rites and writes?
I liked it. made 1 slip up and spelled rites -wrights (not awake
yet) That's my excuse. I guess that gives me 9 and 1/2.
FUN
rites and writes?
I liked it. made 1 slip up and spelled rites -wrights (not awake
yet) That's my excuse. I guess that gives me 9 and 1/2.
FUN
I think they're saing to
IMurray "The Jig is Up"
Very nice VLERMA that's the way
to think.
Sorry i always seem to double
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IMurray "The Jig is Up"
Very nice VLERMA that's the way
to think.
Sorry i always seem to double
post.
It was so easy,I got it before I woke up.
This was really sorry.
This was really sorry.
Perhaps doehead needs more sleep.
Yeah, whey and way are NOT homonyms. Still pretty fun, I guess...
Good teaser. I actually didn't know that word for the milk thing (just call me uninterested), but I guessed "way" for the second part, so I consider that a half-mark!
This was fun!! Got them all with a little thinkin'! Great job!!
***Still waiting for teasers from doehead***
Show us what you've got in your head that makes you such a genius...
***Still waiting for teasers from doehead***
Show us what you've got in your head that makes you such a genius...
I did well again this year, even though I didn,t remember doing it until I read my old comment. Keep up the good work.
I got it!!!
This was lots of fun, keep 'em coming
This was lots of fun, keep 'em coming
Great one! Easy enough, but nto way to easy. And lots of fun too. Number one was pretty hard though. And the only reason i got number 5 was because of that one nursery rhyme,
Little miss muffet
sat on her tuffet
eating her curds and whey
along came a spider
and sat down beside her
frightening miss muffet away
Little miss muffet
sat on her tuffet
eating her curds and whey
along came a spider
and sat down beside her
frightening miss muffet away
Those aren't homonyms. "Right" (as opposed to wrong) and "right" (as opposed to left) are homonyms. The word part "nym" means "word".
The words in the riddle are homophones; "phone" means "sound".
I swear, nobody knows the word "homophone". Everyone calls them homonyms, the same way everyone calls initialisms acronyms, or misuse "nauseous" to mean "nauseated". Why have I always been the only person correcting these errors since third grade?
The words in the riddle are homophones; "phone" means "sound".
I swear, nobody knows the word "homophone". Everyone calls them homonyms, the same way everyone calls initialisms acronyms, or misuse "nauseous" to mean "nauseated". Why have I always been the only person correcting these errors since third grade?
evilfuzzymonste--please look for the meaning of "homonym" in the dictionary. We've had this whole discussion before and I'm not going to go into detail again, except to say that I have been teaching (3rd grade most of the time) for many years. There are three types of homonyms: homophones(to, too,two), homographs(bow as on a boat and bow as used with an arrow) , and
words spellled and pronounced the same but with different meanings (the noun quail an the verb quail).
I get my information from reputable dictionaries and lasnguage textbooks. If you have a different source, please let us know.
I enjoyed this teaser. It amazes me how people can learn English as a second language when we have so many of these homonyms as well as idioms to deal with.
words spellled and pronounced the same but with different meanings (the noun quail an the verb quail).
I get my information from reputable dictionaries and lasnguage textbooks. If you have a different source, please let us know.
I enjoyed this teaser. It amazes me how people can learn English as a second language when we have so many of these homonyms as well as idioms to deal with.
I guess I did go into detail--sorry!
Nice one from Becky D...everyone should read it...it was HARD well liike most people i got everyone except the first one wrong...u noe....teasers these days are getting kinda boring
Very nice teaser. Personally i got elevate-annihilate for the first one (yeah, a bit of a stretch)
cute
cute
This was OK....
I have a riddle/physics question:
A man designed and built a rollercoaster at an amusement park. The first hill was lower than the second hill. Why did he get fired?
I have a riddle/physics question:
A man designed and built a rollercoaster at an amusement park. The first hill was lower than the second hill. Why did he get fired?
Fun and easy!
loved `em, got `em all right!
Easy peasy but then again I love words
Easy peasy but then again I love words
Pretty easy
got some
I seldom post but I look in daily. The teasers are--like this one--usually very easy. The part I enjoy most is watching Immurray get everyone worked up. I am becoming quite an Immurray fan. He is certainly no sycophant and always calls it like he sees it. I don't always agree with him, but usually I do. While most of the posters are oohing and aahing over some yawner of a teaser, Immurray steps in and calls it a piece of pablum. And then it gets interesting. IMMURRAY RULES!
Easy but fun! Thanks for posting!
this kind of teaser is not really my tihng, but I always try the daily. thanks for posting. BTW I haven't seen a comment from IMMURRY in a long time. and I wonder what's happened to doehead too?
that was a good one,but don't go into the chat room and try to see if you can find me because I will NNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR BE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sad!
Quick and easy. Got all of them except the last one. There sure are a lot of similiar teasers lately. They are fun, but something new would be nice. I am not good at making them up so do not ask why I don't do it. I just enjoy trying to figure them out. I don't have points either like I understand you have to have.
All this old talk about Imurray using a different name. Well I heard there is somebody on BRIANGLE now that is commenting under a different name. Does anybody else know who this is?
Loved that it took minimal figuring out-fun and gratifying!
Fun teaser - I got all but the last one, too! Thanks for posting!
Comment on the teaser: Not bad
Comment on the comments: Really?
Comment on the comments: Really?
The plant with ears got me!
I liked the teaser and got all but one. But the comments are wild - good, bad and detailed. Thanks for the ones that explain the puzzles to those who don't understand them! I appreciate that!
Got them all.
Another one for the kiddies, me thinks?
Fun and entertaining teaser; the first two were challenging and took a few minutes to figure out but the last three were easy and I breezed right thru them.
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