Rhymes?
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
What are the only two words in the English language that have no word that rhymes with them?
Answer
orange and purple
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babychika66
Sep 06, 2001
| the word 'month' doesn't rhyme with anything in the english either. |
mordalx
Sep 21, 2001
| try silver, and notice that all are colors... |
(user deleted)
Feb 12, 2002
| I don't think anything rhymes with hippopotamus either... |
captbob61
Mar 29, 2002
| elsie.... hypothalamus, maybe? |
Glenbo  
Jun 20, 2003
| what about:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ?
:-P |
Rowsdower
Jan 10, 2004
| What rhymes with month?  |
dragontsupei
Sep 08, 2004
| orange sort of ryhmes with door-hinge |
Dave
Dec 11, 2005
| And SILVER also has no rhyme. |
SPUTNIK2
Feb 07, 2006
| you forgot silver, month |
Question_Mark 
Feb 18, 2006
| Yes. You forgot about those. |
ALW007
Mar 22, 2006
| what about Blorenge (a mountain in Wales) and sporange (a sac where spores are made), they ryhme with orange.... |
ALW007
Mar 22, 2006
| Also, silver and chilver (a ewe lamb) rhyme... |
dishu
Jun 29, 2006
| I think supple rhymes with purple |
grungy49
Dec 04, 2006
| I couldn't resist posting this list 
Angst
Breadth
Bulb
Depth
Glimpsed
Gulf
Month
Mulcts
Pint
Ninth
Sculpts
Sixth
Twelfth
Width
Wolf
Warmth
Angry
Monster
Chimney
Luggage
Orange
Pizza
Purple
Reptile
Rhythm
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Subtox
Mar 25, 2007
| 'Door hinge' rhymes with 'orange', and 'tractor pull' rhymes with 'purple'...maybe in a rap song at least.  |
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