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Word Play: Homophones, Palindromes and Fun Words
Words that sound alike, read the same backward, and other word fun.
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- PalindromeWordA word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward
- MomWordA palindrome
- DadWordA palindrome
- WowWordA palindrome
- RacecarWordA palindrome
- LevelWordA palindrome
- RadarWordA palindrome
- KayakWordA palindrome
- MadamWordA palindrome
- NoonWordA palindrome
- CivicWordA palindrome
- ReferWordA palindrome
- A man, a plan, a canal: PanamaWordA famous palindrome sentence
- Was it a car or a cat I saw?WordA palindrome sentence
- HomophoneWordWords that sound the same but are spelled differently
- to, too, twoWordHomophones: to the park, too hot, two cats
- there, their, they'reWordHomophones: over there, their dog, they're happy
- see, seaWordHomophones: see with eyes, the sea is salty
- write, rightWordHomophones: write a note, turn right
- night, knightWordHomophones: dark night, a knight in armor
- knew, newWordHomophones: I knew it, a new toy
- flower, flourWordHomophones: a pretty flower, flour for baking
- bear, bareWordHomophones: a big bear, bare feet
- hear, hereWordHomophones: hear with ears, come here
- son, sunWordHomophones: a boy, a star
- pair, pear, pareWordHomophones: two shoes, a fruit, to peel
- red, readWordHomophones: a color, past tense of read
- mail, maleWordHomophones: letters, boy
- tail, taleWordHomophones: a dog's tail, a story
- blue, blewWordHomophones: a color, wind blew
- plane, plainWordHomophones: a flying plane, a plain shirt
- steak, stakeWordHomophones: a meat dinner, a pointy stick
- wait, weightWordHomophones: wait for a bus, how heavy
- way, weighWordHomophones: a path, to measure weight
- so, sew, sowWordHomophones: so happy, sew a button, sow seeds
- ate, eightWordHomophones: ate lunch, the number 8
- by, buy, byeWordHomophones: by the door, buy a toy, say bye
- dear, deerWordHomophones: dear friend, a woodland animal
- whole, holeWordHomophones: the whole pie, a hole in the ground
- HomographWordWords spelled the same but with different meanings, like bat
- BatWordAn animal that flies, or a stick used in baseball
- BarkWordA dog's sound, or the covering of a tree
- BankWordWhere money is kept, or the side of a river
- LeadWordTo guide, or a soft gray metal (said led)
- WindWordMoving air, or to turn something around
- TearWordA drop from the eye, or to rip
- PresentWordA gift, or here and now
- CloseWordTo shut, or very near
- ContronymWordA word that means its own opposite, like 'cleave'
- AnagramWordA word made by rearranging the letters of another, like listen and silent
- ListenWordAn anagram of silent
- EvilWordAn anagram of live (or vile)
- StressedWordSpelled backward it is desserts
- OnomatopoeiaWordA word that sounds like what it means, like buzz or splash
- BuzzWordAn onomatopoeia for a bee's sound
- SplashWordAn onomatopoeia for water
- PopWordAn onomatopoeia for a balloon
- AlliterationWordWords close together that start with the same sound
- PunWordA joke that plays on word meanings or sounds
- IdiomWordA saying whose meaning is not literal, like 'raining cats and dogs'
- SimileWordA comparison using like or as
- MetaphorWordA comparison that says one thing is another
- Longest English word in the dictionary (often cited)WordPneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- Longest word with no repeated letter, often citedWordUncopyrightable
- Shortest complete sentenceWordI am.
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