CHANGE-O-NYMS
Credit GAMES Magazine
May, 2005

Janet G. Lonergan

Take a deep breath. For each given word, begin with a synonym of that word. Then think of a homophone for that synonym. Now a synonym for that homophone. And now a homophone for that synonym, which must also be a synonym for the bottom word. For example, if the given word were CYCLED and the bottom word was ROUGH:

CYCLED
RODE
ROAD
COURSE
COARSE
ROUGH

1. AUCTION...........................PAINFUL
2. COUPLE.............................CHIME

3. ENTIRE..............................RAIN
4. ESTATE..............................UNKIND

Answers:

1. AUCTION/SALE/SAIL/SOAR/SORE/PAINFUL
2. COUPLE/PAIR/PARE/PEEL/PEAL/CHIME

3. ENTIRE/WHOLE/HOLE/PORE/POUR/RAIN
4. ESTATE/MANOR/MANNER/MIEN/MEAN/

UNKIND