I before E except .............
Credit: GAMES Magazine
August, 1994
Jon Delfin

The classic spelling rule "I before E except after C" has many exceptions. Use the hints below to find ten common words which violate this rule by having the letters EI follow letters other than C.

1. Nonbeliever
2. Existence
3. Strange or different
4. Give up
5. Robbery or holdup
6. Free time
7. Not this or that
8. Nutritional need
9. Earthquake-related
10. Eerie (which does follow the rule)

Answers:

1. Atheist
2. Being
3. Foreign
4. Forfeit
5. Heist
6. Leisure
7. Neither
8. Protein
9. Seismic
10. Weird