COMMONPLACES

GAMES/World of Puzzles
December, 2019
Scott Erdman

What property do the names of these locations from around the globe share?

CYPRUS
SEOUL
NOME
WALES
GREECE
ROME
BOULDE
VAIL
ERIE

Answer:

They all have homophones:

CYPUS - cypress
SEOUL - soul/sole
NOME - gnome
WALES - wails/whales
GREECE - grease
ROME - roam
BOULDER - bolder
VAIL - veil/vale
ERIE - eerie