NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
September 29, 2019
Tyler Lipscomb
Presented by Will Shortz

[Note form JA: This is hard.]

Think of a five-letter, two-syllable adjective. Now think of a four-letter adjective that sounds exactly the same as the first syllable of the five-letter word. Strangely, these two words share no common letters.

HINT:
The four-letter word is French, but commonly used in English.

Answers:

PHONY
FAUX