When comparing two things, we usually add ER to the describing word, adjusting for spelling: Tall - taller / Happy - happier. What happens to the words below when ER is added to them to make a comparative word? Wordplay is fair play. 

 

SHY

HIGH

RANK

GOOD

 

HINT:

The answers are phonetic.

Answers:

Adding the ER sound to each word can create a new word that has nothing to do with the original word:

 

SHY - SHIRE

HIGH - HIRE

RANK - RANCOR

GOOD - BETTOR

 

Credit:

Richard Silvestri