CHANGE-O-NYMS

GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2022

Janet G. Lonergan

Write a homophone of the first word, then a synonym of that homophone, then a homophone of that synonym - so that the final word is a synonym of the given word. These puzzles are not easy - [especially #3 and 4]. 

Example: given the first and last words BREECHES - STOPS:

BREECHES

BREACHES (homophone of BREECHES)

BREAKS (synonym of BREACHES)

BRAKES (homophone of BREAKS)

STOPS 

1. RODE - ROUGH

2. SALE -PAINFUL

3. PAIR - CHIME

4. MANOR - UNKIND

5. WHOLE - RAIN

Answers:

 

1. RODE

    ROAD

    COURSE

    COARSE

    ROUGH

 

2. SALE

    SAIL

    SOAR

    SORE

    PAINFUL 

3. PAIR

    PEAR

    PEEL

    PEAL

    CHIME

4. MANOR

    MANNER

    MIEN

    MEAN

    UNKIND 

5. WHOLE

    HOLE

    PORE

    POUR

    RAIN

Note from JA: This puzzle's first blog post: September 12, 2009. It was originally published in GAMES, May/2005. [GAMES often reprints exceptional puzzles.] After 13 years, I thought it was worth another look.