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posted May 08, 2025 06:04 PM            

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Today’s brain candy: I was watching Jeopardy! And the category was “Words that look like they should rhyme, but don’t.” Examples were DEVOUR and DETOUR. How many can you add to that list off the top of your head?
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posted May 09, 2025 09:39 AM            

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Oh, I bet there are many!

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posted May 09, 2025 09:39 AM            

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I'll try to think of some.

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posted May 11, 2025 05:17 PM            

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Hull and pull.

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posted May 12, 2025 02:58 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Hull and pull.

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posted May 12, 2025 03:00 PM            

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DULL &
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posted May 14, 2025 02:46 PM            

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Brain Candy: Words that when you change one letter become another: for example, BALLOT to BALLET and then to BULLET. What’s the longest chain you can come up with by making a new word by changing one letter at a time?

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posted May 14, 2025 03:05 PM            

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Brain Candy: Words that when you change one letter become another: for example, BALLOT to BALLET and then to BULLET. What’s the longest chain you can come up with by making a new word by changing one letter at a time?

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posted May 14, 2025 03:26 PM            

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They are called eye rhymes (or visual rhymes or sight rhymes). Other examples are Sean Bean (pronounced Shawn Been), love and move, wood and food, come and home, bough and though mind and wind (movement of air) etc.Mar 5, 2021 http://ell.stackexchange.com
Term for words that seem like they should rhyme because of the way they are spelled, but don't

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