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Homophonic Riddles
Homophones What do you call ...
a broad
abroad A gal
overseas?
a cent
a scent ascent a
penny or a smell going up
a loft
aloft
a room in the air
a miss
amiss a
single woman gone astray
a part
apart
a role separated
aid
aide
help a helper
ail
ale
sick beer
airy
aerie
a wide open eagle nest
allot a
lot
budget much
aloud
allowed
speaking permitted
alter
altar
modify religious table
amuse a
muse
entertain spirit
ant
aunt
an insect relative
ascent
assent a cent going
up agreed to for a penny
assign
a sign
designate signal
aster
asked her a
star questioned her
attire
a
tire
dress a wheel
aught
ought
nothing should
award a
ward prize
client
aye eye
I
yes look me
bad
bade
terrible bid
bail
bale
release tie up
ball
bawl
sphere cry
bandit
banned it
outlaw outlawed
banjo
banned Joe
stringed instrument outlawed Joseph
banned
band A
barred orchestra
bare
bear
nude Smokie
barque
bark
ship howl
barred
bard
banned poet
barren
baron
childless noble
base
bass
a big bad violin
beat
beet
hammer a vegetable
Beatle
beetle
musical bug
beau
bow
a suiter's tie
beech
beach a
tree shore
beer
bier
malt beverage coffin
belle
bell
good gong
berth
birth
bed creation
bizzare
bazaar
crazy outdoor market
bough
bow
branch curtsey
bury
berry
inter fruit
Cain's
canes
Abel's sibling's walking sticks
charred
chard
burnt greens
crew's
cruise
seamen's voyage
doe
dough dodo
deer money for an extinct bird
wholesale hole
sale great price
for nothing
hirsute
her suit
hairy her clothes
Layne's
lane
Bobby L's street
main
mane
most important horse hair
male
mail
letters for men only
May's
maze a
certain month's puzzle
Mick’s
mix
Mickey’s stew
Mick’s
up/mix up Is
Mickey at bat or not?
pale
pail
light colored container
pane
pain
window ache
patient's
patience
client's forbearance
pa’s
paws
Dad’s hands
pa’s
pause
Dad’s stop
Price's
prices
what Mr. P charges
pride
pried
vanity snooped
prize
pries
an award snoops
quire
choir
two dozen singers
rough
ruff
vicious trump
sail
sale
ocean cruise discount
sane
seine
"not crazy" net
seaman
semen naval
seed
size
sighs
measure breaths
Styx
sticks
branches in the river of death
vain
vane
proud wind indicator
vain
vein
proud blood vessel
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