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Compound Words #5

Can you guess these compound words based on a definition?
A compound word is formed by combining two shorter words
Examples: Houseboat, pineapple, breadstick
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Definition
Word
Place where grapes are grown
Vineyard
Breed of racing dog
Greyhound
Plant that is like a drug to cats
Catnip
Unique unit of falling snow
Snowflake
Purple vegetable also known as
an aubergine
Eggplant
Plant that blows through the streets
of deserted towns
Tumbleweed
Person who stands on the sidelines
during a dance
Wallflower
One who gets the blame for
another's mistakes
Scapegoat
Orange-colored variety of carp
Goldfish
Spine
Backbone
Definition
Word
Mandible
Jawbone
Hexagonal cells of beeswax
Honeycomb
World's tallest type of tree
Redwood
To meet for the purpose of generating ideas
Brainstorm
Plant that retains its leaves through winter
Evergreen
Device that measures time using falling sand
Hourglass
Plant from which tofu is made
Soybean
Firearm which shoots lots of small pellets
Shotgun
Person from Canada or the northern U.S.
who travels south for the winter
Snowbird
Animal skin that has not yet been
turned into leather
Rawhide
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38 Comments
PorcNBeanz
+3
Level 57
Aug 5, 2019
How about grapevine for where grapes grow?
toowise
+24
Level 81
Aug 6, 2019
Where did you hear that ?
IsleAuHaulte
+8
Level 92
Apr 4, 2022
Marvin Gaye or CCR. I can't remember exactly.
xyzzy
+1
Level 72
Apr 5, 2022
I heard from some raisins.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Apr 14, 2022
I heard it on the grapevine.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Nov 13, 2022
I heard it through the grapevine.
Jango
+6
Level 63
Apr 4, 2022
In linguistics, we recognize three types of compound words: closed, open, and hyphenated. Open compounds include the like of shrinking violet, which would work for your bystander question.

It would be helpful to specify which type of compound you are looking for, although orthography varies

buck1017
+12
Level 78
Nov 21, 2022
so which one would be "hairsplitter?"
MindWax
+6
Level 87
Apr 5, 2022
Airsoft and paintball both shoot lots of small pellets. Also, 2 _____bone answers in one quiz?
Speed4TheNeed
+3
Level 88
Apr 7, 2022
I haven't heard of paintballs being called pellets before. Just me?
Dimby
+3
Level 83
Apr 8, 2022
You are not alone. Paintballs are not pellets.
reverendmeat
+3
Level 86
Nov 14, 2022
They also aren't firearms.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Apr 4, 2025
But other the fact that they aren't firearms and don't shoot pellets....
Glorfindel1
+1
Level 90
May 15, 2025
What about a blunderbuss? I tried that before shotgun. Shouldn't that count? I think it should. Don't you? Maybe not, but shouldn't you consider it? We want to be fair, right? Some might think of blunderbuss, and not think of shotgun. Could happen. Will you sleep on it? Don't we want to cover all avenues? ... I can go on like this for days.
RobNobody
+1
Level 80
Jun 13, 2025
Does it count as a compound word in English if it was only a compound in the original Dutch donderbus?
APHill
+2
Level 76
Apr 8, 2022
I was disappointed that carpetbagger did not work for the traveling question.
prs17
+1
Level 73
Apr 10, 2022
Or "frostback"
GrantH
+4
Level 67
Nov 14, 2022
Carpetbagger is a completely different concept. A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction. Please don't label me a pedant.
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Nov 21, 2022
No. You are definitely correct. There's a historical connotation with Carpetbagger.
Malbaby
+11
Level 70
Apr 14, 2022
I went for 'Thinktank' instead of 'Brainstorm'.
bigred34
+1
Level 56
Sep 12, 2025
same
Cordelia75
+3
Level 55
May 18, 2022
“Roundtable” for “brainstorm”?
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 89
Nov 13, 2022
Whelp, I didn’t know the word wallflower, but I think I can safely say that I am one.
Bonzo65
+3
Level 74
Nov 13, 2022
Please add 'soyabean' as a type in. Although strictly speaking it should be two words, the terms 'soy' and 'soya' are interchangeable.
Bubblecat
+3
Level 79
Nov 15, 2022
Agreed - it's more often called "soya" here in the UK :)
Aimac
+4
Level 69
Nov 13, 2022
too many of these have perfectly acceptable other answers which aren't given

peashooter, capgun, thinktank, eggtimer, cowhide

a quiz question should have an answer

jennraven
+1
Level 67
Nov 14, 2022
Others have mentioned it, but roundtable and thinktank for brainstorm?
Lemondance
+1
Level 67
Nov 14, 2022
Accept scattergun for shotgun?
scherre
+4
Level 57
Nov 15, 2022
Can't believe it doesn't accept "magikarp" for the orange carp question.
buck1017
+2
Level 78
Nov 21, 2022
Maybe if the clue was "completely useless orange colored variety of carp." :-)
IronicBee
+2
Level 41
Nov 16, 2022
Could "cheerleader" technically work for "wallflower?"
buck1017
+4
Level 78
Nov 21, 2022
in my experience, the cheerleaders were busy on the dance floor. Cheerleader and wallflower are nearly opposites.
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 65
Jul 11, 2024
accept soyabean?

granted it's less common but it's still used fairly frequently.

BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Sep 18, 2024
Move 'em out, head 'em up

Head 'em up, move 'em on

Move 'em out, head 'em up:

sumguy
+1
Level 87
Sep 23, 2024
Tofu is made of soybean? Then what is soy made from? Tofubean?
ander217
+1
Level 73
Feb 27, 2025
I expected to hear complaints about snowbird. Maybe it isn’t as Canadian and US-centric as I thought.
overtired
+1
Level 88
Sep 11, 2025
I never heard it in the UK. Only know it from JetPunk. Though I couldn't quite remember it and tried sunbird.
DocEckleburg
+1
Level 68
Sep 18, 2025
Fallguy for scapegoat maybe?
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