| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Billet does not rhyme with ballet, Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet | Billet does not rhyme with ballet, Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet | 100%
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| But be careful how you speak: Say break and steak, but bleak and streak; Cloven, oven, how and low, Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe. | But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe. | 100%
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| Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. | Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. | 100%
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| Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth. Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath. | Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth. Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath. | 100%
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| Hear me say, devoid of trickery, Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore, Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles, Exiles, similes, and reviles | Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles | 100%
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| Ivy, privy, famous; clamour And enamour rhyme with hammer. | Ivy, privy, famous; clamour And enamour rhyme with hammer. | 100%
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| I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. | I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. | 100%
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| I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. | I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. | 100%
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| Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain. (Mind the latter, how it's written.) | Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it's written.) | 100%
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| Liberty, library, heave and heaven, Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven. | Liberty, library, heave and heaven, Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven. | 100%
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| Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague. | Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague. | 100%
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| One, anemone, Balmoral, Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel | One, anemone, Balmoral, Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel | 100%
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| Query does not rhyme with very, Nor does fury sound like bury. | Query does not rhyme with very, Nor does fury sound like bury. | 100%
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| Refer does not rhyme with deafer. Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer. | Refer does not rhyme with deafer. Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer. | 100%
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| River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb, Doll and roll and some and home. | River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb, Doll and roll and some and home. | 100%
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| Souls but foul, haunt but aunt, Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant, Shoes, goes, does. | Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. | 100%
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| Stranger does not rhyme with anger, Neither does devour with clangour. | Stranger does not rhyme with anger, Neither does devour with clangour. | 100%
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| Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I! Oh hear my prayer. | Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I! Oh hear my prayer. | 100%
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| Though the differences seem little, We say actual but victual. | Though the differences seem little, We say actual but victual. | 100%
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| Viscous, viscount, load and broad, Toward, to forward, to reward. | Viscous, viscount, load and broad, Toward, to forward, to reward. | 100%
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| We say hallowed, but allowed, People, leopard, towed, but vowed. | We say hallowed, but allowed, People, leopard, towed, but vowed. | 100%
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| And your pronunciation's OK When you correctly say croquet, Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, Friend and fiend, alive and live. | And your pronunciation's OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live. | 75%
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| Blood and flood are not like food, Nor is mould like should and would. | Blood and flood are not like food, Nor is mould like should and would. | 75%
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| Camel, constable, unstable, Principle, disciple, label. | Camel, constable, unstable, Principle, disciple, label. | 75%
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| Face, but preface, not efface. Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass. | Face, but preface, not efface. Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass. | 75%
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| Finally, which rhymes with enough -- Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? | Finally, which rhymes with enough -- Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? | 75%
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| Gas, alas, and Arkansas. Sea, idea, Korea, area, Psalm, Maria, but malaria. | Gas, alas, and Arkansas.
Sea, idea, Korea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria. | 75%
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| Gertrude, German, wind and mind, Scene, Melpomene, mankind. | Gertrude, German, wind and mind, Scene, Melpomene, mankind. | 75%
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| Heron, granary, canary. Crevice and device and aerie. | Heron, granary, canary. Crevice and device and aerie. | 75%
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| Hiccough has the sound of cup. My advice is to give up! | Hiccough has the sound of cup. My advice is to give up! | 75%
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| Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, Chalice, but police and lice | Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, Chalice, but police and lice | 75%
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| Mark the differences, moreover, Between mover, cover, clover | Mark the differences, moreover, Between mover, cover, clover | 75%
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| Mint, pint, senate and sedate; Dull, bull, and George ate late. Scenic, Arabic, Pacific, Science, conscience, scientific. | Mint, pint, senate and sedate; Dull, bull, and George ate late. Scenic, Arabic, Pacific, Science, conscience, scientific. | 75%
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| Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk, Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work. | Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk, Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work. | 75%
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| Now first say finger, And then singer, ginger, linger, Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge, Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age. | Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age. | 75%
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| Petal, panel, and canal, Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal. | Petal, panel, and canal, Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal. | 75%
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| Say aver, but ever, fever, Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver. | Say aver, but ever, fever, Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver. | 75%
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| Scholar, vicar, and cigar, Solar, mica, war and far | Scholar, vicar, and cigar, Solar, mica, war and far | 75%
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| Seven is right, but so is even, Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen | Seven is right, but so is even, Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen | 75%
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| Won't it make you lose your wits, Writing groats and saying grits? | Won't it make you lose your wits, Writing groats and saying grits? | 75%
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| Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean. Doctrine, turpentine, marine. | Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean. Doctrine, turpentine, marine. | 75%
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| Compare alien with Italian, Dandelion and battalion. Sally with ally, yea, ye, Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key. | Compare alien with Italian, Dandelion and battalion. Sally with ally, yea, ye, Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key. | 50%
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| Ear, but earn and wear and tear Do not rhyme with here but ere. | Ear, but earn and wear and tear Do not rhyme with here but ere. | 50%
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| It's a dark abyss or tunnel: Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale, Islington and Isle of Wight, Housewife, verdict and indict. | It's a dark abyss or tunnel: Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale, Islington and Isle of Wight, Housewife, verdict and indict. | 50%
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| Large, but target, gin, give, verging, Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging. | Large, but target, gin, give, verging, Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging. | 50%
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| Pronunciation -- think of Psyche! Is a paling stout and spikey? | Pronunciation -- think of Psyche! Is a paling stout and spikey? | 50%
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| Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair, Senator, spectator, mayor. Tour, but our and succour, four. | Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor.
Tour, but our and succour, four. | 50%
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