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Words that Have No Rhymes

The following words have no well-known rhymes in English. Based on the clue, guess as many words as you can!
Answers are in alphabetical order.
Some answers may have very obscure rhymes.
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Hint
Word
A slightly yellowish gray colour
beige
Traveling company of entertaining performers
circus
The opposite of safe
dangerous
Movie
film
Usually bigger than a bay
gulf
An oven for firing ceramics
kiln
It is 26.219 miles.
marathon
One twelfth of a year
month
The art of combining vocals, instrumental sounds, or both
music
Usually the last inning of a baseball game
ninth
A work of music or art, might be magnum if a masterpiece
opus
A certain citrus fruit
orange
Hint
Word
A common beer glass size
pint
One of the secondary colors
purple
A certain shiny precious metal
silver
Nymph who lures mariners to their death on the rocks
siren
A fixture for containing or removing human waste
toilet
The last night of Christmas (think Shakespeare)
twelfth
A moderate degree of heat
warmth
Measurement of the extent of something from side to side
width
A large wild canine
wolf
An adult human with XX chromosomes
woman
Injuries, such as a cuts, stabs, or tears
wounds
10 Comments
+1
Level 88
Aug 6, 2019
I also rather like the word "fugue", which has no rhymes.
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Level 28
Aug 13, 2019
doesn't rhyme any word ending on "ind" perfectly to "pint"? --> "Would you be so kind // and bring me one more pint?"
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Level 88
Nov 17, 2021
That would be a forced, or oblique, rhyme. Nearly the same, but not exact.
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Level 67
Mar 21, 2025
These words are wildly different in English RP lol
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Level 24
Apr 18, 2022
Dangerous cantankerous
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Level 43
Feb 19, 2025
Blorange
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Level 88
Feb 19, 2025
I don’t know if you’re joking but look at the caveat. Blorange is definitely obscure and even my spellcheck is underlining it.
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Level 73
Apr 30, 2025
Was thinking of pilfer, but no, could be a match with the Dutch pronunciation of silver (zilver) though.
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Level 71
May 24, 2025
Beige is brown and yellow not grey and yellow?
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Level 88
May 24, 2025
If you look at various definitions, it’s usually a combination of brown, yellow, gray, so perhaps we’re both right.