homophone game

@wolfgang59 said



perfectly matched basin

sync & sink



give the impression of join in fabric

@wolfgang59 said
sync & sink



give the impression of join in fabric

seam & seem

Soap ingredient untruth

@kewpie said
seam & seem

Soap ingredient untruth

lye & lie



irony used to expose drunk in woods

@wolfgang59

irony used to expose / drunk god in woods

@wolfgang59 said
@wolfgang59

irony used to expose / drunk god in woods

the closest I can come up with is satire/ satyr, but they're not pronounced the same.

@vivify said
the closest I can come up with is satire/ satyr, but they're not pronounced the same.

I have the same problem with satire/satyr which was my thought too, so I assumed I was wrong. I've just checked a UK-published list of homophones and it's there, so I think it must be the answer.

https://www.realspellers.org/forums/orthography/926-homophones-sez-who

@vivify said
the closest I can come up with is satire/ satyr, but they're not pronounced the same.

That's the answer I wanted.
I wasn't aware of any other pronunciation, so sorry for not warning you!

@wolfgang59 said
That's the answer I wanted.
I wasn't aware of any other pronunciation, so sorry for not warning you!

The first Google search result has it pronounced as:

sa·tyr

/ˈsadər,ˈsādər/

I'm assuming the search result would be different if Googled from the UK.

@wolfgang59 said
@wolfgang59

irony used to expose / drunk god in woods

Satire, satyr

Baby talk hostile takeover

@vivify said
Satire, satyr

Baby talk hostile takeover

Coo, coup

change in direction for a bird

@kewpie said
Coo, coup

change in direction for a bird

turn & tern



bird stem

edit: non-rhotic pronunciation else they are not homophones

@wolfgang59 said
turn & tern



bird stem

edit: non-rhotic pronunciation else they are not homophones

stork and stalk?

@wolfe63 said
stork and stalk?

Correct!

I'm guessing that doesn't quite work in most of US so well done!

@wolfgang59 said
Correct!

I'm guessing that doesn't quite work in most of US so well done!

No, you're right, the pronunciation of the consonent "r" is usually hard here. (Except in New England!)
But you gave a very good hint. Thanks.

narrow passage of direct sedimentation (3)

@wolfe63 said
No, you're right, the pronunciation of the consonent "r" is usually hard here. (Except in New England!)
But you gave a very good hint. Thanks.

narrow passage of direct sedimentation (3)

straight, strait, strate

Injury beverages