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Word Play, Puns, and Oxymorons

Puns are humorous phrases formed by homonyms. (Example: What is the purpose of reindeer? It makes the grass grow, sweetie.) Oxymorons are a figure of speech formed by contradictory words. (Example: jumbo shrimp, a deafening silence.) Have fun with puns and oxymorons in this word play category.

3,672 Questions

What words are in Happy New Year?

There are more than 150:

A

Ah

Aha

An

Anew

Any

Anyway

Anywhere

Ape

Appear

Are

Area

Arena

Aware

Away

Awe

Awn

Awry

Aye

Ear

Earn

Era

Ere

Ewe

Eye

Eyry

Ha

Happen

Happy

Hare

Harp

Harpy

Haw

Hay

He

Heap

Hear

Hen

Hep

Hepper

Her

Here

Hew

Hewer

Hewn

Hyena

Hype

Hyper

Nae

Nap

Nape

Napper

Nappy

Nary

Nay

Neap

Near

Nee

Nephew

New

Newer

Pa

Paean

Pan

Pane

Pap

Papa

Papaw

Paper

Papery

Par

Pare

Paw

Pawn

Pay

Payee

Payer

Pea

Peahen

Pear

Pee

Peen

Peep

Peer

Pen

Pep

Per

Pew

Phew

Prawn

Pray

Preen

Prep

Prepay

Prey

Pry

Pyre

Rah

Ran

Rap

Rape

Raw

Ray

Reap

Renew

Rep

Repay

Rhea

Rye

Wan

Wane

War

Ware

Warn

Warp

Wary

Way

We

Wean

Wear

Weary

Wee

Weep

Weepy

Were

Whee

When

Where

Whey

Why

Wrap

Wren

Wry

Yap

Yarn

Yaw

Yawn

Yawner

Yeah

Year

Yearn

Yen

Yep

Yew

What words have ge in them?

gentle geld gelding bridge stage genuine gel germ gerbil get gem gear geese cage page pledge forge edge wedge wage badge dodge foliage gage hedge judge fudge sage wage

What words have two different consonants?

middle

riddle

waddle

puddle

gutted

sorrow

borrow

bussed (bussed means kissed, bused means transported by bus)

waffle

wallow

banned

popper

potted

dotted

rotten

muffin

puffin

Words that have the same meaning as Beautiful?

Attractive,

pretty,

handsome,

good-looking,

alluring,

charming,

delightful,

appealing,

engaging,

winsome,

ravishing,

gorgeous,

stunning,

arresting,

glamorous,

Words that start with P and end in D?

Here are some possible words:

pacified

packaged

packeted

pajamaed

palpated

paltered

pampered

pancaked

pandered

panelled

panicked

panicled

paranoid

parceled

pardoned

parented

parkland

parlayed

parleyed

parodied

parroted

passaged

password

pastored

pastured

patented

pattered

paupered

pedalled

pegboard

pelleted

pellucid

penciled

pennoned

peppered

perfumed

perilled

perished

perjured

permuted

pervaded

pestered

petalled

phalloid

philtred

pickaxed

picketed

pictured

pilchard

pilfered

pillaged

pillared

pillowed

pinewood

pinioned

pinnated

pipetted

placated

playland

plighted

ploughed

plumaged

pocketed

poetized

pogromed

poisoned

pokeweed

polaroid

poleaxed

poleward

polished

pollened

polluted

polypoid

pommeled

pondered

pondweed

portaged

portaled

portland

postcard

postpaid

postured

potholed

potshard

potsherd

pottered

powdered

powwowed

prattled

preached

prearmed

preceded

precised

predated

prefaced

prefixed

preluded

premised

premixed

prepared

presaged

presided

presumed

prettied

prickled

priested

prismoid

prisoned

probated

procured

produced

profaned

profiled

profited

profound

prologed

promised

promoted

prompted

proposed

propound

prorated

provided

provoked

puckered

pulpwood

pulsated

pummeled

punished

purblind

purebred

purified

purposed

puruloid

purveyed

pustuled

puttered

How many words can you make from treasures?

T R E A S U R E S

  • assure, ate, art, arts, as, at,
  • east, ease, ear, era, eat, ears, eats, eater, erase, erases
  • rear, ruse, rust, rusts, rat, rate, rats, rates, rut, ruts, rats, rare, rears, reassure
  • sure, sea, seat, seats, seas, sees, see, stress, star, stars, sat, steer, steers, stare,
  • tear, treasure, tea, true, tee, tease, teases, tree, trees, tar, teas, truer, tears
  • use, uses, us, user,

What words have are in them?

The simplest are the words bare, care, dare, and so forth, to stare and tare.
Also other forms such as barefoot, careful, and software.

Other words include the letters as part of separate forms, such as bearer, cleared, dearer, oared, and soared.

Words with second letter being the letter A?

  • bare
  • bank
  • barn
  • bask
  • back
  • bald
  • bath
  • bark
  • band
  • bale
  • bail
  • balm
  • cafe
  • camp
  • cage
  • came
  • cane
  • cape
  • cart
  • care
  • case
  • cave
  • card
  • dare
  • dart
  • daze
  • cash
  • cast
  • dark
  • darn
  • dank
  • damp
  • case
  • days
  • dash
  • east
  • earn
  • fast
  • farm
  • fake
  • fade
  • fain
  • fake
  • fact
  • fate
  • fair
  • fare
  • face
  • fame
  • fall
  • gash
  • game
  • gain
  • hand
  • hail
  • hale
  • have
  • hare
  • hate
  • haze
  • jack
  • lame
  • lamp
  • lark
  • lard
  • hack
  • lash
  • laid
  • lake
  • lane
  • land
  • lack
  • mack
  • math
  • main
  • mane
  • made
  • mare
  • mask
  • made
  • mail
  • male
  • maze
  • nail
  • oath
  • past
  • pane
  • pain
  • pave
  • pant
  • pack
  • path
  • rain
  • rage
  • raid
  • rate
  • rail
  • rack
  • ramp
  • safe
  • sage
  • sash
  • sack
  • sail
  • sale
  • same
  • sane
  • tame
  • task
  • vast
  • vain
  • wait
  • wash
  • wall
  • yarn

Something you do starting with C?

Some hobbies that begin with C:

  • cook
  • crochet
  • carve something from wood
  • candle making
  • collect coins
  • card making (greeting cards)
  • collect baseball cards
  • ceramics
  • camping
  • cake decorating
  • candy making
  • classic car shows/collecting

Words with ci that sound like sh?

words with ci sounding like sh:

  • ambitious
  • atrocious
  • auspicious
  • bodacious
  • conscientious
  • delicious
  • fictitious
  • gracious
  • judicious
  • loquacious
  • luscious
  • malicious
  • salacious
  • spacious
  • suspicious
  • vivacious

Words Starting with Y and ending with O?

ornery, occamy, occupy, ochery, ochrey, oddity, offkey, oilery, oilily, oilway, omnify, oniony, oogamy, oogeny, oology, orally, orbity, orfray, orrery, osiery, osprey, ostomy, otalgy, oughly, outbuy, outcry, outfly, outlay, outsay, ovally, overby, overly, owelty, owerby, owlery, ochimy, ochymy

What are some words that start with the letter y and have to do with ww2?

Term Definition tolitarian state country where a single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives Fascism rooted in miliarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state; dictators vowed to create new empires aggression warlike act by one country against another without a just cause scapegoat a person or group of people on whom is blamed for others' problems (like in WWII, Jews for Germany) Nazis member of the National Socialist German Worker's Party; under Hitler's command concentration camp prison camp for civilians who are considered enemies of the state appeasement practice of giving in to aggression in order to aviod war Nazi-Soviet Pack agreement signed between Hitler and Stalin in 1939 in which the two dictators agreed not to attack each other blitzkrieg "lightning war"; swift attacks launched by Germany in WWII during the night Axis WWII military alliance of Italy, Japan, Germany, and 6 other countries Allies WWII military alliance of Britain, France, Soviet Union, China, the U.S., and 45 other countries Battle of Britain Germany's failed attempt to subdue Britain in 1940 in preparation for invasion (Germans bombed Britain continuously but Britain resisted with fighter pilots and Hitler gave up invasion) Battle of Midway a 1942 battle in the Pacific during which American planes sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers (protected Hawaii) Operation Overlord code name for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944 D-Day day of the invasion of Western Europe by Allied forces-June 6, 1944 (Allied forces landed at France, freed Paris; slowly advanced to Germany) Battle of the Bulge German counter-attack in December 1944 that temporarily slowed the allied invasion of Germany (Audie Murphy was the hero) island hopping during WWII, Allied strategy of capturing Japanese-held islands to gain control of the Pacific Ocean (American ships shelled an island; troops waded ashore; hand-to-hand fighting occured until island was captured) Navajo code-talkers during WWII, Navajo soldiers who used their own language to radio vital messages during the island-hopping campaign kamikaze WWII Japanese pilots trained to make a suicidal crash attack, usually upon a ship Potsdam Declaration message sent by the Allies in July 1945 callin for the Japanese to surrender Nuremberg Trials Nazi war crime trials held in 1945 and 1946

Eight letter words with double letters in them?

zucchini pizza

apple

squirrel

barrette

majorette

clippers

slippers

flippers

horrible

terrible

gullible

classify

lollipop

occurred

glittery

slippery

possible

porridge

carriage

marriage

corridor

flattery

necessary

trespass

assassin

accident

applause

appliance

commuter

grommet

passport

trapper

propeller

applicant

additive

addition

blizzard

additive

buttered

attention

tattered

passable

collapse

vilified

dribbling

scribble

addicted

effected

affected

affluent

terrific

horrific

What Five letter word spelled same backwards or upside down?

* solos * sosos - meaning both the adjective soso & the adverb soso & in full caps, collectively * sohos - meaning the Soho districts of both NYC & London * ohoho - as in Santa Claus or a defunct ski area in northeastern Connecticut
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Word to describe yourself starting with an i?

* idealistic * innocent * interesting * independent * intellectual * individual * illustrious * imaginative * impatient * instinctive * inquisitive * impractical * impressionable * impulsive * indecisive * industrious * inspirational * introspective