Triple Homonyms
© 2006 by Terry Stickels

 

 

Based on a puzzle appearing in King Features Stickelers in late 2005. As promised, here is a collection of additional solutions to the original puzzle (including contributions from many puzzle fans). No contractions or proper nouns were used and all words were verified by reference material.

Special thanks to Mr. R. Bruce Diebold for his efforts in compiling this list.

 
Ade, Aid, Aide
Ads, Adds, Adze
Air, Err, Heir
Ait, Ate, Eight
Aye, Eye, I
Bailer, Bailor, Baler
Baize, Bays, Beys
Bald, Balled, Bawled
Bases, Basis, Basses
Beau, Bo, Bow
Bel, Bell, Belle
Bight, Bite, Byte
Birr, Bur, Burr
Boar, Boor, Bore
Bold, Bolled, Bowled
Bole, Boll, Bowl
Borough, Burro, Burrow
Bourn, Born, Borne
Braise, Brays, Braze
Brews, Brewis, Bruise
Bused, Bussed, Bust
Buy, By, Bye
Cain, Cane, Kain
Call, Caul, Col
Cay, Key, Quay
Cees, Seas, Sees, Seize
Caret, Carrot, Karat
Cedar, Ceder, Seeder
Ceiling, Sealing, Seeling
Censer, Censor, Sensor,
Cent, Scent, Sent
Cere, Sear, Seer, Sere
Chord, Cored, Cord
Cinque, Sink, Sync, Synch
Cite, Sight, Site
Cited, Sighted, Sited
Coal, Cole, Kohl
Coarse, Corse, Course
Coign, Coin, Quoin
Coolie, Coolly, Coulee
Crew, Cru, Krewe, Crewe
Crews, Cruise, Cruse, Kruse
Dieing, Dyeing, Dying
Do, Dew, Due
Do, Doe, Dough
Does, Dos, Doughs, Doze
Earn, Ern, Erne, Urn
Ewe, Yew, You
Ewes, Use, Yews
Fain, Fane, Feign
Faro, Farrow, Pharaoh
Eau, O, Oh, Owe
Fays, Faze, Phase
Firs, Furs, Furze
Flew, Flu, Flue
For, Fore, Four
Fraise, Frays, Phrase
Frees, Freeze, Frieze
Gild, Gilled, Guild
Gnus, News, Nus
Hi, Hie, High
Hoard, Horde, Whored

Holey, Holy, Wholly
Idle, Idol, Idyll
Knows, Noes, Nose
Lais, Lase, Lays, Laze, Leis
Lea, Lee, Li
Lear, Leer, Lehr
Lia, Lier, Lyre
Lowed, Lode, Load
Maize, Maze, Mays
Marc, Mark, Marque
Marri, Marry, Merry
Meat, Meet, Mete
Meddle, Medal ( maybe), Metal, Mettle
Moor, More, Mohrr
Nay, Nee, Neigh
Need, Knead, Kneed
New, Knew, Gnu
Oar, Or, Ore
Pair, Pare, Pear
Pallet, Palate, Pallette
Peak, Peek, Pique
Pearl, Perle(Pearle), Purl
Peace, Piece, Peise
Polar, Poler, Poller
Poor, Pour, Pore
Praise, Prays, Preys
Psi, Sigh, Xi
Raise, Rays, Raze
Raiser, Razer, Razor
Rain, Reign, Rein
Rapped, Rapt, Wrapped
Read, Red, Redd
Read, Rede, Reed
Rei, Rye, Wry
Reis, Rise, Ryes
Right, Rite, Write, Wright
Rhos, Roes, Rose, Rows
Road, Rode, Rowed
Rood, Rude, Rued
Roomie, Roomy, Rheumy
Sacks, Sacs, Sax
Senate, Sennet, Sennit
S
ense,Cents,Cense,Scents
Sew, So, Sow
Shire, Shyer, Shier
Sighs, Size, Psis
Sign, Sine, Syne
Slew, Slough, Slue
Sold, Soled, Souled
Tael, Tail, Tale,
Tare, Ter, Tear
Tea, Tee, Ti
Tease, Tees, Tes
Tern, Terne, Turn
To, Too, Two
Toad, Toed, Towed
Vail, Vale, Veil
Vial, Vile, Viol
Wail, Wale, Whale
Way, Weigh, Whey
Whined, Wind, Wined, Wynd
Yogh, Yoke, Yolk

 

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