WINNER: MINDTRAP: Game #2

FairyMouseMom · Post by **FairyMouseMom** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm

DolphinSoul has the first most correct answer....as it includes "explanation"

First most correct answer wins 25 ACOT points....can win only 2 times, please! (no trying to look up answer....just in case...)

What is very unusual about the following words?

bough
cough
dough
rough
through

Answer: ???

LyndaKay · Post by **LyndaKay** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm

they don't rhyme

GRACEpunches5 · Post by **GRACEpunches5** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm

they rhyme?

zanettac · Post by **zanettac** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm

they don't rhyme

scrappininAK · Post by **scrappininAK** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm

different sounds for the same letter combo

coversu · Post by **coversu** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:59 pm

they all end in ough

DolphinSoul · Post by **DolphinSoul** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:59 pm

they don't rhyme yet all have 'ough'

purple3b · Post by **purple3b** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:59 pm

spelled with the same ough, but pronouce differently

ShellyBob · Post by **ShellyBob** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:59 pm

the ough sounds different in each when pronounced

mysunshine · Post by **mysunshine** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:00 pm

ough makes a different sound in each word

writerlady · Post by **writerlady** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:00 pm

the ough is not pronounced the same way

Rici76 · Post by **Rici76** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:00 pm

The ough sounds different in each word.....

handerful · Post by **handerful** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:01 pm

they are in alphabetical order.

Post by » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:02 pm

even though they end the same, the sounds are different.

scraptag · Post by **scraptag** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:02 pm

some make a "f" sound at the end, some are silent at the end (the gh)

pawprints · Post by **pawprints** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:05 pm

the gh is not pronounced

Judy19 · Post by **Judy19** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:07 pm

words from The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough: Early Writings and Cartoons by Dr. Seuss

Shadywolfe · Post by **Shadywolfe** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:07 pm

They all have other words that sound the exact same yet are spelled differently. Otherwise called homophones.

msdky1 · Post by **msdky1** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:09 pm

All the words end with "ough," but the vowel sound that these letters make is different in all the words.

scrappininAK · Post by **scrappininAK** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:09 pm

congrats