Homophones Word Search
Play a Homophones word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: HOMOPHONES, PAIR, PEAR, PARE, FLOUR, FLOWER, MEAT, MEET, KNIGHT, WRITE, RIGHT, THERE.
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Homophones word list, defined
- HOMOPHONES /ˈhoʊməfoʊnz/ (US); /ˈhəʊməfəʊnz/ (UK) · noun
- Homophones are words that are pronounced in the same way but may have different meanings and spellings. The term can also refer collectively to such words as a group. Related: homonyms, sound-alikes, words with the same pronunciation.
- PAIR /pɛr/ (also /pɛər/ in British English) · noun and verb
- A pair is a set of two people or things associated with one another, especially two items that belong or work together. As a verb, pair means to form or arrange things or people in twos, or to associate one person or thing with another. Related: couple, duo, twosome, set of two.
- PEAR /pɛər/ (British); /pɛr/ (US) · noun
- A typically sweet, fleshy fruit with a juicy interior and a central core, often containing small seeds. The word can also refer to the deciduous tree that bears this fruit.
- PARE /pɛər/ (British); /pɛr/ (American) · verb
- To trim or cut away an unwanted or excess part. By extension, to reduce something, especially a cost, quantity, or level. Related: trim, reduce, cut back, whittle.
- FLOUR /ˈflaʊər/ · noun
- A fine powder made by grinding cereal grains, especially wheat, used in baking and cooking. Related: meal, grist, semolina.
- FLOWER /ˈflaʊər/ · noun (also verb)
- The blossom of a plant, typically consisting of colorful petals surrounding reproductive organs; also used figuratively to mean the finest or most flourishing stage of something. Related: blossom, bloom, blossoming, floret.
- MEAT /miːt/ · noun
- The flesh of an animal used as food, usually excluding the bones. By extension, it can mean the essential or most substantial part of something. Related: flesh, fare, protein, core.
- MEET /miːt/ · verb
- To come together with someone or something, either by arrangement or by chance. It can also mean to satisfy a requirement, achieve a goal, or face an experience or difficulty. Related: encounter, assemble, congregate, intersect.
- KNIGHT /naɪt/ · noun; verb (archaic)
- A knight is a member of a medieval military order who fought on horseback, traditionally wearing armor and bearing a sword. The word also denotes a chess piece that moves in an L-shape and, in modern usage, a man or woman formally honored with the title of knight. Related: warrior, soldier, cavalryman, champion.
- WRITE /raɪt/ · verb; noun
- To express ideas, words, or information in writing, or to record information in written form. As a noun, it means an act of writing, a written communication, or, in computing, an operation that stores data in a system. Related: compose, draft, pen, inscribe.
- RIGHT /raɪt/ · noun, verb, adjective, adverb, interjection
- Right means morally or legally acceptable, correct, or suitable; it can also mean opposite to left, and as a noun it denotes an entitlement or advantage. As an adverb it can mean exactly or immediately, while as a verb it means to correct or put something in order. Related: correct, proper, suitable, appropriate.
- THERE /ðɛr/ (American); /ðɛər/ (British) · adverb, pronoun, interjection
- There functions as an adverb and an existential pronoun to state that something exists, is present, or happens; it can also indicate a place, direction, or emphatic conclusion. Its precise meaning and grammatical function depend on stress and context. Related: at that place, to or into that place, something, present.
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