Homophone Indicator Words
Homophone indicators tell you the answer sounds like another word.
The wordplay points to a word that sounds the same when spoken aloud. Homophones use the imagery of hearing, speech, and broadcasting.
“A badger's home sounds firm (3)”
Answer: SET
Definition: "firm" — meaning fixed or rigid. "A badger's home" gives SETT (the badger's underground burrow). "sounds" signals a homophone. SETT spoken aloud sounds like SET.
All homophone indicators
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59 words
- aloud
- announce
- apparently
- audibly
- broadcast
- by the sound of it
- declare
- echo
- express
- going by the sound
- hear
- homophone
- I hear
- in a manner of speaking
- in conversation
- in speech
- in the ear
- it is said
- mention
- murmur
- on air
- on the phone
- on the radio
- on the telephone
- one hears
- oral
- orally
- out loud
- outspoken
- over the air
- over the phone
- overhear
- pronounce
- read aloud
- recite
- report
- reportedly
- said
- say
- so it sounds
- so they say
- so to speak
- sounds like
- speak
- state
- they say
- to ones ears
- to the audience
- to the ear
- to the listener
- utter
- verbal
- verbally
- vocal
- vocally
- voice
- we hear
- when spoken
- whisper
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