Sound Mix (Word Puzzle)

[Otis]

Each phrase below consists of the scrambled letters of a pair of homophones. For example, the letters in TOO WET can be rearranged to make TOW TOE, a pair of sound-alike words. Can you unscramble all four mixed pairs?

1. SUGGEST SUEDE

2. ROCKIER QUILL

3. STEELY ELITE

4. SORCERERS GROG



[imath]\;[/imath]

 

[Dr.Peterson]

Spoiler

1. SUGGEST SUEDE

guest​

guessed​

2. ROCKIER QUILL

licker​

liquor​

3. STEELY ELITE

eyelet​

islet​

4. SORCERERS GROG

grocer​

grosser​

​

 

[Otis]

{#2, #4} took me more than twice as long to do than {#1, #3}



[imath]\;[/imath]

 

[Fermat2718]

Each phrase below consists of the scrambled letters of a pair of homophones. For example, the letters in TOO WET can be rearranged to make TOW TOE, a pair of sound-alike words. Can you unscramble all four mixed pairs?

1. SUGGEST SUEDE

2. ROCKIER QUILL

3. STEELY ELITE

4. SORCERERS GROG



[imath]\;[/imath]

1. Guest, Guessed
2. Licker, Liquor

 

[JeffM]

Spoiler

guest / guessed

liquor / licker

grosser / grocer

The S in only one of the pair has me stumped.

Should it be

STEELY ELITES

That one is obvious, but a silent S has me baffled.

 

[Otis]

silent S has me baffled

I understand. If someone were to ask me to sound off a list of silent 's' words, my memory wouldn't get very far.

Spoiler: Hints

Take one of the letters from ELITE and add it to the letters in STEELY

Make a seven-letter word

Remove one of the letters from the seven-letter word and add it to the four letters left over from ELITE

Make a five-letter word

?

[imath]\;[/imath]

 

[JeffM]

I understand. If someone were to ask me to sound off a list of silent 's' words, my memory wouldn't get very far.

Spoiler: Hints

Take one of the letters from ELITE and add it to the letters in STEELY

Make a seven-letter word

Remove one of the letters from the seven-letter word and add it to the four letters left over from ELITE

Make a five-letter word

?

[imath]\;[/imath]

OK I can get

Spoiler

EYELET ISLET

Tricky one.