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Can you name the one-syllable words which rhyme with 'Nile' in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary?
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sproutcm
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Each of these words is non-capitalized in Merriam-Webster and its first listed pronunciation rhymes with Nile. Others are listed as bonuses. They are listed in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
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Rhymes with 'NILE' Quiz
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FelixtheBear
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Feb 14th, 2012 at 04:14 GMT
3 points
Does smile not also rhyme with nile? :)
sproutcm
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Feb 14th, 2012 at 04:31 GMT
1 point
@FelixtheBear It does but the dictionary search function doesn't show it! SO very strange. I've added it in. Thanks for catching that.
Flick
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Feb 14th, 2012 at 11:52 GMT
10 points
darn you Jimi Hendrix.
ostroffj
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Feb 14th, 2012 at 13:04 GMT
15 points
My dictionary lists trial, dial, and vial as two-syllable words, and mile, pile, and smile as one-syllable words, yet obviously they all rhyme. Language is weird and I don't get it.
koopa08
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Feb 19th, 2012 at 16:14 GMT
3 points
A 'kyle' is a narrow channel of water.
sproutcm
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Feb 20th, 2012 at 19:23 GMT
1 point
@koopa08 But the chiefly Scottish word 'kyle' is NOT in this dictionary that this quiz uses as the source. It only appears in the unabridged dictionary
cmkeller
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Jul 10th, 2012 at 16:03 GMT
3 points
Why is "I'll" valid but not "why'll"?
Game published: Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:00 GMT
jtrichey
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:01 GMT
24 points
one syllable?
eab21
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:02 GMT
54 points
I have to admit, I tried "Heil."
ivyagogo
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:05 GMT
21 points
At least the ones I missed were bizarre words nobody ever uses so I don't feel like such an idiot.
milkmeister
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:06 GMT
20 points
I'm struggling to see how viol is a) one syllable b) rhymes with nile. Vi-ol. Otherwise I love these rhyming quizzes.
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ryry97
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:16 GMT
-12 points
Nile(Nigh-ull) is two syllables.
Guinefort
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:21 GMT
4 points
Since when is "I'll" not capitalized?
barnztormre
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:37 GMT
0 points
@eab21: I did too, but since it's a German word I guess it doesn't fit the criteria :)
Pogues
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 19:42 GMT
5 points
Desperation: Trying "Chile". Anyway, the greatly missed Darryl Kile would approve of this quiz.
Beefchop
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 20:02 GMT
8 points
VIOL and TRIAL both have two syllables. If you are pronouncing them as if they have one, you are pronouncing them incorrectly.
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ktappe
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 20:35 GMT
-7 points
67% of the players have gotten "WILE", a word I've never heard of. "WILEY", yes, but not "WILE". *confusion*
WyattsTorch
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 20:47 GMT
4 points
@ktappe: You obviously fell prey to Sproutcm's wiles. Oh, and for the record, it's WILY and not WILEY.
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JQiscool
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 20:50 GMT
-15 points
agile?
Meltha
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 21:13 GMT
2 points
Catching Fire actually taught me what the heck a spile is. Ah, literacy!
matt01
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 21:56 GMT
3 points
Easier to do this than to rhyme words with Amazon I suppose. Except if you're my mother, Shamazon McGammazon
BungleJerry
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 22:28 GMT
2 points
It's a triphthong; it's tough, depending on your accent, to hear it as a single syllable, even though it's considered as such. Same with 'fire', for example.
Quizmaster91
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 23:33 GMT
4 points
@WyattsTorch: AFAIC, it's Wile E., not Wily or Wiley :)
Akd17
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Feb 18th, 2013 at 23:42 GMT
-3 points
I think that 'thiol' should also be included, as in the other name for a sulfhydyl functional group.
object_holder
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Feb 19th, 2013 at 00:19 GMT
7 points
I actually pronounce *all* of these as two syllables: baɪəl, smaɪəl, etc. Pretty sure that's standard in at least some parts of the US.
Daddyof2
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Feb 19th, 2013 at 01:35 GMT
2 points
what about "i'll"
yocoy
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Feb 19th, 2013 at 01:48 GMT
1 point
I call bulls**t on a lot of these being "one syllable".
Syzygy_314159
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Feb 19th, 2013 at 07:24 GMT
1 point
Sporcleitis: gets "pial", misses "isle".
hellofromUK
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Feb 19th, 2013 at 10:01 GMT
5 points
All these words are most certainly one syllable, at least in Standard English pronunciation, but by nature of rhyming with NILE contain a diphthong - two tones caused by adjacent vowels in the same syllable which glide from one to another, sometimes known as a gliding vowel. It is easy to see the diphthong in words such as TRIAL and VIOL as it has two adjacent vowels, but the same diphthong occurs in BILE and MILE.
Spoik
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Feb 19th, 2013 at 14:12 GMT
0 points
annoyed at myself for getting aisle but not isle. Idiot!
granpere_de_5
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Feb 19th, 2013 at 14:56 GMT
-1 points
Prile?
DHCB
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Feb 19th, 2013 at 16:52 GMT
0 points
Am I crazy, or is "trial" not two syllables? I've never heard anyone normal pronounce it as "trile."
GJM
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Feb 20th, 2013 at 22:57 GMT
0 points
Get PHIAL, miss PILE. I think I can now officially call myself a Sporcler. Very good quiz.
yankees0wn
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Feb 21st, 2013 at 02:48 GMT
-3 points
been done before
PoopyFace
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Feb 21st, 2013 at 20:34 GMT
-2 points
What about Kyle?
Chameleon
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Feb 28th, 2013 at 11:52 GMT
0 points
In northern England 'Sile' is used to mean 'to rain hard'
jubu97rn
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Mar 21st, 2013 at 03:01 GMT
0 points
I would say some of these are two syllables. Doesn't a diphthong involve consonants and not vowels? Like th and ph?
object_holder
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Apr 28th, 2013 at 21:22 GMT
2 points
@jubu97rn: You're thinking of a digraph.
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