Heteronyms
"Shut" Up
Russian History
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Change 1 Letter of the 5
200
A place of little rain & to abandon completely
desert [DES-ert] and desert [de-SERT]
200
I'm going to grab some this, meaning sleep
shut-eye
200
From 1917 to 1991, a federation of Russia & other Communist republics was known by this collective name
the U.S.S.R. (or Soviet Union)
200
Air Pegasus sneakers
Nike
200
Trick's Halloween opposite changes a letter to become a word meaning to step
treat & tread
400
One who displays & a downpour of rain
a shower [SHO-er] and a shower [SHAU-er]
400
The opposing team doesn't score while losing
a shut-out
400
Nikita Khrushchev was premier during the 1962 crisis over missiles in this country very close to the United States
Cuba
400
The Kindle
Amazon
400
One is from bad luck; the other from good fortune
sling & bling
600
Multiple female deer & a third person action verb conjugation
does [DOHZ] and does [DUHZ]
600
A courtesy one may take you from the airport to a rental car
a shuttle
600
Crowned in 1896, Russian ruler Nicholas II was the last monarch to hold this imperial 4-letter title
czar
600
Dog Chow & Cat Chow
Purina
600
With one letter change, a word meaning "beneath" goes beneath a cow
under & udder
800
[DD]
Trash & to decline to accept something
refuse [re-FUSE] and refuse [REF-use]
800
The Groovebook app delivers a monthly photo book, courtesy of this memory-preserving website
Shutterfly
800
In the 1300s & 1400s, the fur trade helped this city beat out Novgorod to become the most important in Russia
Moscow
800
Galaxy tablets
Samsung
800
One inanimate, one human: they're the pair seen below
clamp & champ
1000
Adjective for one from Gdansk & to make shiny by rubbing
Polish [POH-lish] and polish [PAW-lish]
1000
One who rarely leaves home, confined by introversion or illness
a shut-in
1000
In the 1980s, this feared 3-letter spy agency employed Vladimir Putin
KGB
1000
Reese's Cups
Hershey's
1000
[DD]
A really big guy gets a sum of money to go to college
giant & grant