Words That Don’t Rhyme
Most English words follow a pattern; they often have similar sounds (rhymes) or spellings. However, there are a few exceptions. In fact, there are a handful of words that do not rhyme with another word. We like to refer to these words as standalones.
Words That Don’t Rhyme
The twenty words below do rhyme with another word.
| angel | bulb | dreamt | druggist |
| exit | film | hundred | hungry |
| infant | month | noisy | nothing |
| orange | purple | silver | sixth |
| tablet | wasp | Wednesday | zebra |
If you can you think of a word that rhymes with any of the words above, please let me us know via our comment section!
Source: Fry, E.B., Ph.D. & Kress, J.E., Ed.D. (2006). The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists 5th Edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.