[FairyMouseMom]

DolphinSoul has the first most correct answer....as it includes "explanation"

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First most correct answer wins 25 ACOT points....can win only 2 times, please! (no trying to look up answer....just in case...)

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What is very unusual about the following words?

bough
cough
dough
rough
through

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Answer: ???

[LyndaKay]

they don't rhyme

[GRACEpunches5]

they rhyme?

[zanettac]

they don't rhyme

[scrappininAK]

different sounds for the same letter combo

[coversu]

they all end in ough

[DolphinSoul]

they don't rhyme yet all have 'ough'

[purple3b]

spelled with the same ough, but pronouce differently

[ShellyBob]

the ough sounds different in each when pronounced

[mysunshine]

ough makes a different sound in each word

[writerlady]

the ough is not pronounced the same way

[Rici76]

The ough sounds different in each word.....

[handerful]

they are in alphabetical order.

even though they end the same, the sounds are different.

[scraptag]

some make a "f" sound at the end, some are silent at the end (the gh)

[pawprints]

the gh is not pronounced

[Judy19]

words from The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough: Early Writings and Cartoons by Dr. Seuss

[Shadywolfe]

They all have other words that sound the exact same yet are spelled differently. Otherwise called homophones.

[msdky1]

All the words end with "ough," but the vowel sound that these letters make is different in all the words.

[scrappininAK]

congrats