# What do these eight words and/or phrases have in common? **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 15, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922 "2022-11-15T03:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/41 "2022-12-06T00:49:48Z")
No, any pronunciation similarities in my list are coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/42 "2022-12-06T02:23:05Z")
They all contain punctuation? - There’s a backwards comma in hammock. - There’s a check in checkup. - There’s an & in backhand. - And the i’s and j’s have a period on their tops. …I’ll show myself out… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/43 "2022-12-06T03:17:18Z")
They all contain one or more of the 5 least used letters? (j, k, q, x, z) ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/44 "2022-12-06T03:27:10Z")
That’s true… and in fact quite closely related to the more _specific_ connection. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/45 "2022-12-06T10:53:50Z")
They all contain the ‘k’ sound? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/46 "2022-12-06T12:59:02Z")
They all have the same Scrabble score? ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/47 "2022-12-06T20:15:59Z")
You got it! Twenty points. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/48 "2022-12-07T03:24:00Z")
OK, what do these 8 words have in common? **prise** **plate** **smith** **anode** **real** **bung** **hung** **whig** ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/49 "2022-12-09T15:36:18Z")
OK, hint: the same 3-letter word can be inserted into each word to make another word. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/50 "2022-12-09T18:27:32Z")
Tin? pristine tinplate? tinsmith? antinode retinal bunting hunting whiting ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/51 "2022-12-09T19:09:46Z")
Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/52 "2022-12-09T19:27:06Z")
My list has only 6 items, because it is a complete list. If @Czarcasm would like to disqualify me and send me to the locker rooms and put someone else in, just let us know. **pop** **six** **squish** **uh-uh** **Cicero** **Lipschitz** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/53 "2022-12-09T19:43:32Z")
_He had it comin’! He had it comin’! He only had himself to blame._ The list is the refrain of the song _Cell Block Tango_ from the musical _Chicago_. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/54 "2022-12-09T19:45:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The list is the refrain of a song from the musical _Chicago_. Just beat me to it. Cell Block Tango ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/55 "2022-12-09T19:45:42Z")
Railer, if you have a list, go ahead with it. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/56 "2022-12-09T19:51:05Z")
I’ve got one. Probably not too difficult, but here it is: **abandoned** **abstention** **airfreight** **artwork** **fourchette** **heightened** **misevent** **scrawniness** ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/57 "2022-12-09T20:39:31Z")
Each word contains the name of a number. This one’s even easier. **billiards** **flourine** **circles** **cloud** **tails** **baseball** **dressed** **lives** ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/58 "2022-12-09T21:11:25Z")
Each relates to “nine”. 9-ball, atomic number 9, 9 circles of hell, cloud 9, cat of 9 tails, 9 innings, dressed to the 9s, 9 lives. Sorry, I don’t have a list ready. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/59 "2022-12-09T21:42:19Z")
OK, I made one. **Ends** **Evils** **God** **Hath** **Human** **Impel** **These** **While** ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/60 "2022-12-09T22:17:12Z")
These words are all found in the opening of the Declaration of Independence. Is that it? If so, I’ve got one ready to go! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922.md?page=4)