Homonyms by the Seashore

Dig around for the seaside homonyms (words that sound the same, like sea-see or shore-sure) in these riddles! Type your answers in the empty box (or just remember them), and then check your answers.

1. A bucket made
   For clams or sand;
   A shade of white,
   No color, bland!
    
2. To stop from entry,
   A sandy band;
   A word for "the courts,"
   "Sweet" for gourmand.
    
3. It’s great and good,
   And all okay;
   To surge or billow,
   Up and away!
    
4. It’s water
   Rushing into shore;
   A knot that’s tight,
   And so secure.
    
5. A friend, a chum,
   A noble one;
   To search and scan,
   A dock outrun.
    
6. A curling wave,
   That crowns my pate;
   A stylist or searcher,
   A hair brusher’s date.
    
7. A swell unfurls,
   My hand says "hi,"
   To change a rule,
   And let you go by.
    

(courtesy of Nancy Kendall)