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