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Hi can anyone please help me and tell me what these words have in common, I've tried finding the answer online but I can't find it anywhere, any help would be great thanks

Boro Bow Fluff Know Pickup Scoff Shoe Taut

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rhyme with words that have different pronunciations of ough. Borough, bough, enough, dough, hiccough (hiccup), cough, through, bought.

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    $\begingroup$ how in the world did you think of this!? $\endgroup$ – JLee Apr 30 '15 at 0:40
  • $\begingroup$ @JLee Well, the question was asked by 'damo0666', so maybe user2276541 made a deal with the devil... $\endgroup$ – Damien H Apr 30 '15 at 3:40
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    $\begingroup$ what the Jesus? How in the world... +1 @DamienH as clearly that's how he got the answer. $\endgroup$ – gatherer818 Apr 30 '15 at 4:21

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