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What 8 Letter Word Can Have A Letter Taken Away And It Still Makes A Word...
Riddle: What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer: The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.  Cool,huh?
Words: What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word? Answer: The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.  Cool,huh?

Three Consecutive Days

Riddle: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Answer: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

That's A Cool Word
Riddle: What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
Answer: NOON.
Words: What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right? Answer: NOON.

Palindrome

Riddle: What 7 letter word is spelled the same way backwards and forwards?
Answer: Racecar.

Reading Upside Down
Riddle: What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
Answer: SWIMS.
Words: What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down? Answer: SWIMS.

New Words
Riddle: What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
Answer: Queue.

Don't Belong
Riddle: Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS
Answer: Courts. All of the others are anagrams of each other.
Words: Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS Answer: Courts. All of the others are <a href="/quiz/21-anagrams">anagrams</a> of each other.

Six Then Twelve
Riddle: I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?
Answer: The word Dozens.

Clever Word
Riddle: What word contains all of the twenty six letters?
Answer: Alphabet.

Backwards I Am Not.
Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Answer: The word Ton.
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  1. The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.  Cool,huh?
  2. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
  3. NOON.
  4. Racecar.
  5. SWIMS.
  6. Queue.
  7. Courts. All of the others are <a href="/quiz/21-anagrams">anagrams</a> of each other.
  8. The word Dozens.
  9. <a href="/quiz/alphabet-riddles">Alphabet</a>.
  10. The word Ton.