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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?

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Riddle:

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Answer:

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

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Riddle:

What 7 letter word is spelled the same way backwards and forewards?

Answer:

Racecar.

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Riddle:

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

Answer:

NOON. Cool, huh?

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Riddle:

What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

Answer:

SWIMS.

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Riddle:

What word contains all of the twenty six letters?

Answer:

Alphabet.

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Riddle:

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

Answer:

Queue.

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Riddle:

Foward I am heavy, but backward I am not.

What am I?

Answer:

The word Ton.

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Riddle:

What is the longest word in the dictionary?

Answer:

Smiles (there is a mile between the two S's)

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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.

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Words Answers:

  1. The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.  Cool,huh?
  2. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
  3. Racecar.
  4. NOON. Cool, huh?
  5. SWIMS.
  6. Alphabet.
  7. Queue.
  8. The word Ton.
  9. Smiles (there is a mile between the two S's)
  10. Courts. All of the others are anagrams of each other.