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"Word" Riddles - Next 10 of 530.
Riddle:
Which word is the odd one out: BAIL, FAIL, PAIL, RAIL, SAIL, TAIL?
Answer: FAIL is the odd one out because it does not have a homophone. BAIL has BALE (like a bale of hay), PAIL has PALE, SAIL has SALE, TAIL has TALE, and RAIL has RALE. FAIL has FALE, which is not a real word, and therefore cannot be a homophone.
Riddle:
Bind sure. What is the anagrammed word?
Answer: Burnside.
Riddle:
What is the five letter word that gets shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
Answer: The word is 'short'.
Riddle:
Each clue leads to word beginning with C.A.R. 1. This CAR does humorous drawings. 2. A CAR that records heartbeats. 3. A North American Reindeer. 4. Burn some sugar and you'll get .... 5. A Measure of the fineness of gold. 6. A CAR with horses that goes round & round. What are the answers?
Answer: 1. CARtoonist 2. CARdiograph 3. CARibou 4. CARamel 5. CARat 6. CARousel
Riddle:
First think of a person who lives in disguise. Who lives in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next tell me what's always the last thing to mend. The middle of middle and the end of the end. And finally give me a sound often heard. During the search of a hard to find word. What am I?
Answer: Spy-d-er.
Riddle:
You place a cup of coffee in front of your friend. You then ask your friend, "What's before you?". Your friend answers, "Tea,". Why is this answer correct?
Answer: If the answer to your question was "coffee", you would have never asked such a simple question. In fact, the question and answer were a play on words; you were asking your friend what comes before the letter U (you) in the alphabet. The letter T (tea) comes before the letter U, so your friend's answer was correct after all.
Riddle:
I am the begining of the earth, I am twice in heaven, I am the middle of the ocean and the middle of the red sea. Who am I?
Answer: Letter 'E'.
Riddle:
What have I written here in white? ___.
Answer: White.
Riddle:
There is an English word that the first three letters are a type of automobile, the last three letters are a common household animal, and the first four letters are a type of fish. What is the word?
Answer: Carpet
Riddle:
Why is France like a skeleton?
Answer: Because only the bony part is left.
This is a play on words referring to Napoleon Bonaparte who played a key role in the 1789 French Revolution and was the first Emporer of France from 1804-15.
