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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". Remove the middle "T" and you have "staring", Remove the "A" and you get "string", remove the "R" then you have "sting", remove the "T" and you get "sing". Remove the "G", and you get "sin", remove the "S" and you're left with "in",  and finally, remove the "N" and you're left with "I".
Can You Name Three Consecutive Days Without Using The Words Monday
Riddle: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Answer: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
What 4-letter Word Can Be Written Forward, Backward Or Upside Down
Riddle: What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
Answer: NOON.
What 7 Letter Word Is Spelled The Same Way Backwards And Forwards
Riddle: What 7 letter word is spelled the same way backwards and forwards?
Answer: Racecar.
What 5 Letter Word Typed In All Capital Letters Can Be Read The Same Upside Down
Riddle: What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
Answer: SWIMS.
What English Word Retains The Same Pronunciation
Riddle: What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
Answer: Queue. Remove the "ueue" and you are left with "Q".
Word Doesn't Belong
Riddle: Which of the following words doesn't belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS
Answer: Courts. All of the others are anagrams 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.
What Word Contains All Of The Twenty Six Letters
Riddle: What word contains all of the twenty six letters?
Answer: Alphabet.
Forward I Am Heavy Backwards I Am Not
Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Answer: The word Ton.
What Is The Longest Word In The Dictionary?
Riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary?
Answer: Smiles (there is a mile between the two S's)
There Is A Word In The English Language In Which The First Two Letters Signify A Male
Riddle: There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?
Answer: Heroine.
It Is A 5 Letter Word If You Take Away First Letter It Is Something You Get From Sun
Riddle: It is a 5 letter word if you take away first letter it is something you get from sun, if you remove second letter you will get something to eat, if you remove third letter you get a word you use in pointing at and if you remove the fourth letter you get something to drink. What is it?
Answer: Wheat.
Name An English Word Of More Than 2 Letters That Both Begins And Ends With The Letters "he"
Riddle: Name an English word of more than 2 letters that both begins and ends with the letters "he" in that order, there are two possible answers. What is it?
Answer: Headache or Heartache.
The Worst Of Things
Riddle: Spelled forwards I'm what you do every day, Spelled backward I'm something you hate. What am I?
Answer: Live <-> Evil.
Double Letters
Riddle: What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Answer: Bookkeeper.
Try Very Hard Before Looking At Answer.
Riddle: We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?
Answer: Words.
Between Heaven And Earth
Riddle: What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their politics or religion, agree is between heaven and earth?
Answer: The word 'And'.
Listen Very Carefully L.o.l
Riddle: What word is right when pronounced wrong, but is wrong when pronounced right?
Answer: The answer is wrong think about it.
Answer's Right In Front Of You Riddle
Riddle: I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be. What is it?
Answer: The word "Few".
What's 3/7 Chicken, 2/3 Cat, And 2/4 Goat
Riddle: What's 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?
Answer: Chicago. The first three words out of seven of chicken are CHI, the first two words out of 3 of cat are CA, and the first two words out of goat are GO. Therefore making, (CHI)(CA)(GO).
Fruit
Riddle: I am a fruit. If you take away the first letter of my name I become a crime. Take away the first two letters of my name I become an animal. Take away the first and last letter of my name and I become a form of music. What am I?
Answer: Grape.
Give Me To Keep Me
Riddle: Two words, my answer is only two words. To keep me, you must give me. What am I?
Answer: "Your word".
More Word Play
Riddle: I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assasinated. What am I?
Answer: Mount Rushmore.  Get it, rock group?
English Tricks
Riddle: What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?
Answer: Stone Remove 'St' and you're left with 'One'
Misspelled Word Riddle
Riddle: One word in this sentence is misspelled. What word is it?
Answer: MISSPELLED. It isn't spelled wrong, the one word in this sentence IS "misspelled."
-at Words
Riddle: What word doesn't belong in this group? That, hat, what, mat, cat, sat, pat, or chat?
Answer: What. It's pronounced differently; all of the others rhyme.
Letter A
Riddle: Which word that begins with the letter I, and by adding the letter A, becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
Answer: Isle and Aisle.
Which Word In The English Language Becomes Shorter When It Is Lengthened
Riddle: Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
Answer: Short.
What Eleven-letter English Word Does Everyone Pronounce Incorrectly
Riddle: What eleven-letter English word does everyone pronounce incorrectly?
Answer: Incorrectly!
The Odd Word
Riddle: What familiar word starts with IS, ends with AND, and has LA in the middle?
Answer: ISLAND.
Maths.
Riddle: Which word is the odd one out: First, Second, Third, Forth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth?
Answer: Forth, is incorrectly spelled. It should be Fourth.
This Is An Abnormal Paragraph. It Is Not Normal At All. All Of Its Writing Is Grammatically Right, But It Looks Wrong.
Riddle: This is an abnormal paragraph. It is not normal at all. All of its writing is grammatically right, but it looks wrong. If you find what's wrong, you'll show your skill in sight. If you can't find it, that's alright. Not many found it instantly. You may look on for hours and hours, or you may find it soon. In any way, it isn't normal. Why?
Answer: This paragraph contains no words with "e" in it. This is abnormal as "e" is found most commonly.
What's The Word?
Riddle: I have one, you have one. Take away a letter and a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains. After much trying, you might be able to remove the first one also, but it remains. What's the word?
Answer: Habit! Remove the 'H', and it's 'a bit'. Remove the 'A', and it's 'bit'. Remove 'B', and it's 'it'.
See If You Can Get Any Of The 3 Answers
Riddle: Find an English word which is singular, add an "s" and it becomes plural, and add another "s" it becomes singular again. What is it?
Answer: There are actually 3 correct answers: Caress. Princess. Brass.
Word Riddles Y
Riddle: Spelled forward is a brand of bottled water, spelled backwards is is what you call a person lack of judgement. What word am I?
Answer: Evian, naive.
Word Riddles A
Riddle: Spelled forwards is a type of rodent that you might find in drains, spelled backward is something that you cannot touch but see it everyday at night. What is this word?
Answer: Rats, star.
Webs Of Pedantic Prose
Riddle: With potent, flowery words speak I, Of something common, vulgar, dry; I weave webs of pedantic prose, In effort to befuddle those, Who think I while time away, In lofty things, above all-day The common kind that lingers where Monadic beings live and fare; Practical I may not be, But life, it seems, is full of me! What am I?
Answer: A riddler. ( or riddle )
Word Riddles B
Riddle: I am a body part. I am same when spelled forward and backward. What am I?
Answer: Rotator.
Word With XOP
Riddle: What common English word has the 3 letter consecutive sequence, "XOP"?
Answer: Sa-xop-hone.
Two New Words
Riddle: Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: TABLE _ _ _ _ HOUSE?
Answer: WARE.
Alphabet X Riddle
Riddle: A single word which is versatile, it can be a letter, unknown to the problem, a variable, a target, a love, an intercept, and a type of chromosome. What am I?
Answer: X.
Wise Granny
Riddle: Granny looked up from her rocking chair and said: As far as I can tell, there is only one anagram of the word trinket. What is it?
Answer: The word knitter.
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  1. The word is "starting". Remove the middle "T" and you have "staring", Remove the "A" and you get "string", remove the "R" then you have "sting", remove the "T" and you get "sing". Remove the "G", and you get "sin", remove the "S" and you're left with "in",  and finally, remove the "N" and you're left with "I".
  2. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
  3. NOON.
  4. Racecar.
  5. SWIMS.
  6. Queue. Remove the "ueue" and you are left with "Q".
  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.
  11. Smiles (there is a mile between the two S's)
  12. Heroine.
  13. Wheat.
  14. Headache or Heartache.
  15. Live <-> Evil.
  16. Bookkeeper.
  17. Words.
  18. The word 'And'.
  19. The answer is wrong think about it.
  20. The word "Few".
  21. Chicago. The first three words out of seven of chicken are CHI, the first two words out of 3 of cat are CA, and the first two words out of goat are GO. Therefore making, (CHI)(CA)(GO).
  22. Grape.
  23. "Your word".
  24. Mount Rushmore.  Get it, rock group?
  25. Stone Remove 'St' and you're left with 'One'
  26. MISSPELLED. It isn't spelled wrong, the one word in this sentence IS "misspelled."
  27. What. It's pronounced differently; all of the others rhyme.
  28. Isle and Aisle.
  29. Short.
  30. Incorrectly!
  31. ISLAND.
  32. Forth, is incorrectly spelled. It should be Fourth.
  33. This paragraph contains no words with "e" in it. This is abnormal as "e" is found most commonly.
  34. Habit! Remove the 'H', and it's 'a bit'. Remove the 'A', and it's 'bit'. Remove 'B', and it's 'it'.
  35. There are actually 3 correct answers: Caress. Princess. Brass.
  36. Evian, naive.
  37. Rats, star.
  38. A riddler. ( or riddle )
  39. Rotator.
  40. Sa-xop-hone.
  41. WARE.
  42. X.
  43. The word knitter.