40+ WORD RIDDLES (WITH ANSWERS)

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40+ Word Riddles (With Answers)
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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".

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.
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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.
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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.