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Word Riddles

Are you very verbal? Are you good at understanding the written word and playing with it? Then you'll love this category, filled with challenging word play riddles!

Forward Iā€™m Heavy
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Forward Iā€™m heavy, but backward Iā€™m not. What am I?
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Take Away the Whole
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What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?
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Two in a Corner
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Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?
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Trickery!
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I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be!
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Think, Think, Think...
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What English word has three consecutive double letters?
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Season Come, Season Go
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What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
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The Beginning of Everything
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I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
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The Chemist's Demise
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A renowned chemist is found dead in his lab. There is no clear evidence except a piece of paper lying by the body. The paper is blank other than the name of five elements scrawled across it hastily: Nickel Carbon Oxygen Lanthanum Sulfur The guard reported that three people visited the chemist that day ā€“ his sister, Laura; his colleague, Nicolas; and his wife, Tessa. The criminal was arrested immediately. Who was it?
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Coastguard Confusion
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There were three men swimming in the sea. When the coastguard called them into the beach, only two of the men had wet hair. Why?
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They Believe They Can Fly
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Why were the inventors of the airplane believed they could fly?
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Delayed Flight
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What do you call someone who gets annoying when his flight is delayed because of the volcano?
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First Thing in an Emergency...
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What is the first thing you see in an emergency but you only see it twice in a lifetime?
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Connecting Two, Touching One
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What connects two people but touches only one?
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Finish this sequence top to bottom...
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Look at this sequence from top to bottom. What is the next number in the sequence? 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 ?
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The Magic Word
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What word with 4 letters can be written forward, backward or upside down, and yet can still be read from left to right?
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What Runs Around the Backyard...
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What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
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The Shooting Wife
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A wife decides to shoot her husband. She does so, then holds him underwater for more than 5 minutes. Finally she hangs him. 10 minutes later they both go out to lunch. How is this possible?
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Six Faces and Twenty One Eyes
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What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?
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The Carnival Trick
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A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $10, but if I cannot, I will pay you $10." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $10. How did the man win the bet?
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The four letter word ending in K.
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What four letter word that ends in ā€œkā€ means the same as intercourse?
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City Names: Armed conflict cutting tool.
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This city might as well be named "Armed conflict cutting tool."
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City Names: Wander
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This city might as well be called: "Wander."
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City Names: Father goes after container...
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This city can be also named as: "Father goes after container for carrying things."
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City Names: Supply Residence
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This city can be just as well called: "Supply Residence".
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City Names: Sprouts' first name.
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City name sounds like: "Sprouts' first name."
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City Names: Insane to Remove...
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Which city name can also be represented by: "Insane to move"
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City Names: Before noon, gaze at water barrier.
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What city's name can be described as: "Before noon, gaze at water barrier."
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City Names: Rooster appears after sudden loud noise.
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Which city can be also named: "Rooster appears after sudden loud noise."
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What do you answer without being questioned?
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What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?
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What can you see in the middle of March?
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What can you see in the middle of March and April that you can never see in any other month?
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