Questions tagged [word]
A puzzle whose answer will be a word or a set of words but not a phrase or sentence.
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A short, brutal riddle
Left alone, I'm a word with five letters.
I'm honest and fair, I'll admit.
Rearranged, I'm of no use to trains.
Again, and I'm an overt place, warm and well lit.
What am I?
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My prefix is food, my suffix is rude
I thought of this riddle myself. Feedback is appreciated.
My prefix is food.
My suffix is rude.
My infix comes in rounds.
I keep you off the ground.
What am I?
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The Rube Wordberg Machine
Gah! I used to be the brilliant one at Verba Retorta University, but ever since that damned Professor Wordberg showed up, there's been nothing but trouble. And it's all his confounded machine's fault!
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When I grow up, I want to be
As our story begins, six children meet on a hot summer day. They are enjoying the end of their summer holidays before they must return to school. However, they have now reached the age where they must ...
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Honeycomb: a hexagonal grid of letters
This puzzle consists entirely of one image, attached below. The image is large and you will need to zoom in to see some of the details. There is no hidden information, only what you can plainly see. ...
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I see my dog run
My dog chooses not to go after the highest bets.
What is my dog's name?
Bonus: What is my name?
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You've Probably Seen Me Naked
As an alphabet aficionado, I can make you laugh long into the night.
As a make of Japanese vehicle, I can keep your surroundings clean and beautiful.
As an execution apparatus, I make you laugh ...
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A Riddle Within a Riddle
MY friend, your luck has Turned.
i've made tHIs Riddle and it is the best, anD "soon iT sHould bE solved.
if it is not, then a QUIet miNd mighT let sEedS be Sown, within which idEas caN grow.
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The Sands of Time
There are people who claim that they can look upon the land, and the land will speak to them.
I recently got caught in a sandstorm, and particles of sand flew past my eyes.
What is the desert saying?
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Selective attention: an unusual game
There's a park behind the local basketball courts, where I like to go for quiet time. The other day, a group of thirty people arrived with a basketball as I was sitting down. One sat next to me, ...
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A seven letter word - the meaning doesn't change if you remove letters
I am a seven letter word. If you remove one letter from me my meaning does not change. If you remove two letters from me my meaning still does not change, and if you remove three letters from me, my ...
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I got ninety-nine problems - so here's another one!
To date, on Puzzling.SE I have contributed (counting: 10, 20, 30...) 99 problems to the site. So to mark my 100th, here's a massive meta-puzzle to celebrate the occasion!
Task
Solve the nine sub-...
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My jokes may not make you smile, but at least my name will
Stolen from babies as soon as I'm born,
Right from my maker by force I am torn
Pale at first, weak, and infirm,
Oh how I'll change in my ultimate form.
Billions of creatures will toil away
Changing ...
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The answer is not wrong
If the answer is not wrong, then what is the answer?
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4th
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A Puzzle That Asks Why There's A Dryer in my Search Engine
The bag is not transmogrified.
A hookah with some fizz inside.
The snake, the bite. The words of pride.
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