My prefix causes bells, whistles, and dings.
My suffix is done by all living things.
My infix causes all empires to untangle.
My whole, they tend to dangle.
Here's my first jab at the so called "Riley Riddle." Enjoy solving it!
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Sign up to join this communityMy prefix causes bells, whistles, and dings.
My suffix is done by all living things.
My infix causes all empires to untangle.
My whole, they tend to dangle.
Here's my first jab at the so called "Riley Riddle." Enjoy solving it!
You are an:
APPENDAGE
My prefix causes bells, whistles, and dings.
Many an APP on a phone or tablet device makes a sound when sending a notification. Commonly these sounds take the form of bells, whistles and dings.
My suffix is done by all living things.
All living things AGE i.e. get older as time goes by.
My infix causes all empires to untangle.
All empires - be they Greek, Roman or Galactic (Star Wars reference) - one day come to an END.
My whole, they tend to dangle.
An APPENDAGE is part of a living organism that projects out from the body (sometimes dangling), like limbs, mouthparts, fins or a tail.
As for the title, I am not entirely sure but:
many starfishes tend to have five appendages, in the form of their 'arms'. So perhaps this puzzle would appeal to them!
As pointed out by @JoeKerr in comments, if we restrict our thinking to only the major appendages of the human body (since there are many other body parts that are usually considered to be appendages as well) then humans would be considered to have five main appendages too - the head, two arms, and two legs. This is likely more what the OP was thinking with the title!