Questions tagged [rhyme]
A problem or riddle written in rhyme for an artistic twist.
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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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Hearken, now, and listen close!
Hearken, now, and listen close; I have so much to tell.
Now lend an ear and do your job; you surely will excel.
To find my hidden message, gaze on every word herein.
While skimming through it ...
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A hunt for long forgotten treasure ...but beware the pirate's curse!
I never really knew my uncle growing up. He seemed nice enough, but I got the sense from the distant, troubled look in his eyes that there was at least some truth to the rumours...
Years before I was ...
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The answer to this riddle is a number
I made this up myself a while back, just thought I'd share:
The key to this riddle is only for you
Below are instructions, above this the clue
First strike the one near the head of a year
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Caught splinging at work
Én, to, tre, shabam,
go ahead an sprim that man!
Kvin, ses, sep, setresk,
saw him spling off on his desk!
Nove, dez, onze, spling,
not setresk is such a thing!
Treize, quatorze, ...
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Discover the meaning of life!
You've trekked through jungle and tundra, across mountaintops and deserts, into giant caverns and beneath the ocean to find the person known as The Oracle. Finally, after all your hard work, you find ...
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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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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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Are you clever enough?
I'm always in your thoughts, technically twice
If displayed correctly, just to be precise
If you see my left you will call me a con
and it would tear me apart if you called me John
Take down a note ...
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I can't die. Who am I?
I meet many people.
I treat them equal.
I can harvest grain the middle age way.
I always go on, I never stay.
I can't die.
Some believe I can fly.
Most people don't like me.
And thus try to ...
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Between the twins when laughing
My family is everywhere,
Giant and small, as fitting,
I rarely live just by myself,
With my kin I'll be keeping.
Between the twins when I need help,
Between the twins when laughing,
Beside the knight ...
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Solving the Same Riddle Twice
My prefix tries to scout out the concealed
My suffix reacts to an electric field
My infix has a rodent, but not in the middle
.. But isn't there a better way to pose this riddle?
My prefix ...
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How to get water from numbers?
With six, I'm a few of your counterfeit pounds.
With twelve, in your body, and a body of water.
With eighteen, a body of water to clear the ground.
With twenty-two, taking a car swimming in a body of ...
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I am a dessert without tea - What am I?
I am a body part in flames
The earth and I move the same
I am a dessert without tea
When it comes to cake, I'm not easy
What am I?
Overall hint:
Hint for Line 1:
Hint for Line 2:
Hint for Line ...
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Mr. Montague's dream
So speaks Mr. Montague, missing no beat,
reverberating stutters in tropical heat:
"Each river mouth's built up, we've got naans to eat;
then, lodgings we have; a café would be neat!"
They'...
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Riddle-Yet-Another-Riddle!
Let us tell you a story about nothing but us.
Unbleached sometimes, sometimes not, that's what they discuss!
We were fabricated by some type, and that type had a needless lane.
Magical we might ...
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I have hands all over me. What am I?
I have hands all over me
First I used balls, now I can see
Tied or not, I have no free will
Moving, moving, that's the key.
What am I?
Hope you enjoy this riddle.
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Riddle... I am like a dear halo
I am like a dear halo,
Plucked from a rainbow,
A tight noose brings me to life,
With the repeated stab of a knife,
Old grief of the elephants,
Holy like the elements,
I penetrate a scar of my soft ...
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I never live on land - What am I?
You'll often find me in a book
You can catch me if you can hook
And smoke me red.
If you follow me, you will be a lost boy.
I like to tinker with your attention, ahoy
I never live on land.
What ...
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The Answer Would Make a Good Title
Here is a riddle quite long
I hope you can follow along
You'll be delighted
While I recite it:
I'm known to be unmatched in song.
You'll find me the whole world around
In nature 'tis ...
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This is not a puzzle!
This is not a puzzle!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s nothing to solve here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not a puzzle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have i made myself clear???????????????????
Let me repeat.....
$$$$
This IS NOT ...
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Have You Heard My New Riddle?
A stirrup I own that no stallion can wear.
I am not a smith though an anvil I bear.
My hammer? No Middle Earth dwarf gives a care.
With diamonds or pearls adorned may I be.
The heart of my ...
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A Humbled Response
Well, I may not be able to match the rhyme or meter ...or spelling ...or punctuation skills of other puzzle creators on this site, but I thought I should still at least have a go...
Well, I'm ...
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My Famous Family and Me
You've seen me often, know me well,
my name the scribes and sages tell.
My many kin you also know,
but I'm most famed, as our kind go.
One sister's love is grand largesse,
another's like me, more or ...
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I'm invisible until I'm lost
My first ever try at a riddle, hope you guys enjoy!
I'm invisible until I'm lost.
Once you lose me, you must pay the cost.
Among the newborn I stay.
Until they learn how to slay.
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I am described by temperature, and never by looks. I might be found in your camera, as well as children's books
Riddle me this:
I am described by temperature, and never by looks.
I might be found in your camera, as well as children's books.
I described what you observed, but perhaps not at night.
I am ...
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Another riddle for scientists
I have one start
and usually many endings.
I'm very smart
when guiding you to sorted findings.
For you I offer
many useful suggestions
but I only answer
to "yes-no" questions.
(The title gives ...
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A Puzzle Like Deja Vu All Over Again
Part of the Community Metapuzzle. The word in the puzzle below is also the word needed here.
Deadline's tight, got worthless outworn pap.
Noxious ill-timed rot with dreary crap.
"Edit tonight!" ...
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A Blooming Cheeky Response
One of my recent puzzles bears a certain resemblance to this one that was posted to meta by Alconja. When this was pointed out to me, I thought that since he asked for suggestions I would post a reply ...
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Can you name the two?
TWO came forth from the very same mother
and most people could not tell one from the other
They arrived the same day, on the very same spot,
they look just the same, yet twins they are not
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I Learned a New Word Today
To start the day off, I went for a swim
Then dug up a tuber with vigor and vim.
I scored it as 10. It was proper and prim.
A relative came. One clue: it's a him.
A movie with guns, hats and ...
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Red herring (Title must be at least 15 characters.)
The postwar confusion
by Avigrail, 2016
There's no one left but a group of 5
Two of the group in an ongoing strife
The rejoicing third taking all the pride
Dear stranger, will you pick your side?
One ...
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I can be heavy, but I'll never sink. When I am ready, my glass is a drink
Riley Riddle:
My prefix runs past, When you leave what you cast, Where a square may be skipped by a pawn. My suffix is vast, When I swap first with last, Where a breath may be currently drawn. ...
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The Wonderful Wanderfull Puzz
In the land of Puzz, all the days are strange
The sounds repeat, but with one wee change
A troll trail hither and a dwarf wharf yon
A wee hairy fairy or a fat fun faun
Won't you come walking through ...
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Sometimes I'm ugly, sometimes I'm art. What am I?
Sometimes I'm ugly, sometimes I'm art,
Sometimes I'm near and dear to your heart,
I have been known to bring about pain,
And yet I deliver relief just the same,
You know where I live, yes you know it ...
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In the olden days, I was feared, for my name meant certain death
here is another riddle I came up with.
In the olden days, I was feared, for my name meant certain death.
Nowadays I describe the gentle wind's cold breath.
when you are young, you hate me,...
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Your magic is very sketchy
Your magic is very sketchy...
When I'm put under pressure what was inside comes out
The lower I fall the darker my snout
I own a magic hat that makes things disappear
As I shed my ...
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Death of a Literature Teacher
My good friend, the literature teacher across the hall, confided in me yesterday that she felt like she was being watched and that the feeling would always occur during her last period class. She was ...
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Are you able to find me in second(s)?
Found somewhere in Peru,
I am well behaved and follow the queue.
Flipped from the left to right,
In a name to the children's like.
Switch places with you and me,
A comfort place ...
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A relaxing glass of Shiraz
You see, I am that what makes you able.
What I am is an element stable.
Without me a name for oneself's lacking.
I'm in fish, Thai, Shiraz and unpacking.
You can try and guess what with ...
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The disappearance of Beastly Gerbil
Part 2: The entrapment of Beastly Gerbil
Part 3: The escape of Beastly Gerbil
This is an unusual call in. As a private detective you have been asked to investigate several odd cases, but this you're ...
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Tricky T Tribute (or: Humble H Homage)
I made up a bunch of riddles over the weekend and wrote them on a stack of cards. Unfortunately, I dropped the stack outdoors. The cards blew everywhere and one of the riddles is missing. Can you ...
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A strange family indeed
We are a family of members twenty-four.
There used to be more,
But we threw them out the door.
Except four of them would rather stay
And I think that's okay
As long as they don't play. ...
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One, Two, Three, Four, ..., Five, Six, Seven, Riley!
My first may sometimes hold my all.
My last may sometimes strike a ball.
Between, may sometimes make a shawl.
And people sometimes say we're small.
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No Answer Should Answer
One day, the King ordered me to visit the city of NASA to find a rare herb to cure his daughter's illness. However, upon arriving at the city's gate, a guard stopped me.
"Hello, why are you here?" ...
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A newcomer's riddle - What am I?
Without me, you'd be angry and sad.
With me, I help form a triad.
I'm not 1, not 7 but somewhere in between.
In very few cases I won't be seen.
To solve this riddle, now proceed...
You'll see ...
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A simple four line Riddle
Tirelessly I hammer away
yet over time my work frays
Making things both new and old
but what I make one cannot hold
Who or What am I?
Edit:
Changed last line to rhyme better, credit to ...
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Twins. Who are they?
You can find both in Istanbul, but none in water
They are the same size, but one of them is smaller
In some fields they can cause confusion
But if one grows, it will break the illusion
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The Riddle of Life, to Ease all Your Strife
-- Side Story: Please skip ahead if you want the riddle --
Intro: Everyone knows of The Oracle: After months of dodging dragons and trolls and sneaky gods and the wrath of the entire world, you are ...
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