Questions tagged [word]
A puzzle whose answer will be a word or a set of words but not a phrase, sentence or sentences.
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A shocking event
When I'm all over the place - give me a yelling
When I need hair washing - give me a frightening
When I need a clutch - give me soft singing
When I need an aromatic - give me a whole county
When I ...
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Member most ancient
I'm in a devilish one,
I'm in heaven's son;
I'm in landowners' class,
I'm in rule not by lass;
I'm in wealth on top,
I'm in compound from crop;
I'm in a seeker's tool,
I'm in a ruler cruel
What am ...
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Critique of a Riddle
Don't say one synonym's a type of fish:
It's the same word, not the same meaning.
Don't say one synonym's a type of bird:
That's a different form of the word.
Don't say one synonym's a ...
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Troubling Triples
The points appear to be connected, but in the end, we should have worked under aqueous conditions.
$$
\begin{array}{|l|c|c|}
\hline
\textbf{Substance} & \textbf{Temperature (K)} & \...
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This Riley Riddle is a Mess
My prefix is hypocrisy,
My infix is before,
My suffix lasts for seven years,
My whole from which you pour.
What am I?
Please explain each line in your answer.
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Unlock The Mystery
load-bearer
jailer
poultry
primate
rider
bologna
Hi guys! Sorry I've been away for so long; hope you enjoy this brief little puzzle.
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Twelve Labours - #09 House of Hippolyta
This puzzle is part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series, but can be solved independently. Previous instalments can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08
The House of Hippolyta ...
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Solve ((( 9__8)__7)__6)__(5__(4__(3__(2__1))))=10000 [on hold]
I'm trying to solve this problem: Need to fill the blanks below with either of the following 3 arithmetic expressions: +, -, or x
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What will happen?
I am an event,
relations I set.
Make most to fret,
threat because they get.
I sound like evil,
but actually I'm not.
Maybe as a concept,
but it is not my ...
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Unwanted visitors detected
My firsts signify education
My seconds axial examination
My thirds medical location
My fourths denote radiation
My fifths state abbreviation
My whole is blood contamination
My parts each two in ...
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Twelve Labours - #07 Cleats 'N' Balls
This puzzle is part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series, but can be solved independently. Previous instalments can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06
Emerging from the barbers with a ...
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Why is it relevant to this question?
It'$ not ₺he pride before the fall.
It's not 'round mouths in afternoons.
You may have heard it said by three:
Do it in meta 'for toil and trouble.
Or if the charge is all done wrong,
...
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Twelve Labours - #06 Stymphalian Beards
This puzzle is part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series, but can be solved independently. Previous instalments can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
Hercules looked down at his to-do list ...
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Free Assignment: Longest Word Worth a Million
This is very much inspired by this question.
Take the first 26 primes and relate each one to a letter of the alphabet.
On this occasion, you may choose how each number is mapped to each letter (...
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Longest word worth at most a million
An old and popular puzzle, recently revived on Twitter by Alex Bellos, Chris Smith, and others, asks to take the first 26 primes, relate each to letters of the alphabet (A = 2, B = 3, C = 5, ..., Y = ...
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Not going anywhere fast
I’m an island domain, and where strong drink is found,
Yet I’m baffled by cricket, and silent (no sound).
I’m a person of faith, and devoid of all strife;
I am "the Way”, and one’s stance ...
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A loyal traitor
Two countries are at war, Albekistan and Uzbania. The leader of the Albekistanian army asks, "Who ___ me?". The Uzbanian army's leader replies, "I ___ you!" She is promptly shot by her own army for ...
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Photographic Companions
What do we all need to breathe which connects the concepts of "photographic equipment" and "companion", based on the etymology of their synonyms?
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How to tell somone at random you want to speak with him using only numbers and the first 4 letters of the Alphabet? [closed]
There’s a token on Ethereum which seems to be very famous according to the number of peoples using it and the amount of money collected.
But yet, Googling the function names as well as the ...
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Reader Beware, You're In For a
I can keep you grounded, or I can rile you up.
I can facilitate your travel, or I can discourage you from going.
I have assumed many forms including that of a cyborg, a professor, and a ...
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Hands-on murderer
I'm a deadly solution
Applied in revolution
With even distribution
On two parts in involution
Causing mass execution
Of things Lilliputian
Used by resolution
To achieve ablution
What am ...
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Well-known American figure with Roman numerals
Which well-known American figure has an 8-letter name, with 6 consonants and all of them are Roman numerals?
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I have a brother, who's almost like me. Who am I?
I have a brother, who's almost like me, but not quite.
We have distant relatives too, but they live far away.
I live in equilibrium, just like you, but completely differently.
Who am I?
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In the top five, I'm odd
When I am done, I'm served.
When you are me, be proud.
In the top five, I'm odd.
I'm one of the unlucky ones, or royally envied.
What am I?
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Complete the poem
Facetiously I now pose you this question,
Confuse you, and I do so with a smirk.
The answer open to much speculation
You won't find palindromes in this short work.
What word is longest in its ...
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Oh you, I need in every second
You fill all earths emptiness
The higher I go, you get less
If you go away nobody will stay
The jellyfish might still play
Oh I, representative of all being
Oh I, just you I will keep needing
Oh ...
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Me and my successor
Take a half of me, or my successor,
You might become an addict, Good
or bad,
For many it’s a habit.
Take a half of me, or my successor,
You should use it to begone,
"Stop annoying ...
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I’m there when everything goes wrong
I come from a place way out of town.
Yet I only have fake friends when I’m on the ground.
If I fall, I will not be able to hold it in.
Twice, and I might just have to run back home.
But I’...
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Twelve Labours - #05 Eugene's Tables
This puzzle is part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series, but can be solved independently. Previous instalments can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04
After being snookered by Pholus’ puzzle for ...
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Why he is so sad
My memories are only slices
As my brain and nerves just blasted.
My hands and feet are so cold
So I'd rather wish them burnt.
My vehicle just ran out of gas
Yet it has 100% of ...
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I shall Keep Watch for My Family
Inspired, again. This time, by @Stiv. Enjoy!
You asked me what I did before I fell asleep;
Perhaps you'll know if I tell you whose watch I need to keep.
I'm the freest of them all, all things ...
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A Land of Vehicles
I have a mountain named Ul, where cars are born.
I have a great farmland, where the cars cross.
I have a mountain of cauldrons, where ships are.
I have a benevolent river, where ...
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Producing My Position
Usually, I'm seen at a mass movement,
Or alongside some cutting bloke.
A keen eye can be rude about me.
My sister was there when God spoke.
Many would say I'm a sequence,
Passed between ...
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The Age of Jobs and Technology
Many years ago, Macintosh does not have a place in the technology field. Nokia was the beacon, the headlight of the kingdom of technology. Yet, there is a hidden force, in the far East, triggered by ...
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Outlook not so good
As a whole, things aren't looking very bright,
Remove my rear, and something's just not right,
Remove my front, and you'll be at death's door, so crummy,
Remove my middle, and you might find me quite ...
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A Cyclic Riley [dupl$ $icate]
This question already has an answer here:
The Cyclic Riley #1 1 answer
Here we go, a classic Riley with a twist!
My firsts are the firsts of the days;
My middle is the middle, not lacking;
My ...
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“bees” -> “hive” in 5 letter changes or fewer
Example of "warm" -> "cold":
warm
worm
word
cord
cold
Notice that it's a real word each time. Can you get from "bees" -> "hive" in 5 letter changes or fewer?
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Used to Stop a Fight?
In whole, you may see me on a farm or on The Moon.
Remove my rear part, you may see me in a prison or in the supermarket.
Remove my middle part, you may see me on my whole or on your ...
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Twelve Labours - #04 Erymanthian Bar
This puzzle is part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series. Previous instalments can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02 | 03
Now one crate lighter, Hercules made his way back up the road to the Erymanthian ...
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A mysterious story that will leave you in the dark (1)
This is the story of a man:
He was designing a booster rocket that could put people on the moon. (3)
Every day he would drink a whole pot of hot coffee. (2)
One day he knocked his best mug ...
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Crack this rhyme
You can see me inside bars
and also inside the stars.
Some may call me a key,
The above line is a clue to thee!
My brothers are bigger than me,
I again say, the above line is a clue to thee!
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Do I Ressemble a Cheetos?
Can your criticisms please stop?
All you say are crap
Robert, stop teasing me for my height
Raphaelle, i don’t care if I ressemble a Cheetos
Oh my dear lord, I’m
Tearing ...
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A jazzy one-liner
Standing next in turn in good mood; finished "Straight, No Chaser" with a fast tempo.
What the Thelonious are we describing?
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Twelve Labours - #03 Golden Hind
This puzzle is part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series. Previous instalments can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02
Hercules was grateful the morning sun wasn’t hotter as he pulled the heavy flatbed ...
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Super Secret Cookbook
You requested the password for a super secret cookbook and received an SMS with the following content:
77733666688833 2555555 777772222337777 2663 777337555222233 84433 6688622337777777 9444844 ...
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I terrify those beneath
My beginning: steamy, but 2/5ths crazy
My middle, wailing, from spectres hazy
My end, demonic, lives in Hell
My start, to there, does transport sell
My middle, within, the original man
My end, ends, ...
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What's the Word Given Other Words?
One word to sure make you think
Nothing
This word will certainly be considered too
Pentagon
I ate pizza as a part of my breakfast this morning, if that's important
Clockwork
Pay careful ...
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I'm not a whale or a dolphin
I'm a brave charismatic Iranian,
And a cheeky Egyptian rogue,
And a small mongrel amphibian,
And a serene nameless lake,
I'm all twelve of these things but only one at a time,
Despite what you may ...
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You may need me after too many
My first, a sight to behold before a drink
My second, in the drink
My third, a place for a drink
My last, what may arise among lads after some drinks
What am I?
