Questions tagged [wordplay]
A puzzle which incorporates a form of wordplay, such as puns, or which requires wordplay in order to find the solution.
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My prefix, suffix and infix are right in front of you right now [closed]
My prefix, suffix and infix are right in front of you right now, displayed in this order:
Suffix
Prefix
Infix
What am I?
Hint:
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A Conflicted Riley Riddle
My infix will give you a name
My suffix will help you with pain
My prefix will make you frown
My whole will let you down
What am I?
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6answers
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Removing my characters does not change my meaning
I start with nothing. If you remove 1, 2 or 3 of my characters then my meaning does not change. What 5-letter word am I?
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With a little effort, one can prevail
What is common between the following words and names?
(Inspired by this except that I actually know the answer to this one)
Defeat
Kleenex?
Guanaco
Nerdiest
Sardar
Ian McKellen
Dingo
Gun
Diablo
...
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2answers
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I will always be you
Steal my prefix and I am you.
Steal my suffix and I am you.
Steal my infix and I am you.
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1answer
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Don't steal from Riley, or there will be suffering
Steal my prefix and the end is here.
Steal my suffix and the end is near.
Steal my infix and there will be fear.
Steal my whole and lose your dear.
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2answers
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U cant s0lv th!s haha - who am I?
I got a cryptic (or maybe just junk) message in my inbox today:
...
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1answer
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My prefix is the ruler of all our lives
My prefix is the ruler of all our lives.
My suffix hints us thrashing knives.
My infix before the fire was a cane.
My whole pretends that it's insane.
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1answer
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How is a something like a something
This may be a bit weird, but I remember a type of riddle but I can't remember any of those riddles nor their name.
The riddle gives you 2 things and you need to find descriptions for both that are ...
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2answers
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The same word (I think) over and over?
I saw a man seemingly lost
Me: Hi. Are you looking for something?
Him: ____ .
Me: Go to the Federal Triangle ____ street.
Him: Do you know the address?
Me: I think it is ____ street.
Him:...
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2answers
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I'm found a lot on this site
My early part is very clean,
Use it to obtain a sheen.
My middle part is just a verb,
Very common, needs no blurb.
My final part is. Too right, is!
You think that's cryptic, well it is.
My whole all ...
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2answers
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Christmas is over, the demon will soon arise
There's this little helpless creature that would fear,
how Christmas is over and coming is a new year.
For a demon horned creature would shortly arise,
to take the little creature's home, despite its ...
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1answer
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It's Christmas day, I have a gift just for you
It's Christmas day, I have a gift just for you,
if you figure out what it is, and here's a clue:
The gift is virtual, but as it's green like cash,
some say it has value, others say it's trash.
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3answers
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My prefix proved a girl's rank
My prefix proved a girl's rank.
My infix receives your thanks.
My suffix is grey and healthy.
My whole brags the wealthy.
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1answer
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Wiggly riddles, here we are!
Here is a riddle. Can you solve it?
I don't drink from my mouth
but the other way around
Long, long, long
Things can go down
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2answers
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Christmas word: Anti-me would get your attention with no exceptions
I am a snowing Christmas word.
Anti-me would would get your attention with no exceptions!
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Is the OP on mushrooms?
What two words am I looking for in the puzzle below? (The title too is a clue).
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When a Deity sees its reflection,
Clip the best of rediscoveries approximately.
Blow has been blown when it is ...
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1answer
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A Town of Horror
There was a town, full of people.
But that town was not very simple.
Only 15 people, and they march outside.
Day goes and night comes, and they go inside.
Each day you vote, and you go on trial.
If ...
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2answers
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Christmas word: I am in France, without I
Find out this Christmas word with this clue:
I am in France, without I.
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3answers
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I know you'll solve this
My prefix will make you afraid
My infix will make it cliched
My suffix is the end of a chime
My whole is ahead of its time
Hint:
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2answers
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Romance… Despair… Nutcracker?
Here is a five letter word: #####
It's romantic to have a #####.
It's depressing to be #####ed.
A nutcracker's job's to #####.
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1answer
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The Atom Riddles #3 Remake
Scientist:
So.... The Atom Riddles #3 didn't go too well. It was closed for being too simple.
But I'm not going to give up! I've come back with a harder, more interesting riddle! Mwahahaha!
Part 1 (...
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1answer
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The Atom Riddles #2
Previous level, introduction: The Atom Riddles #1
Rules:
Again, you are trapped in a room by a mad scientist.
There are clues in each sentence you read. You have to find the correct atomic element ...
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1answer
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The Atom Riddles #1
You wake up in a lab room, with papers, test tubes, computers, not understanding how you got there. A scientist is across the room.
"Welcome to my secret lab", he says. "To get out, you ...
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1answer
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Another Before and After Puzzle
Linked to A Before and After puzzle (2)
The answers will be at least three words which will be a combination of two seperate word phrases such as desribed in the links. Example
Diamond Ring and ...
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Combining two words to make another [closed]
(Source from this password-protected link: https://dumpz.org/adwGpTs3Mg5B)
Here are two examples of correct answers:
To lose one's CD ---> To make known
ANSWER: Disc-lose Disclose
Who's great deed?...
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2answers
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Dragon summoning spell
The parchment shown below got stained with something. See if you can determine the obscured parts.
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1answer
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You can see a lot of me in the city
Part of me is above us, the other removes paint.
I would say I am pretty tall.
What am I?
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2answers
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Toxic Christmas Gifts for Riley?
What am I?
For my prefix I received ri. Now I'm insecure.
For my infix I received ul. Now I'm gloomy.
For my suffix I received <...
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1answer
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Although it's colors are somewhat celestial
Half comes from a battery, half comes from a mollusc.
Split it asymmetrically and it does what you would expect burning brimstone to do!
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1answer
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Another Riley's Imposter!
I could not contain my enthusiasm for this new style of puzzle! Let's see if I've got what it takes.
Here is a seven-letter word: ...
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2answers
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Riley's Imposter!
Here is a six-letter word: ######
si####: I am the result of heat.
##dd##: I am the result ...
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1answer
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It's been a while hasn't it?
Why can't I say hello? Anyways, it's Emma!
I know it's been a while, but I've been busy with work, and life, and I haven't had much free time lately.
With that in mind though, I've got a new puzzle!
...
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1answer
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Where does my friend live? 8
Other questions in this series can be found here.
One of my friends in my class told me this:
Roots Vein Alas Upon Bili Kangaroo Chain
What is he trying to say?
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1answer
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Solving the Same Riddle Twice, Again
My prefix comes at my suffix
But the guys that are my infix
Demand that we add some fixes!
So we include:
...
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3answers
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Word Chain based on Codename
This is a different format of the famous CODENAMES game. In this game a ONE WORD clue is given which can connect that clue to multiple words. Like a clue "Hand" can connect to words like ...
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2answers
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My name is simple, nothing tricky here
My nationality is English.
I am born at 1859
I am bald, but I've never been bothered by it.
I have always been on the round side, and people don't hesitate to point that out.
Throughout my years I'...
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1answer
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The King and the Oracle
There was a king that wanted to go to war. But before that, he decided to go see the Oracle of the nearest temple, in order to estimate his chances and to have a clearer vision of his destiny.
However,...
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1answer
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The largest lettered word which you can make and continue make words from it by deleting $1$ letter from it everytime [duplicate]
Ok, here is a simple puzzle to think :-
Find the largest lettered word such that deleting one letter at a time can give you a meaningful word in each step .
Note that only deletions are allowed, in ...
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TRUMP to BIDEN : This transition won't be easy
Can you change the word TRUMP to the name BIDEN in 10 steps or less by
changing one letter at a time?
Each change must result in a valid word from MW dictionary.
No proper nouns, abbreviations or ...
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1answer
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Riddle - “A king of pain…”
A king of pain, "Conquer!" he compelled,
A land whose name is most commonly misspelled.
People quite oriented,
A change was fated.
The rising sun was fought,
Freedom then bought.
What am I?
-...
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1answer
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Is there a mistake in this vast rebus?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words; that may be a slight exaggeration in this case, but the words in this case are timeless. I present to you a puzzle which is quite simple (albeit large) ...
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A Before and After puzzle (2)
This is a "B & A" puzzle linked to
What is a " B & A" puzzle?
It describes a before and after word chain which has a word in common. For example:
First Lady Gaga: Before ...
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1answer
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A Rich Club Indeed
This puzzle is linked to
I am sick and tired of hearing this
A Person
From a City in Europe
Visits a Country Club
to offer Computer Related
Teaching
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3answers
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But wait! We skipped a day!
Today is October 4th and tomorrow will be October 6th. Explain!
Note: I just thought of this one day and decided to post it here. Please don't leave too many downvotes. :(
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1answer
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Falling out with the Judge II
All by oneself: thrown out car, rotten feed, and amount of food found outside bird's house (18)
The bird was never found again, and no fingerprints could be found on the car or the food. What ...
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3answers
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Density in Den Sitting
Please find below a word search puzzle. But it's not just any word search...the words you find cannot be too dense. The definition of a word in this puzzle:
appears in /usr/share/dict/words:https://...
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1answer
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Falling out with the Judge
Poor defense speech leading to defendant finally being thrown out (14)
The defendant never reached their prison cell. How did they die?
jafe helped design the clue - thanks! :)
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Please feature this meta post
My first could describe a call or a fell, in two ways,
And it sounds like a way of going fast in olden times.
My second could describe a paper or a cloud, in two ways,
And docked it's almost my first, ...
