Questions tagged [wordplay]
A form of wit in which the used words become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement.
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Hints, with a bit of love ! (5)
Inspired by this page and some other pages, I made some cryptic clues.
Start growing before rain!
Needles , before first sewer! (8)
Dirty, dirty room! (9)
Eleven plus two makes... (6,4,3)
Dust, head ...
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The soldier riddle
Soldiers carry their rations slung across their back;
I have no need for food, yet I too have a sack.
I do not stir; I remain silent and still;
Watching, waiting, to hear the enemy trill.
Then ...
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My Boss Gave Me A Task
This is an original puzzle. My first. Hope you enjoy it.
Inside my lunchbox
My charge goes every night,
Stored in my cupboard
Until brought back first light.
You see, boss gave me a ...
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Heavens to Megatron!
See if you can fill in all the blank letter tiles in this graph
using the clues sets below.
Each set of clues yields a name or word. The name or word is guaranteed to follow some connected path ...
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Precision paper cutter
I have carefully positioned some words on the cutting edge of a paper cutter:
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Have I ever seen my name?
I'm inside karma coming home
My name is a palindrome
However, have I
Ever seen my
Name in a holy tome?
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The five letter word
I will absorb everything, in some of your jewelries.
People call me the highest, only to some proper me.
Modulo by the highest me, there are so few trees.
Modulo by me being 2357, there ...
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What word am I? (Riley riddle)
My ending is beginning.
My beginning is the end of middle.
My middle holds it all together.
Now read again this riddle!
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Hopscotch Cryptograph
With a little squinting, you should be able to discern a message which runs from the top to the bottom of the text box below. (I have indicated the column with a little arrow.) That is the visible ...
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Wrap your head around this treasure hunt
You are participating in a treasure hunt, with the following instructions:
X N F
I I
S + N
I G
B W P
Tired sunrays
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I don't feel like creating this riddle today
My suffix can be found all around the world and many have fought over them.
My prefix is all in favor of this riddle.
My Infix sounds like the coat of arms.
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ARG puzzle, please help me with this
I know, this is going to look, and sound very confusing, but I'm participating in an ARG.
The ARG, includes very difficult puzzles, and riddles that I cannot solve.
I need your help, I will provide ...
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Possibly unsurprising riddle
I'm really confused
I sound like subtraction
But really I've refused
A positive action
Who am I?
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A Butcher's Brawl
Beastly brawl begets batch of black and blatantly blue butchers. Crack the coming crossword to create curious clues, then tally total troublemakers that tussled:
Clues:
Across:
1. Vote to mention ...
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Name the product
I’m from northwestern Europe.
I have a two-word name, and each word has six letters.
If you take the first two letters of my first name, plus the first two letters of my last name, it spells a new ...
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A Morsel of a Riddle
I'm found on shoes; though not a lace,
I may be tied in another place.
What am I?
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Heavy-duty computing challenge — maximum-density word packing
Caution: This is a challenge for computers only. Humans are advised to stand well clear of the protective safety cage. There may be CPUs on fire before it's over.
Introduction
Nothing makes a ...
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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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What was Grandpa really doing?
"Guess what happened during my walk". Said Grandpa
"I saw gods in a ghetto"! He continued with a smile.
"What?" I said.
"Well, not really. But can you guess what I did?", Grandpa asked.
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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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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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Best company EVER!
My first twice flies you
My second twice puzzles you
My third twice measures you
My fourth twice tests you
ASCII from my first,
Shaped like my first,
Anchored on my first,
Misses 1 of my first
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Rebus puzzle - An awkward question
I'm from Scratch. We're planning on building the Scratch Space Academy. Many of my friends, such as Bi, Tri, Quadri, Penta, joined us too. When we got to the site, suddenly, a worker asked me an ...
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Who is this famous person?
Replace each of the five lines below with a word, phrase, etc. of similar meaning. Put the results together to spell (phonetically, anyway) a famous person's name in five syllables. Who is it?
Old ...
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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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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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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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I'm a respectable predator (?, 7, 9, 7)
My head hurts... I feel like I'm missing something. "Avoid notes" starts with the left heading, reportedly. Ends firsts, like extremely terrifyingly impressively clearly plainly solved:
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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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A chain of words 2
Replace each line below with a new two-syllable word (or three syllables, where noted) of similar meaning that is legal in Scrabble. The last two or more letters of each new word must form the start ...
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Capital Punishment - The Clock is Ticking
A little spooky teaser for the coming Halloween...
A minor tag that suits but can't be put in due to the tag limit is omitted.
Hints:
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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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A chain of words
curlicue
baleful
running rigging example
passionate
toothy?
more up
complement of because
triangular cloth
curlicue
Replace each line above with a new two-syllable word of similar ...
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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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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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Enjoying a rest from the long commute!
You ask me where I used to work before I was retired?
Perhaps you’ll know if I tell tales of workers that I’ve fired...
The first who came and worked with me was fresh from Ivy League,
But ...
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I am a former model
A long time ago, I used to be a model,
Even though I was a bit thick boned,
I'd dress in casual clothes like everyone else,
I could have been a thousand different things, I was way ahead of my time,
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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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Forgot Login Password
I'm always forgetting my login password.
When I try to login computer says your password is incorrect
So I did something so I will never forget my password
What I did?
This is my first Puzzling at ...
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I can be found near gentle green hills and stony mountains
I can be found near gentle green hills and stony mountains,
Alongside the gas in the clouds and the iron of the earth,
At times I can be white and frosty, red and fiery, or blue and stormy,
What am ...
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The Weird cipher password?
During your search to the ' great hidden computer virus ' , you realized that you are just a password from accessing it. Frantically , you searched for a clue that might help you . At last you ...
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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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Word Square - AXLE
Fill in ~ with letters to create a real words vertically, horizontally, and diagonally. Vertical and horizontal words have to be the same:
~ A ~ ~
A X L E
~ L ~ ~
~ E ~ ~
Edit: Final
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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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What is the word described in this poem?
My beginning is a time for a leader to lead.
My middle is a type of insect seed.
My end is a talk that’s shorter than a screed.
I increased a problem that was losing all its speed.
What am I?
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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 ...
