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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Literally Riley
My prefix sounds of lines
My infix's on signs
My suffix's hat's askew
I'm Spanish, it's true
What word am I?!
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My whole ceases to be anything
My prefix isn’t affirmative
My infix is somewhat a ring
My postfix isn’t a prime
My whole ceases to be anything
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Three riddles in one
Look at the conversation below
Mary: Oh no! My ___________!
John: _________ happened?
Mary: I don't know!
John: You're REACTing too much, EH?
Clue 1:
The answer is three words, but if ...
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Career Full of Excitement
You may think I'm a drone,
Some say I'm a rumour,
But near to a murder,
I've no sense of humour.
When I'm at a road,
You'll notice a bird,
Some fashionable jargon
From me and a word....
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Setka Puzzle - Complete grid using clues and sudoku-style logic; Tom Hanks
Theme: Tom Hanks
This is a Setka puzzle; you can find more (along with a more detailed explanation of the rules) at our website, linked from our profile.
How to play Setka, the short version:
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Vowel-less CRYPTC CRSSWRD
For this cryptic crossword, there is a separate grid for the consonants of each word, and another for the vowels. The grids are identical.
The yellow cells will spell out the final message from this ...
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With five, I’m a platform
A Tyobrien riddle of the week.
With two, I’m a metal
With three, I’m identified
With four, I’m an animal
With five, I’m a platform
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I’m nothing if you stand still
I’m felt but not seen
Rarely viewed on a screen
If you stand still, I’m nothing
Keep your pace, I’m nothing
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Double Decker Vowelburgers™ — 5 are meat, 1 is vegan
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle
After making burgers with five and six layers, Vowelburgers™ has noticed that the customers have not been hungry enough to eat such massive burgers. We are ...
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I relate two or more entities
My prefix will lay you to rest
And is also a legitimate prefix
My infix may be pretence
And is a prefix of my suffix
My suffix can be performed
It may relate to moving
I relate two or ...
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Word Ladder - Homophones
This word ladder is a pair of homophones. Complete the riddle (I took inspiration from Duck's homophone riddles*) and then do the word ladder with the words you got from the riddle.
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7 clues that fit a squid
7 clues that fit an octopus, a monkey, the monkey's brother, the monkey's cousin and a Siamese centaur.
small adorned
place you can drink
after about
the kind I like to meet
be1oved teacher ...
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Six-layer Vowelburger™
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle
Vowelburgers™ announced their Penta-decker Vowelburger™ two days ago and added to their menu yesterday. For today's burger, they decided to bring back in part ...
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I am yet to grow old
My prefix is delay
My infix means old
My suffix can’t be seen
I am yet to grow old
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Andrew's House Cleaning - A Word Ladder
Andrew is cleaning his house but needs help. Your task is to get from bits to bobs to odds to ends. You can alter letters, one at a time, and each intermediate word must be a valid word in dictionary....
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Penta-decker Vowelburger™ #2
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle
Yesterday, Vowelburgers™ announced their first ever Penta-decker Vowelburger™. They have made some simplifications to their manufacturing process and have ...
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1answer
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Penta-decker Vowelburger™
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle
Vowelburgers™ is proud to announce the first ever Penta-decker Vowelburger™. This means six consonant buns sandwiching five vowel patties as shown:
Here is ...
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What Am I? - Vowels #2
With an a, I'm a noise
With an e, I'm hatching
With an i, I'm an action
With an o, I can measure
With a u, I'm the sound of a bird
What am I?
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What am I? - Vowels
Here is a What Am I riddle (that I made).
With an a, I'm a color
With an e, I'm a number
With an i, I'm an element
With an o, I'm a lot
With a u, I'm a container
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I am fake in definition
My prefix is playful
My infix is a position
My postfix is rocky
I am fake in definition
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Make Some Homophonous Noise [closed]
How many homophones can be used in a single sentence?
Rules:
Sentences must be English. (no foreign words, like see & si (si is "yes", in Spanish)
Sentences can not be a setup to list homophones....
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A set of eight related to eight
The 36 words below comprise a set of eight related to eight, a set of seven related to seven, a set of six related to six, and so on. Which word belongs to the set of one?
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A joke riddle about a serious thing
My prefix means to work together, and when written in full words, it means something almost rectangular.
My infix is neves semit thgie semit enin in Italy, and when written in full words, it means ...
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Setka - Complete grid using clues and sudoku-style logic; Theme - Fear Itself
This is a Setka puzzle; you can find more (along with a more detailed explanation of the rules) at our website, linked from our profile.
Theme: Fear Itself
How to play Setka, the short version:
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I’m not subject to conviction
My prefix is a preposition
My infix is an exclamation
My suffix may be a fraction
I’m not subject to conviction
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An unusual Union
We both wear a wedding ring,
I wear mine on the left hand and you wear yours on the right.
We appear to look at each other,
But I know it's only I that really sees you as I look deeply into your eyes....
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I'm a Pick-up Artist
Before the ladies I arrive
Perhaps, with 4 wheel drive
The greatest of my charms
Lies in my two arms -
I say half my name, split
But I'm not too full of it:
I may not be the smartest,
But I'm a pick-...
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I greet the unfortunate, with my education
My prefix, mostly sturdy,
My suffix is a hill,
And my infix is eight.
Who is my whole?
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I avoid interaction
My prefix is silence
My infix is a reference
My suffix is a direction
I avoid interaction
Hint #1
Hint #2
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I greet the unfortunate, but my occurrence is seldom welcome
My first half is usually sturdy
The second is mostly relative
If the first is not well maintained
I shall greet it with the second
Hint #1
Hint #2
Hint #3
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Food Fight! (An extended VowelBurger™ puzzle…)
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle here (and all its many clones!)
The food hall was a mess. A massive fight had broken out among the proprietors of the five burger stands stationed around the ...
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A Deadly Person
My prefix is filthy.
My infix is the prefix.
My suffix is a preposition.
Together, I am to kill someone.
What am I?
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You can't reach the answer
I sound like I'm near where a staircase once went,
Or guarding a place that's impossible to reach.
But I'm really a creature that you've never seen:
My home is remote as it's possible to be.
Though I ...
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The Great Vowelburger™ Theft
You can find the first Vowelburger™ Riddle here
Local Vowelburger™ business has been booming lately, which has been great for our CEO's retirement plans. Unfortunately, all those profits have ...
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With seven, I’ve fought
Another variant of the Tyobrien riddle of the week.
With two, I’m similar
With three, I’m grey
With four, I lose
With five, I’m loud
With six, I’ve suffered
With seven, I’ve fought
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Vowelburgers™ for the Workers
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle here.
Another Vowelburgers™ restaurant is open! Their specialty? The burgers are specially made for specific occupations!
While they are pretty simple: bun, ...
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Real Fuel 2: Refueled
Could you guys help? I bought a new fancy vehicle last month, and it came pre-fueled. All was well and good until a friend of mine asked if I could spare some gas. I had an extra FUEL TANK, so I ...
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Split me in two to keep things together
Keep me as one; I take things apart
Split me in two to keep things together
Hint:
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Vowelburger™ Bread-lover's Double Supreme
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle here.
$\text{Vowelburgers™}$ has decided to start changing things up a bit for bread connoisseurs and they have started making the $\text{Bread-lover's }$$\...
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Tragedy of Linearity
My prefix is too much.
My infix begs for vertical bars.
My next infix has the least concern.
At the end, all I have is a 'd'.
Together, I imply no solution.
What am I?
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Vowelburger™ Triple Supreme #2
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle here and Ébe Isaac's Double Supreme Riddle.
The local Vowelburgers™ recently started making Triple Supremes with two consonant buns sandwiching three vowel ...
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Vowelburger™ Triple Supreme
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle here and Ébe Isaac's Double Supreme Riddle.
The local Vowelburgers™ has added yet another a twist. They started making triple patty burgers where the patties need ...
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This Vehicle Needs Real Fuel!
I just got a brand new, fancy car! The problem is that it keeps telling me it needs REAL FUEL to function! I took a look inside the tank between both of the "Real Fuel Drums" and both of the "Gas-to-...
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Vowelburgers™ from other cuisines
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle here
The local Vowelburgers™ restaurant, always looking for inspiration, decided to take a look at some other cuisines for their new menu.
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Is it all wrong, too?
Inspired by Is it all wrong?
My prefix - maybe ones in need of aid;
My suffix - maybe one is someone’s maid;
My infix - maybe it’s a part of you;
My whole - is it something all wrong, too?
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Vowelburger™ Double Supreme #3
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle here
The local Vowelburgers™ restaurant increased the variety of their Double Supreme burgers yet again.
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Will you halte zu mir?
Part number one? I'll never Tell,
but when you figure it out, drop the last L
Part two is straightforward, though a little crass:
give the plural form of what comes out your ...
The ...
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One has an end; the other has both
Two words you hear, sound same to the ear,
But their spelling and meaning differ.
One has an end; the other has both,
They are seldom uttered together.
