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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Chess Fortnight is finally over!
(Note: the backstory here may or may not be entirely fictitious.)
The fortnightly chess theme is finally over! I couldn't stand it. It was chaos! Pieces moving around in all the wrong ways... I was ...
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Help! I am infected with the puzzling bug!
Argh...I can't get this bug of puzzling off my head! It's really weird, and so annoying, you know...I can't help thinking about puzzles all the time. It's like... when I see a word, I think of ...
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Why Alexa Shouldn't Teach Non-Native English Speakers About Idioms
They cost ≈ $0.00833333333333333333333333333333 each.
(9) -_----_-_-----
Go! Intentionally fracture your fibula!
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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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About a man and a bee
A man walks out of his house and over to his flower garden. He holds out his right hand and a bee lands in it.
What is in his eye?
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Longest sentence with each letter repeated n times
Inspiration:
This question was inspired by Word sets with no repeating letters
Rules:
Sentences can be of any length.
Every letter used in this sentence, must be used n times.
n can be any number.
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(According to me.)
Can you identify the six things below and determine the final answer?
First thing
My first three are the code for a port airport in Malaysia.
Next you'll need one of the least-common Scrabble tiles.
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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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Cheating is efficient, but only until you get caught!
This is an entry into the 16th Fortnightly Challenge - reverse-puzzling
The Puzzleland Inc. is recruiting some fresh blood, and after some brain-bending tests, the candidates have been shortlisted to ...
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A Cleverly Disguised Word
This puzzle can be solved as puzzle on its own, but its solution is also part of Deusovi's Community Metapuzzle.
The answers to the following nine clues are closely linked. (Their link is related to ...
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And the rest is hstr!
This is an entry in the 14th Fortnightly Topic Challenge.
Ha, nice, a new fortnightly challenge. What's more, it is about history! It seems that people didn't like sports that much, huh? Fortunatly, ...
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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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A seven letter word denoting a woman
I am a seven letter word.
The first two letters denote men.
The first three letters denote women.
The first four letters denote men.
The whole seven letters denote women.
Who am I?
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Fully-Firstable Anagram Sets
Okay, first let's define some terminology:
Anagram - Oh come on, how are you on Puzzling.SE if you don't know this one?
Anagram Set - a list of words that are all anagrams of eachother, e.g.:
ACTS
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Another seven letter word
This is the same principle as here.
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd letters spell a body part.
The 2nd, 3rd and 4th spell a mean of expression.
You use the 4th, 5th and 6th everyday.
And the ...
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Turn Lead into GOLD
Can you turn the word LEAD into GOLD in five steps or less? You can change or replace one letter at a time only. The newly formed word must be a legit word in a recognized dictionary. Of course you ...
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Bridge words - word pairs linked by the front and back
Wanted to try out a new puzzle. Doesn't seem like an original idea, so the concept may already be out there. Please let me know if so and I'll put a link back to it. Also, not sure if it will be ...
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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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Largest crossword puzzles without blanks or blockers
How big a crossword puzzle can you make without using any blank squares? Only the solution is required, not the clues.
Here is a 6x6 example, the solution to a recent puzzle by @Avon.
A B A S E S
B ...
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How do you feel?
Someone's spilled coffee
On your white shirt.
The report you spent
Four hours on,
Ruined in the rain.
And someone's decided
That it'd be funny if you found,
Dragon dung in your in-...
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A Different Kind of Teapot Riddle
As the title says this is going to be a riddle similar to a teapot but a bit different. As with the teapot riddles I have a word that has 2 or more meanings. The twist is you are going to be given two ...
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Teapot Riddle no.18
Teapot Riddle no.18
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...)
You try to figure out the word with my Hints.
First hint
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My homophone is sad
Here is one of my classic puzzles (1, 2, 3, and 4), but this one includes opposites.
Me, I rise,
My homophone is sad,
My opposite falls,
My opposite's homophone saves the day,
My opposite's anagram ...
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Paraphrased song lyrics
Each entry in the list below represents a paraphrase of (hopefully) well-known song lyrics. Identify the original lyrics, along with the song they occurred in and original performers.
The person in ...
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Same word fills all the blanks (2)
As a follow up to
Same word fills all the blanks
The same word or its split versions (no anagrams) fills all the blanks in the stanza below. I've taken slight liberty with grammar.
Poor old Andy ...
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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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TV Title Mondegreens
Inspired by the original Twisted TV Titles and its follow-up, I came up with a similar puzzle. This one builds on the idea of Mondegreens - misheard lyrics (like “Excuse me while I kiss this guy” ...
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A poem of dynamic words
In many great novels, to the reader I appear
Adjust me, and I describe things that are near
Once more, and my meaning changes only slightly
Again, and you excercised your free will, rightly
Yet ...
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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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Teapot Riddle no.9
Rules for Teapot Riddle no.9:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...)
You try to figure out the word with my Hints.
First Hint:
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Piece de Resistance - Queen Machina, my Majesty, Time for a Hearty Supper!
Queen Machina, my Majesty, Time for a Hearty Supper!
This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.Ace Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten ...
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I can be “educational” (Depending on your opinion)
Happy Friday everybody! Here is a little "What am I" riddle for you to enjoy! Happy solving!
Though I am only three letters, I can mean a lot.
I can be "educational" if I want or ...
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A riddle of companions
With none, I am short and may be late
With one, I am folk, local to a place
With two, behold me! Never first
With six, and I am made with curd
With seven, I’ll keep you off the ground
With ...
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Teapot Riddle no.10
Teapot Riddle no.10
celebrates inside
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...)
You try to figure out the word with my Hints.
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Teapot Riddle no.12
I got top 5 last week with only asking the Teapot Riddles and your upvotes. I find that quite nice <3. Anyway here's
Teapot Riddle no.12
explosions
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or ...
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Find the missing word
Find words to fit clues.
Each XXX should be replaced with the same three letter word.
_ _ X X X _ _ | Clue - Entertainment
_ _ _ X X X _ | Clue - Continuously attack
_ _ _ X X X _ | Clue - A fruit
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Hunting Season is Open!
As some of you may have gathered, I really like learning about new animals; some of my favorites are:
In the spirit of a good challenge with a chance to learn new things, I've created this multi-tier ...
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Teapot Riddle no.22 (fan made)
Teapot Riddle no.22 (fan made). Alien.
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...).
You try to figure out the word with my ...
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Where did this mysterious note come from?
The boy had a cat on the boat, Alone among blue all around. He wrote a very brief note, Hoping the can would be found.
I just came back from the Latpipe Hotel and decided to head to the beach, for ...
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An unorthodox riddle
Imagine that you are trapped in a completely wooden room that has no doors, windows, or any openings.
The only object in the room is a wooden table. How do you escape?
(For every wrong answer, I ...
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What English word is always spelled incorrectly? [closed]
What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?
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There's no place like Home Theater!
Dorothy, now 93 years old, was watching some of her favorite movies in her home theater when, as one would expect in tornadic climes such as Kansas, her house blew away to somewhere over the rainbow.
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Seven letter word : it goes on
This is the same principle as here.
You seemed to enjoy the first ones, so here is another one. This one is in three lines, and the sentences give less direct clues (in my opinion), in order to be a ...
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What am I with zero?
With zero I am falling.
With two I am smart.
With four I am wet.
With seven I am food.
With twenty I am fast.
What am I with zero?
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Mirror Mirror on the wall, who's the richest of them all? (I make billions #7)
Mirror Mirror on the wall, who's the richest of them all? (I make billions #7)
Clue group 1:
This spa provides a great relaxation rub. Earbuds are included too.
I compared virtual machines, and ...
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Vowelburgers™ Chef’s Special #1
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle. Hope you enjoyed our Double Supreme variants.
We at Vowelburgers™ are finding more and more ways to bring variety to the table. The chef’s choice of the day ...
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I'm yearning in grey
I have made films on wood.
I have stopped by a park.
Going outside late makes me happy.
I'm yearning in grey.
What is my name?
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Piece de Resistance - King Deusovi, Flag this Blo*dy Post!
King Deusovi, Flag this Blo*dy Post!
This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.Ace Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Queen King Jack
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