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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Always $\&$ Never
This post has the same exact title, but it is not related in any way apart from the fact that it is also a riddle; all my riddles are (hopefully) original and created by me.
Riddle me this:
We are ...
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Teapot riddle no.15 (fanmade)
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:
My first teapot is ...
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A Secret Job . . . but what is it?
Mr. Peters, a freelance muscle-for-hire sort of fellow, had been manning his desk for days now waiting for something to do when at last the phone rang. A job! The nerdy sounding person on the other ...
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The Video Gamers' Double-Duty Crossword
"OK, so I know that you two are always arguing about what type of crosswords to do- 'Normal crosswords are too boring!' 'Cryptics are too esoteric!!' Trivia vs wordplay, yeah, I've heard both sides. ...
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re-re-reCAPTCHA
Last Friday, I was feeling a bit sad because I hadn't earned much rep recently, so I decided to try this awesome sock puppet thing everyone's been raving about. I logged out of my normal Puzzling ...
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What is the name of this puzzle?
The English dictionary, as you may know, is a highly mutable entity.
While removing words such as irregardless might be considered a good thing, others, such as
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Superhero words!
Quietly walking among us are words which are actually superheroes in disguise! Just as Diana Prince spins around to become Wonder Woman, some seemingly ordinary words can spin around to reveal their ...
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Who's missing from this glorious Poem of Dynamic Words?
I'm where you keep your most private possessions
With a small adjustment, I'm always on the move
Again, and I'm one of you, lacking aggression
Once more, at my end, my son has something to prove
If ...
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When I'm called forth, times must be tough
I've got a puzzle for you to solve,
Like always, in three parts.
So start those engines, let those gears revolve
And let's let the puzzling start
My prefix is a common ...
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You've Probably Seen Me Naked
As an alphabet aficionado, I can make you laugh long into the night.
As a make of Japanese vehicle, I can keep your surroundings clean and beautiful.
As an execution apparatus, I make you laugh ...
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Uh oh, the propeller fell off
I was rummaging through a trunk in the attic when I found this vintage game. It is some sort of pinwheel or propeller mounted on a board. The propeller has a cryptic series of letters painted on it, ...
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This puzzle is driving me #$&@!
So, I've been given these strange blocks of clues. I've read them end to end but frankly I just can't make head or tail of them! I know I must be missing some kind of connection somewhere. Can't you ...
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''If the B…''
This is an ancient puzzle from an old book that I've never seen anywhere else. Can any of you puzzlers solve it?
If the B MT put:
If the B. putting:
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Why is Bob a normal guy?
Here are 7 facts about Bob:
He has a shot of alcohol every morning.
He hasn't showered in weeks.
He has a full head of hair, but doesn't use a comb.
He regularly wraps a noose around his neck.
He has ...
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I never knew my words could speak!
This is an entry to the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #25: wordplay.
"These words! – they come falling free; / speech: daft here, deft there..." — Emrakul
You know, I've kept some words....
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Mrs. Malaprop Reads A Riddle
I, Mrs. Malaprop, will recite an original riddle, perspired by this puzzle. Each of lines 1-5 inscribe a part of a word, put them together in sequins to get the one-word answer to the riddle.
First ...
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Twisted TV Titles, season 2
Inspired by this puzzle by Pugmonkey, here is a second set of Twisted TV Titles.
Each of the new shows pictured or described below is a copy of an existing program with the name changed by a single ...
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Tartar sauce, Gary!
My pet underwater snail just chewed up this poem I've been working on! I convinced him to spit it out, but I could only salvage one verse (you know how long I like to make my poems) and the lines are ...
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Our puzzling friend
One of our friends spends all of his time on the Puzzling Stack Exchange, so to get him to come out with us, we let him pick what to do. This was a pretty big mistake as we soon found out. This was ...
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This should be a tough one
Oh my, oh my, my puzzling friends
My last riddle is unsolved but for a
few odds and ends.
With no interaction, I've gotten quite bored.
I wrote this riddle so I
won't be ignored.
I've got another word,...
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The Worst Afternoon
Was worried about this trip for days -- couldn't take the car -- terrible traffic all the way there -- a gang of jerks blocking my way and the bus had just left -- tried to run and maybe sprained my ...
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Have You Heard My New Riddle?
A stirrup I own that no stallion can wear.
I am not a smith though an anvil I bear.
My hammer? No Middle Earth dwarf gives a care.
With diamonds or pearls adorned may I be.
The heart of my ...
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Rematry oshkabus
I just got another picture in the mail, and can't for the life of me piece together why I've been getting such unusual letters...
To make things easier for colourblind solvers: the second panel is #...
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As easy as Three, Two, One… How fast can you go from Five to Four?
You have to reach Four from Five in the minimum number of tries with the following rules.
You are only allowed to change one letter at a time.
You have to keep the word length the same.
At each step ...
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I've seen these movies countless ties
I wanted to make a puzzle for you all with some help from my friends so I dictated a list of my favourite movies to Paul and he typed them up. He then gave the list to Alice to describe the titles.I ...
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Muddled movie titles
A friend of mine has a really (selectively) bad memory, and often gets things muddled. He's trying to recall the titles of these movies / series, but all he can give me is a very brief synopsis of ...
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Which US city is it?
This is a more advanced punzzle with a first level based on the same concept as this one. Each of the questions below is answered by the name of a US city which could be pronounced in a way that has ...
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Why will my friend have to grow his beard out?
Knowledge required for this riddle: English-language proverbs.
My friend Leonard came to me with a problem the other day. He said, “Tanner, I want to have a clean-shaven face. But every time I use a ...
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Preparing for the end of term performance
It's the first full week of term at Farthingbottom School and Portia, Felix, Primula and Randolph have arrived in the music room for their lesson. Professor N. Igma is nowhere to be seen, but he has ...
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Oh God! help me
I have just fluffed my exam. See, Grades don't matter to me but it apparently does to my parents and the head teacher who has asked me to write a letter explaining the reasons of my disastrous results....
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V for Vendetta - Who am I?
This link here shows how many "Who am I?" riddles we already have on this site. Obviously, there are many of them and they're mostly riddles describing an object in some funny way. On checking the ...
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Cryptic Five-words (-----|||||)
Inspired by Aggie Kidd's redux of the original "Four-words" puzzle by Prem, I decided to create a similar "Five-words" puzzle.
Some clues are intentionally somewhat vague and/or misleading, to keep ...
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A Very Hard Anti-Tyos Riddle
With two I am up and close
With three I am nine or eleven
With seven I help people in need
With all eight I am an honest person
What am I?
Here is an example of a Tyos Riddle: Link
(...
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Fastest way from 8 to 7
Inspired by this great question by Uvc (actually, it's the same logic but with different words).
How fast one can get from EIGHT to SEVEN?
The rules are the same:
You are only allowed to change one ...
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My Final Song to Riley
Entry into Fortnightly Topic Challenge #38: Reusing Information 1
This will also be my final Riley Riddle for a week or two because it is arriving near the end of the term and school is expecting ...
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What in the shells is this puzzle?
Clergyman's wife tells story of picking up a muscle.
Solution: $\require{color}\definecolor{hint}{RGB}{1,124,233} \small\color{hint}{\textsf{5 words}}$
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Words that are anagrams of themselves
Can you think of a 6+ letter word that is an anagram of itself? The rule is that the letters of the word must be able to be rearranged to spell the original word, but none of the letters are in their ...
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How long can two words be if they make up a larger word (challenge)
I came up with this little game. Basically we have to write a word using small caps and big caps so that the small caps write a word and the big caps write a word (in their original order), for ...
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Yes, your fat ma is hers
Inspired by Elephants always get four mice.
Start with the phrase Yes, your fat ma is hers and perform the following steps, in some order, to find a famous quote:
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Confessions of a Riddle Junkie
I'm $\bbox[#fff9c3]{\color{#fff9c3}{\textbf{NO PEEKING!}}}$ and I am alcoholic.
I sometimes also take pot; it makes me kind of casual.
And crack too, because it makes me highly skilled.
As you can ...
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Diary of a hairdresser
Today I went to cut my hair, and the hairdresser told me a weird story.
Yesterday, I had a group of people come to cut their hair. Together, they embodied the one type of hair I hate.
A celebrity ...
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Equine musicians?
What is interesting about the following sentence?
"Furiously, in back of shut portals, one in four silvery equids is only hiding many extra tidings of meadows, somewhat more craftily than normal," ...
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In the olden days, I was feared, for my name meant certain death
here is another riddle I came up with.
In the olden days, I was feared, for my name meant certain death.
Nowadays I describe the gentle wind's cold breath.
when you are young, you hate me,...
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I may also be found in your body
My infix won't tell you a thing,
But you can find me from the rest:
My suffix sounds exactly like me,
And my prefix is already half known.
In wood or wire, what am I?
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Farmer needs to get his word across the river
In the spirit of the classic river-crossing puzzles:
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How many children?
My mother often has how many children?
This is what I like to call a "one-line wonder". It's a very short riddle, and there are no clues in the title. Hope you enjoy! :)
P.S. The answer is not
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Welcome aboard flight 5932
Welcome aboard flight 5932, and thanks for getting on this flight.
In the unlikely case you need or want to abort this flight, you will find there are two exits both at the top of the plane.
This ...
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Step into the Octagram
The diagram below shows a partially-filled "octagram". Step into it, if you dare!
At every vertex in a long word.
Flowing into every vertex are two short words. Anagrammed together, these two short ...
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A Massive and Torrid Affair
Is my first part a bargain? Be careful! Not quite.
My next, when it's scarlet, means something's not right.
My third: to police, an invaluable tool
Can my last bit be neutral? It can't, as a ...
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Everything is gone, but the hearts remain
I have a story to tell. Don't be surprised if the story sounds incomplete; actually I omitted a part of it: or rather, the heart of the story..
There was some cash, but not mine. Some stupid ...
