Riddle

I'm a very valuable thing to have. Use me right now, you should. Yet if you cut off my hindquarters, I'd be but a piece of wood. What am I?

Choose an answer

A.reasoning
B.wisdom
C.math
D.logic
Hint: It's a word with 5 letters, starting with "L".

Answer

logic

Why this is the answer

This is a wordplay riddle: "logic" is valuable to use, but if you remove its ending ("-ic," the "hindquarters"), you are left with "log" -- literally a piece of wood.

This riddle is filed under Long Riddles and rated Medium.

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