Riddle

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, I am the partner of ready. Restore me, I become the domain of beasts.

Choose an answer

A.secure
B.corral
C.barn
D.stable
Hint: It's a word with 6 letters, starting with "S".

Answer

stable

Why this is the answer

STABLE beheaded becomes TABLE (a meeting place), beheaded again becomes ABLE (paired with 'ready'), and restoring the S returns to STABLE - literally a barn, the domain of beasts.

This riddle is filed under Long Riddles and rated Hard.

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