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29 Word & English Riddles With Answers

29 riddles · answers on the last page · riddleup.com/riddles/word-and-english-riddles

  1. How can the number four be half of five?
  2. What word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly?
  3. I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space.
  4. What begins with ?e,? ends with ?e,? but only contains one letter?
  5. What is 73? chicken, 32? cat and 42? goat?
  6. Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not.
  7. First 2 letters = male, first 3 = female, first 4 = great man, whole word = great woman.
  8. What English word has three consecutive double letters?
  9. What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
  10. I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
  11. The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
  12. What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
  13. What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
  14. What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
  15. I am a word that begins with the letter "i". If you add the letter "a" to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
  16. What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
  17. What is the end of everything?
  18. What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
  19. I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I?
  20. What is $3/7$ chicken, $2/3$ cat and $2/4$ goat?
  21. Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
  22. What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
  23. I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?
  24. Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?
  25. You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
  26. What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
  27. A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
  28. What begins with an "e" and only contains one letter?
  29. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Answers

  1. Roman Numerals (IV)The letters 'IV' are half of the four letters in the word 'FIVE.'
  2. IncorrectlyThe word 'incorrectly' is always spelled I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y.
  3. The letter ?e?The letter 'e' is the start of the word 'end' and the last letter of 'time' and 'space.'
  4. An envelopeAn envelope is a paper container that holds a 'letter' of mail.
  5. ChicagoTaking parts of the words: CHI-cken, CA-t, and GO-at spells Chicago.
  6. A ton'Ton' is a unit of heavy weight; spelled backward it is 'not.'
  7. HeroineThe words are 'He', 'Her', 'Hero', and 'Heroine.'
  8. Bookkeeper"Bookkeeper" contains oo, kk, and ee back to back, three double letters in a row.
  9. NothingIt's the absolute lack of anything.
  10. A mapIt is a symbolic representation of the earth's surface.
  11. A coffinIt's a box used for burying the deceased.
  12. A roadIt's a paved surface used for travel between locations.
  13. Day, and nightDay 'breaks' at dawn and night 'falls' at dusk.
  14. HeroineBreak the word down step by step: 'he,' 'her,' 'hero,' and finally the whole word 'heroine.'
  15. Isle (add "a" to make "aisle")An 'isle' is an island, while an 'aisle' is a passage between rows.
  16. QueueThe letters following 'Q' are all silent in the pronunciation.
  17. The letter "g"The word "everything" literally ends with the letter G -- a classic letter riddle rather than a philosophical one.
  18. StoneRemove the first two letters 'st' and you are left with the word 'one'.
  19. FewAdding 'er' to 'few' creates a word meaning a smaller number.
  20. ChicagoTake parts of the names: Chi(cken), Ca(t), Go(at).
  21. The word "not"If you read the word 'ton' from right to left, it spells 'not'.
  22. NOONThe specific symmetry of these letters allows them to be read the same way.
  23. The letter "e"This riddle focuses on the literal spelling of the words mentioned.
  24. The letter "r"Check the spelling of 'corner', 'room', and 'shelter'.
  25. The letter "e"Count the number of times the letter 'e' appears in each word.
  26. The letter "o"Look closely at the letters in the name of the city.
  27. DozensThe word 'dozens' refers to multiple sets of 12.
  28. An envelopeIt's a paper container for a letter sent via post.
  29. ShortAdding the suffix 'er' to the word makes it the word 'shorter'.