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#48530 | Diary Thief | 3.42 | 2.07 | alexaehrin | The Scoop
Tristan's sister Angela and her four friends love to share their most recent diary entries with each other at sleepovers. This last sleepover, Tristan was able to snag each of the girls' diaries after they fell asleep. He flipped through them and found that each girl had a different crush, a different favori... | "Lily" and "Lavender" are both flowers, which gives them "something majorly in common." | Angela likes Luke, Raspberry Cheesecake ice cream, and Sky nail polish, and she wants to be a lunch lady when she grows up.
Mandy likes Sam, Reese's Peanut Butter ice cream, and Crimson nail polish, and she still sleeps with a blankie.
Savannah likes Noah, Rocky Road ice cream, and Lime nail polish, and she hates Jus... | Logic-Grid | 03/02/11 |
#23691 | Should You Be Institutionalized? | 3.41 | 1.09 | easterbaby2003 | It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time. This little test should help you get started.
During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria is that defines if a patient should be institutionalized.
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub. Then we off... | No hint available. | "No," answered the Director. "A normal person would pull the plug."
So, how did *YOU* do? | Trick | 06/15/05 |
#52225 | Mr. Froopaloop's Fiance | 3.37 | 2.37 | wimpykidfan37 | Hans Ernest Froopaloop, Jr. will marry one of three women: Audrey, Brenda, and Charlotte. Here are some facts:
1. Of Audrey and Brenda:
a. Either they both have blue eyes or neither has blue eyes.
b. One has red hair and the other does not.
2. Of Audrey and Charlotte:
a. Either they both have red hair or neither... | No hint available. | Mr. Froopaloop will marry Charlotte.
Facts 1a and 3a tell us that Charlotte is either the only one with blue eyes or the only one without blue eyes. Facts 1b and 2a tell us that Brenda is either the only one with red hair or the only one without red hair. Facts 2b and 3b tell us that Charlotte is either the only one ... | Logic | 06/21/19 |
#48272 | Let The Games Begin | 3.36 | 2.73 | harmonize9 | Assassin is a popular game on college campuses. The game consists of several players trying to eliminate the others by means of squirting them with water pistols in order to be the last survivor. Once hit, the player is out of the game. Game play is fair play at all times and all locations, and tends to last several... | All names are conventional for their gender.
Mammalian physiology is a course that biology majors would take. | Liam, Blue, Night Stalker, Ambush, Sociology
Anabel, Green, Captain Dawn, Car, Art History
Bella, Black, Dark Elf, Winner, Psychology
Oliver, Purple, Billy, Class, Biology
Ethan, Red, McStealth, Study Group, Economics | Logic-Grid | 12/08/10 |
#49649 | A Teacher and Her Stalker | 3.34 | 2.23 | JimShorts | Detective Drosnin stopped by Ms. Gray's house to inform her that the creep who had been stalking her years ago had just escaped from prison. She seemed to take the news fairly well, and was very polite, though she didn't invite him in.
"You know how demented he is, I'm worried that he'll come after you. Who knows wh... | Detective Drosnin realized that the message was not only in code, it was also the instructions on how to break the code! | Detective Drosnin tried arranging the letters in Ms. Gray's email the way she described arranging the kids at her school, into rows of twenty one. Then he took a look at the second column like she suggested:
t H i s m o r n i n g i t r i e d a f u n
n E w s e a t i n g s t y l e f o r t h e
k I d s d u r i n g t h ... | Mystery | 10/30/12 |
#33929 | Water in the Cup | 3.34 | 2.52 | koma | A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match, and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it.
"If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100," the man said. "You can use the match an... | The glass will be upside-down when the water is in it. | First, the waiter stuck the match into the lemon wedge, so that it would stand straight. Then he lit the match, and put it in the middle of the plate with the lemon. Then, he placed the glass upside-down over the match. As the flame used up the oxygen in the glass, it created a small vacuum, which sucked in the water t... | Science | 11/11/06 |
#43858 | The Intruder | 3.32 | 2.63 | Psychic_Master | Emily was sitting at her study table, home alone, on a cold and stormy night. Her parents had taken a flight earlier in the morning to Australia as her grandmother had passed away. She had wanted to follow her parents but she had an important English examination the next day which she could not miss.
The storm was ge... | Read the conversation carefully and think outside the box. | Emily had used the mute button during her conversation with Anna so that all Anna heard was: "call...help...emergency...please hurry". Anna, sensing something was wrong, called the police and told them Emily's address. The police were able to come to Emily's house in time to catch the perpetrator. | Mystery | 01/06/09 |
#30628 | Radical Rush | 3.31 | 2.76 | Question_Mark | Question Mark is the host of a new game show called "Radical Rush". It is a game of 4 rounds. A logic round, a rebus round, a mathematics round and a final face-off. One player is eliminated after each round, with the last player left being the winner. Each player is color-coded. Now you must work out the full names of... | No hint available. | In order of elimination:
ROUND 1: Logic
Joanne Sands, 26, Yellow
ROUND 2: Rebus
David Rade, 29, Blue
ROUND 3: Mathematics
Richard Hall, 33, Green
ROUND 4: Face-off
Yvette Bridge, 22, Orange
WINNER
Xavier Richburgh, 24, Red
In round 1, we know that Xavier and Miss Bridge are not 26 and 29. Nor are they the ... | Logic-Grid | 05/22/06 |
#50710 | Snail Races | 3.31 | 2.58 | LanceAlot | People have gathered from around the world to witness the 2015 snail races. Each snail was handpicked by its country to race its way across the brutal 10cm track. Try to figure out the finishing time, country of origin, and shell color for each of the five snails. Don't be discouraged if it takes a while to solve, this... | No hint available. | Hank, 26, Spain, violet
Mike, 23, China, silver
Kipp, 24, Canada, teal
Ralph, 22, USA, lime
Todd, 25, Mexico, grey | Logic-Grid | 10/19/15 |
#27770 | Cats in Spring | 3.31 | 2.33 | goatroper605 | On a beautiful spring day in the park, there were five female cats walking together and gossiping about their humans. Up ahead, there were five males walking together bragging about their conquests. When the two groups met, there were five cupids flying through the air. Next thing ya know, there were five couples wa... | No hint available. | Punkin=Pepper=Tuna=String=5
Batman=Spot=Chicken=Ball=1
Billy=Sally=Mice=Beat Up=9
Jake=Ruby=Chips=Sleep=7
Dibii=Starbuck=Ice Cream=Laser=3 | Logic-Grid | 12/29/05 |
#49567 | The Psychic Hobo | 3.3 | 1.48 | dangerouspie101 | One day, I was waiting to get on the subway. I was eating the apple I always have for breakfast, and I decided to sit next to a homeless man on the bench. While waiting, we saw a fat man walk by us. The hobo then muttered, "Pig."
I didn't give it a second thought, except that the comment was rude. There were still a... | I wonder what I'm going to eat for breakfast... | He was able to tell what people last ate. I told you in the beginning of the teaser that I ate an apple every day before work, and at the end he said "Apple" to me.
The reason I was horrified was because the first day I saw him, he had said "Human" to somebody, implying that they were a cannibal. | Situation | 08/23/12 |
#31457 | Birbal the Wise - XI | 3.29 | 2.1 | brainster | Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out... | No hint available. | Birbal told the scholar, "We had agreed you would ask only one question and you have already asked it" and he and the emperor walked away leaving the scholar gaping! | Trick | 07/01/06 |
#38504 | Greatest Area | 3.29 | 1.87 | koma | A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence.
The engineer made his fence in a circle and said it was the most efficient.
The physicist made a long line and said that the length was infinite. Then he said that fencing half ... | No hint available. | The mathematician made a small fence around himself and declared himself to be on the outside. | Trick | 09/28/07 |
#20116 | I Do Love the Holidays | 3.28 | 1.71 | Zehrapushu | You will know that I am coming
From the jingle of my bell,
But exactly who I am is not an easy thing to tell.
Children, they adore me
for they find me jolly,
but I do not see them when the halls are decked with holly.
My job often leaves me frozen,
I am a man that all should know,
But I do not do business in ... | No hint available. | Ice Cream Man! | Riddle | 12/28/04 |
#15293 | Odd Two Out Too | 3.27 | 1.65 | just_moi | In this teaser, you have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them both?
EXAMPLE:
Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose
Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower.
Tulip also does not belong be... | No hint available. | 1. Hoover does not belong as it's the only one which is not a car manufacturer. Dodge does not belong as it's the only one which is not the last name of a President of USA.
2. Bishop does not belong as it's the only one which is not a class of nobility. Earl does not belong as it's the only one which is not a Chess p... | Trivia | 10/31/03 |
#17980 | Hidden Time & Again | 3.27 | 1.13 | fishmed | Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, "Thighbone/Swallowtail" conceals "High & Low."
1. Skyrocketing/Trolleyman
2. Thermometer/Apoplexy
3. Delaware/Bordering
4. Surprised/Trashiness
5. Thr... | No hint available. | 1. Rock & Roll
2. Mom & Pop
3. Law & Order
4. Rise & Shine
5. Rough & Tumble | Language | 06/21/04 |
#11263 | What Song? | 3.27 | 1.64 | LoopyLouUK | A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of £50 notes out of his wallet.
He turns to the rich man and says to him,
"I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed."
The rich man laughs.
The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the mone... | It is a genuine song that almost everyone should know. | "Happy Birthday"
This song can be sung with anyone's name in it. | Trick | 03/18/03 |
#23127 | Guess the Animals | 3.27 | 1.76 | Javian | Find out what the animals are! (for example, "To run away or escape" could be a "flea")
1. hair-control foam
2. very exposed
3. tellin' falsities
4. a lamenting cry
5. a dull person
6. a precious or loved one
7. first you get a parking ticket, then you get this
8. these make up a chain | No hint available. | 1.Moose (Mousse)
2. Bear (Bare)
3. Lion (Lyin')
4. Whale (Wail)
5. Boar (Bore)
6. Deer (Dear)
7. Toad (Towed)
8. Lynx (Links) | Language | 05/24/05 |
#50531 | RE-Words | 3.27 | 1.87 | MarcM1098 | In English, "re" is a prefix usually meaning "again", such as in "rebuild" (build again). However, there are many words starting with "re" which have a totally different meaning without the "re".
You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with "re", and one for the remaining word without the "re" (ei... | No hint available. | 1. reporter / porter
2. member / remember
3. cent / recent
4. alms / realms
5. revenue / venue
6. pair / repair
7. reached / ached
8. resting / sting | Language | 03/20/15 |
#47113 | Letter Juggle 11 | 3.27 | 1.57 | MarcM1098 | Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Inks - Tiles
2. Ride - Relive
3. Gaze - Freed
4. Snail - Pike
5. Snag - Cold | 1. Relationships
2. Alleviate
3. Eat
4. Fasten
5. Discipline | 1. Links - Ties
2. Rid - Relieve
3. Graze - Feed
4. Nail - Spike
5. Nag - Scold | Language | 05/29/10 |
#46845 | Letter Juggle 6 | 3.26 | 1.1 | MarcM1098 | Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Burn - Bead
2. Rid - Tripe
3. Grove - Rout
4. Charm - Rush
5. Cream - Sweep | 1. Food
2. Journey
3. Indentation
4. Damage
5. Outcry | 1. Bun - Bread
2. Ride - Trip
3. Groove - Rut
4. Harm - Crush
5. Scream - Weep | Language | 04/27/10 |
#49562 | Rich Stiff | 3.26 | 2.91 | JimShorts | "The town's richest man was killed late last night in a shocking murder," the reporter exclaimed from the television across the room. "Chief Graham tells us that the police are carefully investigating everything and everyone, but they have no lead suspect yet."
Chief Graham let out a sigh as he looked out the window ... | "What!? What is it!?" Detective Jefferson asked.
"The mailman said Mr. Hampton's mail often piles up because he rarely leaves the house, right?"
"Yeah."
"And the last time we have a confirmed contact with the victim was when his daughter spoke with him on the phone last Saturday. And the body is frozen. He's in suc... | "Who has been your source for information on this case?" Chief Graham asked news reporter Sheila Rivers.
"What, do you not remember talking to me? I've gotten all my info from you. Which hasn't been much, I have to say," replied Ms. Rivers impatiently.
"Right. Have you gotten any more details from anyone else?"
"No... | Mystery | 08/14/12 |
#50967 | RE-Words 3 | 3.26 | 1.82 | MarcM1098 | In English, "re" is a prefix usually meaning "again", such as in "rebuild" (build again). However, there are many words starting with "re" which have a totally different meaning without the "re".
You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with "re", and one for the remaining word without the "re" (eit... | No hint available. | 1. quest / request
2. reliable / liable
3. ward / reward
4. recover / cover
5. pulse / repulse
6. press / repress
7. relent / lent
8. revision / vision | Language | 01/13/17 |
#33377 | Birbal the Wise - XIV | 3.26 | 2.29 | chidam11 | Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out... | No hint available. | "Didn't you say that you sold your well to this farmer?" Birbal asked the neighbour. "So, the well belongs to him now, but you have kept your water in his well. Is that right? Well, in that case you will have to pay him a rent or take your water out at once."
The neighbour realized that he was outwitted. He quickly ap... | Situation | 10/07/06 |
#41875 | Murder at Brainteaser Mansion #3 | 3.25 | 2.46 | Mystery-King | Five guests, Mr. Rose, Ms. Tulip, Sir Daisy, Lord Pansy and Miss Lily, were all invited to an exclusive party at Brainteaser Mansion. However, during the long, dark night, the owner of the spectacular mansion, Mr. Death, was found dead in his office. The trouble is, every member of the party went into his office, each ... | No hint available. | Mr. Rose, Dagger, Blackmail, Note, 9:05
Ms. Tulip, Revolver, Greed, Footprint, 11:25
Sir Daisy, Rope, Rage, Fingerprint, 11:55
Lord Pansy, Lead pole, Revenge, Blood, 10:45
Miss Lily, Poison, Jealousy, Hair, 10:30
Therefore, Miss Lily was the real killer. | Logic-Grid | 05/10/08 |
#52499 | Birth Months | 3.25 | 1.52 | wimpykidfan37 | Four sisters, Sara, Ophelia, Nora, and Dawn, were each born in a different one of the months September, October, November, and December.
"This is terrible," said Ophelia one day. "None of us have an initial that matches the initial of her birth month."
"I don't mind at all," replied the girl who was born in Septemb... | No hint available. | Sara was born in October, Ophelia was born in November, Nora was born in December, and Dawn was born in September.
Nora's birth month obviously cannot be November. Since it doesn't start with a vowel, it cannot be October. Since she was talking to the girl who was born in September, it cannot be September. Therefore,... | Logic | 11/19/20 |
#32020 | Word Play | 3.25 | 1.94 | Terilynne88 | What do the following words have in common?
Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo | It is more than having letters repeated in each one... | If you take the first letter and move it to the rear of the word, you get the same word when read backwards. | Language | 07/25/06 |
#14816 | Homonym Sentences | 3.25 | 1.89 | Bobbrt | The blanks in the following sentences will be filled in with three different homonyms (words that are spelled differently but sound alike) to make valid sentences. The dashes indicate the number of letters in the words. Can you fill in the blanks?
1. The cut on his _ _ _ _ won't _ _ _ _ in time for the race, so _ _... | No hint available. | 1. The cut on his HEEL won't HEAL in time for the race, so HE'LL have to drop out.
2. The man was so upset about being BALD that he regularly BALLED himself up on the bed and BAWLED his eyes out.
3. I couldn't SENSE any of the SCENTS in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 CENTS crammed up my ... | Language | 09/17/03 |
#11604 | STRU musical MENTS | 3.25 | 1.8 | just_moi | Can you decipher the musical instruments represented below?
1. P O
2. BA BA
3. ECLART
4. @ # $ % | No hint available. | 1. Piano (P and O)
2. Tuba (Two BA)
3. Clarinet (CLAR in ET)
4. Cymbals (Symbols) | Rebus | 04/06/03 |
#47839 | What's in a Name 3 | 3.25 | 2.23 | MarcM1098 | Some people's names (such as "Will Power") suggest a certain personality or career choice. Given below are some last names and professions (in no particular order). For each last name, your task is to think of a common first name, such that it suggests one of the given professions. Each last name and profession must be... | First Names: Amanda, Bill, Cam, Joe, Sue, Warren | Bill Ding - Architect (building)
Sue Flay - Chef (souffle)
Joe King - Comedian (joking)
Amanda Lynn - Musician (a mandolin) [also: Vi Lynn = violin]
Cam Payne - Politician (campaign)
Warren Peace - Author ("War and Peace") | Other | 08/28/10 |
#23185 | Girlfriend Appreciation Day | 3.24 | 2.93 | cinnamon30 | Five brothers share a common trait of forgetfulness that has gotten them in hot water with their girlfriends. After a string of forgotten birthdays, anniversaries and even dates, the brothers' girlfriends were fed up. After a brainstorming session, the brothers devised a new holiday - Girlfriend Appreciation Day. For t... | Anything in parentheses refers to the word immediately before the parentheses. For example: In Clue 3 Tyler is not giving his girlfriend the necklace. | Ted, Jessica, Bracelet, White, Ice-Skating
Tim, Laura, Candy, Yellow, Movie
Tom, Vanessa, Ring, Red, Theater
Travis, Andrea, necklace, Pink, Dinner
Tyler, Brooke, Music Box, Pale Purple, Basketball Game | Logic-Grid | 05/26/05 |
#17984 | Hidden Time & Again II | 3.24 | 1.69 | fishmed | Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, "Thighbone/Swallowtail" conceals "High & Low."
1. Gulliver/Clearness
2. Tragicomedy/Pentagon
3. Chinchilla/Magdalene
4. Terrestrial/Ecoterrorist
5. Thund... | No hint available. | 1. Live & Learn
2. Come & Go
3. Hill & Dale
4. Trial & Error
5. Show & Tell | Language | 06/21/04 |
#49416 | Avoid This Fate | 3.24 | 2.5 | ThinksForFun | BARD
BARN
BARE | Behave well and this won't happen to you. | end up behind bars
The word "END" is spelled in an upward direction behind three occurrences of the word "BAR". | Rebus | 03/29/12 |
#48453 | First Day on the Job | 3.24 | 2.5 | MarcM1098 | It's your first day on the job. Your team member's introductions went so fast; it's all a blur. There are three males: Alex, Carlos and Edward, and two females: Brenda and Deborah. The other employees are all celebrating a work anniversary this week, for being with the company either 1, 3, 5, 10, or 20 years. Each of t... | By clue 1 and 10, the engineer cannot own the motorcycle.
Based on the above and several other clues, Brenda can only take the subway or train. By clue 11, Alex can also only take the subway or train. Therefore, the other three people cannot take the subway or train. | Alex is the developer; he has taken the subway for 3 years.
Brenda is the manager; she has taken the train for 10 years.
Carlos is the architect; he has taken a motorcycle for 20 years.
Deborah is the engineer; she has taken a car for 1 year.
Edward is the specialist; he has taken the bus for 5 years. | Logic-Grid | 02/19/11 |
#46913 | Letter Juggle 7 | 3.24 | 1.45 | MarcM1098 | Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Open - Cop
2. Cave - Curt
3. Cares - Pest
4. Salve - Savage
5. Whiled - Spurn | 1. Cage
2. Use a knife
3. Stroke lightly
4. Preserve
5. Rotated quickly | 1. Pen - Coop
2. Carve - Cut
3. Caress - Pet
4. Save - Salvage
5. Whirled - Spun | Language | 05/03/10 |
#18234 | An Upside-Down Spotted Striped Box | 3.24 | 1.57 | horse_luver | Follow these steps and see if you can figure this out.
1) Get a brown, cardboard box.
2) Get purple, orange, and turquoise paints.
3) Paint the box orange.
4) Paint on purple spots.
5) Paint on turquoise stripes.
7) Turn it upside down.
8) Lie on your side.
What is missing from this sequence? | The answer isn't to get a paintbrush, wait for it to dry, paint the bottom, or something similar. Remember, this is a TRICK teaser... :) | Step 6! | Trick | 07/16/04 |
#35726 | Five Of A Kind | 3.24 | 1.43 | menz | The first is needed to make quotes you see,
And it often sticks up when it's time for noon tea.
The second's biggest distinction is found
Bearing the symbol of love that is bound.
The third should be biggest but that can depend,
Never standing alone or it may offend.
The fourth is oft used when making a select... | A hint would just be handing it to you. | The digits of the hand! (The order on the poem is pinky, ring finger, middle finger, index or pointer finger, and thumb)
The pinky hits the quotation mark key on the keyboard when typing, and people often raise their pinky off the cup when drinking tea. The ring finger bears a wedding band when married. The middle... | Riddle | 03/17/07 |
#47005 | Off With Their Heads! | 3.24 | 1.41 | MarcM1098 | It's time to get back at the Queen of Hearts by beheading words that start with "Qu". In this case, you remove the first TWO letters and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: British pound -> Part of the psyche
Answer: The words are Quid and Id.
1. Stop doin... | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. I
2. I
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. I
7. E
8. A | 1. Quit -> It
2. Quirk -> Irk
3. Quark -> Ark
4. Quart -> Art
5. Quail -> Ail
6. Quill -> Ill
7. Queasy -> Easy
8. Qualms -> Alms | Language | 05/13/10 |
#31853 | What is Risk? | 3.23 | 2.22 | cyberstar5150 | There was once a college that offered a class on probability applied to the real world.
The class was relatively easy, but there was a catch. There were no homework assignments or tests, but there was a final exam that would have only one question on it.
When everyone received the test it was a blank sheet of paper... | What the student wrote showed the professor that he had a good understanding of the material, thus the A. | The brilliant student wrote down:
"This."
And handed in the paper.
By doing this, the student demonstrated that he understood that having your grade based on one exam is risky.
Plus, putting just one word on such an important exam and hoping the professor understands what he means is risky in and of itself! | Situation | 07/18/06 |
#46765 | Letter Juggle 5 | 3.23 | 1.26 | MarcM1098 | Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Pain - Nil
2. War - Zoned
3. Routing - Tip
4. Shot - Teaming
5. Right - Blight | 1. Spike
2. Region
3. Journey
4. Temperature
5. Shining | 1. Pin - Nail
2. Ward - Zone
3. Outing - Trip
4. Hot - Steaming
5. Bright - Light | Language | 04/19/10 |
#37003 | Birbal The Wise - XIX | 3.23 | 2.62 | brainster | Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler; and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find the... | No hint available. | "Your Majesty," said Birbal, "there is probably no person more loyal to you than this unfortunate gardener. Fearing that people would say you hanged him for a silly reason and question your sense of justice, he went out of his way to give you a genuine reason for hanging him." | Situation | 06/20/07 |
#47021 | Letter Juggle 9 | 3.23 | 0.78 | MarcM1098 | Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Our - Start
2. Strip - Tumble
3. Clause - Idea
4. Cash - Broom
5. Plight - Lam | 1. Sharp taste
2. Lurch
3. Movement; belief
4. Noise
5. Beacon | 1. Sour - Tart
2. Trip - Stumble
3. Cause - Ideal
4. Crash - Boom
5. Light - Lamp | Language | 05/15/10 |
#46033 | Behead E | 3.23 | 1.67 | MarcM1098 | When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Wear away -> Travelled on an animal
2. Fill with joy -> Not on time; dead
3. Each; all -> To a hig... | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. R
2. L
3. V
4. V
5. S
6. M
7. M
8. Q | 1. Erode -> Rode
2. Elate -> Late
3. Every -> Very
4. Event -> Vent
5. Estate -> State
6. Emerge -> Merge
7. Emotion -> Motion
8. Equality -> Quality | Language | 12/19/09 |
#46509 | Curtail P | 3.23 | 1.38 | MarcM1098 | When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Bend out of shape -> Armed conflict
2. Muscle contraction -> Pack to capacity
3. Pass over; omit -... | The words start with these letters:
1. W
2. C
3. S
4. D
5. S
6. T
7. W
8. S | 1. Warp -> War
2. Cramp -> Cram
3. Skip -> Ski
4. Damp -> Dam
5. Swamp -> Swam
6. Tarp -> Tar
7. Weep -> Wee
8. Slump -> Slum | Language | 03/10/10 |
#31463 | One+One=One | 3.23 | 1.05 | Hana_Kimi | Add together each of the defined words to get a whole new word.
Example: to shout + what you say when you feel pain = a color = yellow.
1) A light brown color + to leave = a dance.
2) A store's announcement + a type of women's clothing = a building's location.
3) A vehicle + an animal pal = a floor covering.
... | No hint available. | 1) tan + go = tango.
2) ad + dress = address.
3) car + pet = carpet.
4) sea + son = season.
5) pop + corn = popcorn. | Language | 07/01/06 |
#52206 | More Common Words | 3.22 | 1.43 | cutebunny4444 | What do the following words have in common?
feminine
kindergarten
canine
overweight
threaten
cobblestone
height
done | You might find the answer in the end. | They all end with the spelling of a number. | Group | 05/05/19 |
#21087 | Grandmas and Trolls | 3.22 | 1.39 | Gandalf | You are on your way to visit your Grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It's her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes you've made.
Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, i... | No hint available. | 2: At each bridge you are required to give half of your cakes, and you receive one back. Which leaves you with 2 cakes after every bridge. | Math | 02/18/05 |
#36999 | Birbal The Wise - XVIII | 3.21 | 2.25 | brainster | Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler; and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find the... | No hint available. | "One asks for what one does not have, Your Majesty." said Birbal, smiling gently and in quiet tones.
"Under Your Majesty's rule, justice is available to everybody. But I am a spendthrift and always short of money and therefore I said I would choose the gold coin."
The answer immensely pleased the emperor and resp... | Situation | 06/20/07 |
#46225 | Spazy Croonerisms 19 | 3.21 | 1.91 | cnmne | A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rat... | No hint available. | 1) key and parrot & pea and carrot
2) cold book & bold cook
3) sad ballad & bad salad
4) Swiss mine & Miss Swine | Language | 01/21/10 |
#45787 | Exit and Entrance | 3.21 | 2.66 | dalfamnest | If you throw me from the window,
I will leave a grieving wife.
Bring me back, but in the door, and
You'll see someone giving life!
What am I? | No hint available. | The letter 'n'.
wiNdow - widow
door - doNor | Riddle | 11/22/09 |
#41740 | Mixed Doubles | 3.21 | 1.81 | SSVillalobos | The answers to the following definitions all start with the prefix "para". It might take a bit of lateral thinking to figure them out! For example, the definition: "Two places where a building is being constructed" would have the answer "Parasites".
1. Two tender green plant growths
2. Two 10-cent pieces
3. Two mal... | Actual definitions for the answers:
1. Canopies for slowing a fall from an aircraft
2. Models that form a basis of something
3. Morals or religious stories
4. Fuel oils
5. To deprive somebody of voluntary movement
6. Low protective walls
7. Distrustful or obsessively anxious patients | 1. Parachutes
2. Paradigms
3. Parables
4. Paraffins
5. Paralyze
6. Parapets
7. Paranoids | Language | 04/29/08 |
#46087 | Behead F | 3.21 | 1.22 | MarcM1098 | When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. A trip through the air -> Illumination; not heavy
2. Travelling through the air -> Not telling the t... | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. L
2. L
3. A
4. R
5. U
6. O
7. I
8. E | 1. Flight -> Light
2. Flying -> Lying
3. Fact -> Act
4. Frank -> Rank
5. Fuse -> Use
6. Four -> Our
7. Fill -> Ill
8. Fever -> Ever | Language | 12/27/09 |
#23985 | Ballroom Dancing | 3.21 | 2.5 | tjm531 | Once a year, a ballroom dancing extravaganza at the local country club is the social event of the season. Each of five distinguished pairs stole the spotlight in a different dance, earning them not only the admiration of all those present but also a romantic dinner for two at the club on an evening of their choice. Fr... | The statement "Neither Audrey nor the woman who danced a stunning waltz is married to Mr. Powell..." means more than just that. | Andrew & Audrey Kavanaugh; mambo
Bradley & Phyllis Moylan; tango
Logan & Vanessa Levy; jitterbug
Nathan & Margaret Powell; fox trot
Stewart & Lorraine Northrop; waltz | Logic-Grid | 06/27/05 |
#27148 | Easy DROpalMS - For The Youngsters | 3.21 | 2.09 | smarty_blondy | A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same, if it's turned back-to-front. The names Bob, Eve, and Otto are all palindromes. So is the name of the pop group Abba. Try to identify palindromic words from the following clues. Good luck!
Example: Part of the body
Answer: Eye
1. Midday
2. A young dog
3. F... | No hint available. | 1. Midday - Noon
2. A young dog - Pup
3. Flat - Level
4. Word for addressing a lady - Madam
5. An Eskimo canoe - Kayak
6. A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc. - Radar
7. An action - Deed
8. Pieces of music for one person - Solos
9. Grass that grows on the seashore - Marram
10. In music, half a... | Language | 11/25/05 |
#50448 | Anagram Dictionary | 3.21 | 1.83 | cnmne | You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word.
Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob)
Words: chameleon, medium, physical, president, tung... | No hint available. | chameleon: a tidy house (clean home)
medium: a not too bright bird (dim emu)
physical: a boat constructed of thick mud-like soil (clay ship)
president: a device for trapping tarantulas (spider net)
tungsten: a cozy canvas shelter (snug tent) | Language | 10/29/14 |
#46331 | Behead M | 3.21 | 1.1 | MarcM1098 | When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Female parent -> Not one already mentioned; alternate
2. Several; large indefinite number -> One; so... | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. O
2. A
3. O
4. A
5. A
6. E
7. A
8. E | 1. Mother -> Other
2. Many -> Any
3. Moral -> Oral
4. Mask -> Ask
5. Manger -> Anger
6. Meager -> Eager
7. Mascot -> Ascot
8. Member -> Ember | Language | 02/08/10 |
#51418 | Misapplied Mathematics | 3.21 | 1.27 | ThinksForFun | What phrase is represented by the following?
a) 1/2 = 05
b) six percent = 006
c) four and a half = 45
d) pi = approximately 314 | No hint available. | missing the point | Rebus | 09/06/17 |
#46337 | Curtail M | 3.21 | 1.5 | MarcM1098 | When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Attract or please through personality -> To burn; scorch
2. Giving out moderate heat -> Conflict be... | The words start with these letters:
1. C
2. W
3. R
4. F
5. S
6. S
7. H
8. F | 1. Charm -> Char
2. Warm -> War
3. Realm -> Real
4. Firm -> Fir
5. Skim -> Ski
6. Seam -> Sea
7. Hem -> He
8. Farm -> Far | Language | 02/09/10 |
#52325 | Don't Expect to Detect | 3.21 | 0.83 | ThinksForFun | What is represented by the following?
HANY
HAEY
HAEY
HADY
HALY
HAEY | No hint available. | (a) needle in a haystack
"NEEDLE" is in a stack of "HAY"s. | Rebus | 01/02/20 |
#24967 | Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Fiasco | 3.21 | 1.61 | grinnychick | Harry and his friends decide to share the last of a packet of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour beans. None were impressed with the flavour of their bean, so each decided to show off their skills by casting a different spell on them. Who cast what spell on which bean?
(Note: Primary colours refer to those of pigments, ie b... | No hint available. | Harry levitated the red vomit flavoured bean.
Ron made the green cardboard flavoured bean speak uncontrollably.
Hermione made the blue snot flavoured bean grow.
Neville made his orange earwax flavoured bean disappear, much to his disappointment as he wanted it to multiply.
Hagrid exploded his purple mud flavoured b... | Logic-Grid | 07/30/05 |
#23093 | Forward and Back | 3.21 | 1.68 | gabe1991 | Each pair of hints below relates to two words. One of the words is the other one spelled backward. What are the ten word pairs?
Example: married, moisture
Answer: wed, dew
1. light source, rodents
2. dwell, wicked
3. retain, sneaking look
4. weapons, tight fit
5. portion, catching device
6. prize, furniture co... | No hint available. | 1. star, rats
2. live, evil
3. keep, peek
4. guns, snug
5. part, trap
6. reward, drawer
7. straw, warts
8. plug, gulp
9. tool, loot
10. ward, draw | Language | 05/23/05 |
#28457 | Pauline's Five Men in Europe | 3.21 | 2.52 | teaserboy | All of Pauline's favorite male relatives live in Europe. They are her father, her uncle, her first cousin, her brother, and her husband. In no particular order, their names are Daniel, Edgar, Wilfred, Luther, and Walter. Although they all live in Europe, no two men live in the same city. The cities in which they live a... | No hint available. | Daniel-Uncle-Berlin-Artist
Edgar-Husband-London-Professor
Wilfred-Father-Rome-Diplomat
Luther-Brother-Paris-Student
Walter-Cousin-Madrid-Correspondent | Logic-Grid | 02/05/06 |
#45987 | Behead C | 3.21 | 1.66 | MarcM1098 | When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Outer layer -> Oxidized metal
2. Defraud; violate rules -> Thermal energy in transit
3. Sensation ... | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. R
2. H
3. H
4. L
5. A
6. A
7. E
8. L | 1. Crust -> Rust
2. Cheat -> Heat
3. Chill -> Hill
4. Climb -> Limb
5. Cable -> Able
6. Caged -> Aged
7. Cease -> Ease
8. Clean -> Lean | Language | 12/13/09 |
#46757 | Curtail Y | 3.21 | 1.64 | MarcM1098 | When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Local region of land -> Determine the number
2. Small -> A metallic element
3. Sarcasm -> A metall... | The words start with these letters:
1. C
2. T
3. I
4. R
5. S
6. R
7. S
8. P | 1. County -> Count
2. Tiny -> Tin
3. Irony -> Iron
4. Ruby -> Rub
5. Slippery -> Slipper
6. Ready -> Read
7. Study -> Stud
8. Palsy -> Pals | Language | 04/18/10 |
#38111 | Family Sport | 3.21 | 2.24 | grilledcheese | Three brothers share a family sport:
A non-stop marathon
The oldest one is fat and short
And trudges slowly on
The middle brother's tall and slim
And keeps a steady pace
The youngest runs just like the wind,
Speeding through the race
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though... | No hint available. | The hands on a clock (hour, minute, and second). | Riddle | 09/04/07 |
#30509 | Spazy Croonerisms 6 | 3.21 | 2.59 | cnmne | A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rat... | No hint available. | 1) cave brat & brave cat
2) witch daughter & ditch water
3) dairy foods & fairy dudes
4) touch down & Dutch town | Language | 05/16/06 |
#36059 | What Fruits? | 3.21 | 1.82 | aresII | A different fruit (a total of twelve) is buried in every one of the following lines.
Example: A word is considered 'buried' when it can be read like P A R I S in the sentence "Grand-pa(pa ris)es at seven every morning."
Can you detect them?
Ah! If I get my good ship home
I'll find a tempting spot,
Where mayhap ... | No hint available. | Ah! I(f I g)et my good ship home
I'll fin(d a te)mpting spot,
Where mayh(ap ple)asant flowers will bloom,
And there I'll sha(pe a ch)arming cot.
Where bees sip (nectar in e)ach flower,
And Philo(mel on) hawthorn rests,
I'll sha(pe a r)ustic, sun-kissed bower -
A bower meet f(or ange)l guests.
Then she wh(o li... | Language | 04/05/07 |
#29387 | Inventions, Inventions! | 3.21 | 2.18 | Winner4600 | Dave, John, Cara, Robbie, and Kate are five budding inventors. Their newest inventions? Each has combined a popular ingredient with a drink! Figure out who's who, what their "mix" is, and when they each invented their product.
1. The five inventors are Dave, Ms. Roberts, the "Potato Man", the July inventor, and th... | No hint available. | Dave Kay, Marshmallow Soda, October
John Cora, Potato Cocktail, January
Cara Roberts, Banana Vodka, February
Robbie Davidson, Chocolate Lemonade, April
Kate Johnson, Peanut Smoothie, July | Logic-Grid | 03/28/06 |
#38400 | Words Within a Word #4 | 3.2 | 2.32 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser you must place a 3-letter word on the dashes to complete a word on the left and to begin another word with those letters on the right.
Example:
e a r _ _ _ m e = e a r T H Y/ T H Y m e
1. f e a t _ _ _ o i c = ?
2. c o u r _ _ _ n d a = ?
3. d i s p _ _ _ o v e r = ?
4. k e e _ _ _ s i s t =... | No hint available. | 1. featHER / HERoic
2. courAGE / AGEnda
3. dispLAY / LAYover
4. keePER / PERsist
5. runOFF / OFFice | Language | 09/22/07 |
#42128 | A Truly Gifted Teacher? | 3.2 | 2.39 | jazzmusician46 | Last week, the local Primary school was visited by the Government School Inspector who was there to check that teachers were performing well in their respective classes.
He was very impressed with one particular teacher. The Inspector noticed that each time the class teacher asked a question, every child in the class... | 1. The class teacher asked many questions.
2. All the children were normal kids and all of them raised their hands.
3. The children were not prompted beforehand with the questions or answers.
4. Not all the children knew the answers, but they still put up their hands. | The children were instructed to ALL raise their hands whenever a question was asked. It did not matter whether they knew the answer or not.
If they did not know the answer, however, they would raise their LEFT hand.
If they knew the answer, they would raise their RIGHT hand.
The class teacher would choose a diffe... | Situation | 06/03/08 |
#47985 | Common First Name | 3.2 | 2.1 | MarcM1098 | Some people's names (such as "Will Power") suggest a certain personality or career choice. Given below are some last names and professions (in no particular order). For each last name, your task is to think of a common first name, such that it suggests one of the given professions. Each last name and profession must be... | First Names: Crystal, Dee, Dinah, Lee, Paige, Sue | Crystal Ball - Astrologer (crystal ball)
Dinah Soares - Paleontologist (dinosaurs)
Paige Turner - Author (page turner)
Dee Major - Musician (D Major)
Lee King - Plumber (leaking)
Sue Mee - Lawyer (sue me) | Other | 09/24/10 |
#26068 | Weather or Not | 3.2 | 2.54 | mejoza | There are five weather forecasters getting ready for a weekend forecast. Each forecaster is predicting different weather and is choosing a suit and "tie" (yes, the women, too) of different color combinations. There are 3 men (John, Matt and Tim) and 2 women (Karen and Sarah).
Can you determine the color of the su... | No hint available. | John, black suit, orange floral tie, foggy
Tim, blue suit, striped pink tie, sunny
Sarah, gray suit, dotted teal tie, windy
Matt, brown suit, whimsical tan tie, rainy
Karen, olive suit, solid white tie, snowy | Logic-Grid | 09/24/05 |
#27813 | Spazy Croonerisms 5 | 3.2 | 2.57 | cnmne | A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rat... | No hint available. | 1) round hole & hound role
2) beer mug & mere bug
3) basket case & casket base
4) sly fox & fly socks | Language | 01/01/06 |
#36800 | Birbal The Wise - XVII | 3.2 | 2.3 | brainster | Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler; and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find the... | No hint available. | "No, Your Majesty," said Birbal. "I did not belittle you. The full moon diminishes and ultimately disappears whereas the quarter moon grows from strength to strength. What I, in fact, proclaimed to the world is that your power is growing from day to day whereas that of the king of Persia is declining."
Akbar was over... | Situation | 06/01/07 |
#24971 | Name The Flowers | 3.2 | 1.26 | Javian | Each of the clues make up a type of flower, for example "small container + to allow" would be "vial + let", or "violet."
Can you figure out these five?
1. an implement + flesh around mouth
2. foppish + a large carnivorous wildcat
3. to wed + a soft yellow element
4. a false statement + be deficient in
5. indica... | No hint available. | 1. Tulip (tool + lip)
2. Dandelion (dandy + lion)
3. Marigold (marry + gold)
4. Lilac (lie + lack)
5. Orchid (or + kid) | Language | 07/30/05 |
#50910 | Hyphen Word-Hunt 2 | 3.2 | 1.72 | dalfamnest | ** or Hyphen-Word Hunt! **
Some English words are usually paired with a hyphen. The rules for this are interesting to browse, and some word pairs can even be correctly written in three different ways - e.g. playgroup, play group, or play-group.
This teaser invites you find a commonly hyphenated word-pair inside a p... | 1. Confrontation
2. Full-scale
3. Boring
4. Sharply outlined
5. Wise guy | 1. RUN-IN
2. LIFE-SIZE
3. HO-HUM
4. CLEAN-CUT
5. KNOW-IT-ALL | Language | 10/11/16 |
#41205 | Case of the Missing O's | 3.2 | 1.64 | Scubee | The letter "o" has been removed from the following words. Can you guess them all?
1) utdr
2) bnxius
3) drus
4) nlker
5) nmatpeia
6) ppsitin
7) rthdx
8) cckat
9) prtbell
10) vd | There are three o's missing from every word except #5 and #10. | 1) outdoor
2) obnoxious
3) odorous
4) onlooker
5) onomatopoeia
6) opposition
7) orthodox
8) cockatoo
9) portobello
10) voodoo | Language | 03/25/08 |
#46807 | Back in Forth | 3.2 | 1.68 | MarcM1098 | Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word.
Example: di____ve (a defeat)
Answer: dissolve ("A defeat" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.)
1. dis____s (horse movement)
2. mi____ce (high mountains... | Here are clues for the eight-letter words:
1. deforms
2. lose
3. venue
4. abed | 1. distorts (TROT - dis_TORT_s)
2. misplace (ALPS - mi_SPLA_ce)
3. location (TACO - l_OCAT_ion)
4. sleeping (PEEL - s_LEEP_ing) | Language | 04/23/10 |
#46723 | Letter Juggle 4 | 3.2 | 1.2 | MarcM1098 | Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Eat - Fact
2. Fist - Spam
3. Ham - Smock
4. Tilde - Food
5. Sale - Cranking | 1. Accomplishment
2. Twitch
3. Fake
4. Water terms
5. Position | 1. Feat - Act
2. Fit - Spasm
3. Sham - Mock
4. Tide - Flood
5. Scale - Ranking | Language | 04/13/10 |
#22588 | A Day at the Zoo | 3.19 | 1.82 | kellgo | Three boys (Jake, Anthony and Carlos) and two girls (Abigail and Paige) went on a trip to the zoo. All five kids have five different favorite animals that they want to see: monkeys, alligators, bears, lions, and giraffes. Each of the five children ate one of the five different things as a snack: popcorn, chips, pretzel... | No hint available. | Jake: lions, pretzels, t-shirt
Anthony: alligators, popcorn, keychain
Carlos: giraffe, chips, plastic snake
Abigail: monkeys, nachos, stuffed monkey
Paige: bears, crackers, stuffed rabbit | Logic-Grid | 05/01/05 |
#27742 | Double-Nitions | 3.19 | 1.51 | peppamintp | Many of our everyday words have more than one meaning. Below are eleven pairs of definitions. Both definitions in each pair fit the same word. When read down, the first letters of the eleven answers will spell out the name of a beloved TV celebrity.
1. Spend time idly or bread unit
2. Worker's organization or marria... | No hint available. | 1. Loaf
2. Union
3. Cone
4. Interest
5. Lot
6. Light
7. Elite
8. Block
9. Arm
10. League
11. Lean
Celebrity: Lucille Ball | Language | 12/28/05 |
#32796 | Three Word Rhyme | 3.19 | 1.73 | Hana_Kimi | Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form "__, __, and __"
Example:
Clue = "Took, Sign, Blinker"
Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
1. Flop, Crook, Glisten
2. Pin, Brace, Though
3. Versed, Beckoned, Heard
4. Leg, Sorrow, Wheel
5. Bawl, Park, Ransom
6. Spra... | No hint available. | 1. Stop, Look, and Listen
2. Win, Place, and Show
3. First, Second, and Third
4. Beg, Borrow, and Steal
5. Tall, Dark, and Handsome
6. Small, Medium, and Large
7. Snap, Crackle, and Pop | Language | 09/02/06 |
#13551 | The Passwords | 3.19 | 2.4 | bobdole | A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation:
Man-"Hey bos... | It is nine letters long. Also, a "password" can be more than one word... | The old one was : Out of date
The new one is: Different
He said: My password is "Out of date." And the boss told him the new one when he said: "The password is different." | Other | 07/01/03 |
#37957 | Drift With The Current | 3.19 | 1.98 | grilledcheese | I drift forever with the current
Down these long canals they've made
Tame, yet wild, I run elusive
Multitasking to your aid.
Before I came, the world was darker
Colder, sometimes, rougher, true
But though I might make living easy,
I'm good at killing people too. | No hint available. | Electricity | Riddle | 08/25/07 |
#17735 | Go Ahead, Shoot | 3.19 | 1.76 | od-1 | Pirate Pete had been captured by a Spanish general and sentenced to death by his 50-man firing squad.
Pete cringed, as he knew their reputation for being the worst firing squad in the Spanish military. They were such bad shots that they would often all miss their targets and simply maim their victims, leaving them to... | No hint available. | Pete told them to form a circle around him. All the squad was facing in at Pete, ready to shoot, when they realized that everyone who missed would likely end up shooting another squad member. So no one dared to fire, knowing the risk. Thus at sundown he was released. | Mystery | 06/01/04 |
#39315 | Halloween Party | 3.19 | 2.41 | dreamlvr1432 | Happy Hauntings costume store threw their annual Halloween party, complete with food, dancing, and a little friendly competition. The company arranged 5 competitions (bobbing for apples, ring toss, scavenger hunt, pumpkin carving, and a scariest costume contest), with 5 different prizes (movie premier tickets, theater ... | No hint available. | Amy Smith, ghost, bobbing for apples, movie tickets
Robert Brown, Frankenstein, scariest costume, $50 gift certificate
Belinda Martinez, bat, ring toss, $20 gift certificate
John Beals, Dracula, scavenger hunt, theater tickets
Mary Black, skeleton, pumpkin carving, amusement park passes | Logic-Grid | 11/22/07 |
#49403 | Washington Crossing the Delaware | 3.19 | 2.54 | firefox99 | Below is a sonnet called "Washington Crossing the Delaware", written by David Shulman in 1936. Besides being an epic retelling of an epic historical happening, what is so amazing about this poem?
Washington Crossing the Delaware
A hard, howling, tossing water scene.
Strong tide was washing hero clean.
"How col... | No hint available. | Every single line in the poem is an anagram of the title, "Washington Crossing the Delaware"! Now isn't that something! | Language | 04/02/12 |
#46299 | Curtail L | 3.19 | 1.33 | MarcM1098 | When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Pebbles, rock fragments -> Tomb; serious
2. Prearranged fight with weapons -> Payable on demand; ow... | The words start with these letters:
1. G
2. D
3. F
4. T
5. I
6. D
7. E
8. P | 1. Gravel -> Grave
2. Duel -> Due
3. Feel -> Fee
4. Tool -> Too
5. Ideal -> Idea
6. Drawl -> Draw
7. Easel -> Ease
8. Pastel -> Paste | Language | 02/03/10 |
#4569 | The Pope Has It | 3.19 | 1.52 | mad-ade | The Pope has it but he does not use it.
Your father has it but your mother uses it.
Nuns do not need it.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one,
Michael J. Fox's is quite small.
What is it? | No hint available. | A last name. | Riddle | 06/08/02 |
#50753 | Delete a Letter 31 | 3.19 | 2.13 | cnmne | Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word.
1) a baked food made from flour (5 letters) & (delete 3rd l... | No hint available. | 1) bread & brad
2) ethnic & ethic
3) scant & scan
4) thread & tread | Language | 12/29/15 |
#23826 | Flower Power | 3.19 | 2.08 | Puppypaws129 | Five women bought five different types of flowers for different reasons on different days.
Names: Julia, Amy, Bethany, Rachel, and Kristen
Flowers: Roses, Daisies, Lilies, Tulips, and Carnations
Colors: Purple, Yellow, Pink, White, and Peach
Places or Occasions: Backyard, Park, Office, Wedding, and Birthday
Days: ... | No hint available. | Julia: Lilies, White, Wedding, Friday
Amy: Daisies, Purple, Birthday, Wednesday
Bethany: Tulips, Yellow, Backyard, Monday
Rachel: Carnations, Peach, Office, Tuesday
Kristen: Roses, Pink, Park, Thursday | Logic-Grid | 06/21/05 |
#45819 | Behead A | 3.19 | 1.89 | MarcM1098 | When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Time past -> Leave
2. Street -> Event location
3. Ends "Our Father" -> Fathers
4. Shared an opinio... | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. G
2. V
3. M
4. G
5. B
6. S
7. M
8. V | 1. Ago -> Go
2. Avenue -> Venue
3. Amen -> Men
4. Agreed -> Greed
5. Abuses -> Buses
6. Aspire -> Spire
7. Amount -> Mount
8. Avoid -> Void | Language | 11/26/09 |
#46385 | Curtail N | 3.19 | 1.23 | MarcM1098 | When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Fragmented; torn -> Lacking funds
2. Place of shelter; a refuge -> Possess; own
3. Community; vill... | The words start with these letters:
1. B
2. H
3. T
4. H
5. L
6. P
7. L
8. D | 1. Broken -> Broke
2. Haven -> Have
3. Town -> Tow
4. Heaven -> Heave
5. Lawn -> Law
6. Pawn -> Paw
7. Linen -> Line
8. Dozen -> Doze | Language | 02/17/10 |
#43309 | Haunted House | 3.19 | 2.54 | grilledcheese | Robert, the security guard, drew his gun, took a deep breath, and headed down a shadowy corridor full of plastic cobwebs, fake blood, and recorded screams. It was Robert's worst nightmare, a real-life killer on the loose in Cohan's Haunted House. At least one person was dead, and behind any one of these doors might lie... | No hint available. | Alicia Cohan
Alicia's "unconscious" body was too close to the door to allow the killer to exit.
Millie was right about Jason's state of mind. He had been ready to dump Alicia and return to his old love. But Alicia wasn't ready to let go.
While the others changed clothes, Alicia grabbed the ghost costume and the m... | Mystery | 10/12/08 |
#25591 | Dead Breakfast | 3.19 | 1.11 | jakeodee | What does this rebus represent?
1.Bob drowned Frosted Flakes
2.Joe buried Cap'n Crunch
3.Sarah threw Rice Krispies off a cliff
4.Emily shot Cocoa Puffs | No hint available. | Serial Killers
(Cereal Killers) | Rebus | 08/29/05 |
#20512 | Retro-Breakthrough 1 | 3.19 | 1.49 | The_best | A magazine competition invited people to come up with "invented" inventions of the cyber-age.
For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this is?
It is a portable arcade. A hand-held amusement resource with no cartridges or batteries. Acces... | No hint available. | A deck of cards. | Other | 01/21/05 |
#46035 | Curtail E | 3.19 | 1.45 | MarcM1098 | When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Evergreen tree -> Thin, pointed piece of metal
2. Burning process -> Evergreen tree
3. Gaze intent... | The words start with these letters:
1. P
2. F
3. S
4. T
5. W
6. S
7. S
8. U | 1. Pine -> Pin
2. Fire -> Fir
3. Stare -> Star
4. Theme -> Them
5. Wage -> Wag
6. Suede -> Sued
7. Severe -> Sever
8. Unite -> Unit | Language | 12/19/09 |
#14330 | The Protector | 3.18 | 2.27 | luvupurple | I am a protector.
I sit on a bridge.
One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide.
What am I? | No hint available. | Sunglasses.
(they sit on the bridge of your nose) | Riddle | 08/13/03 |
#46973 | Letter Juggle 8 | 3.18 | 1.51 | MarcM1098 | Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Died - Ante
2. Laze - Fibre
3. Clock - Lose
4. Font - Heard
5. Snaked - Tripped | 1. Consumed food
2. Burn
3. Secure
4. First
5. Bare | 1. Dined - Ate
2. Blaze - Fire
3. Lock - Close
4. Front - Head
5. Naked - Stripped | Language | 05/09/10 |
#16149 | Divided Countries Too | 3.18 | 1.32 | samm | The following clues each form a unique word by themselves, add them together to get the name of a country. Example: blue and yellow mixed + solid ground = ? Answer: green + land = Greenland
1. frozen water + solid ground of the earth = ?
2. used to refer to oneself + competed in a race = ?
3. anger or wrath +... | No hint available. | 1. ice + land = Iceland
2. I + ran = Iran
3. ire + land = Ireland
4. spa + in = Spain
bonus: new + zeal + and = New Zealand | Language | 01/12/04 |
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