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Are you very verbal? Are you good at understanding the written word and playing with it? Then you'll love this category, filled with challenging word play riddles!

City Names: Sprouts' first name.

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City name sounds like: "Sprouts' first name."
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City Names: Rooster appears after sudden loud noise.

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Which city can be also named: "Rooster appears after sudden loud noise."
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So Fragile

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What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
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A 7 Letter Word

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I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. What am I?
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Hands But Can't Clap

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What has hands but can't clap?
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Shorter Word

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What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
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Gollum's Riddle

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This was Gollum's final riddle from The Hobbit: "This thing all things devours; Bird, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slay king, ruins town, and beats a mountain down."
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Four of Five

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What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
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The Carnival Trick

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A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $10, but if I cannot, I will pay you $10." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $10. How did the man win the bet?
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One Left

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What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
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Run But Can't Walk

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What can run but can't walk?
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Back to Front

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What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
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One Eye But Can't See

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What has one eye, but can’t see?
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A Term Used to Confirm

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I am a term used to confirm. But take away my front, my face, I become known as human avarice.
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Once in a Minute BUT Never in a Thousand Years

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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
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The Odd Number

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I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
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Die in the Light

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I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me. What am I?
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City Names: Armed conflict cutting tool.

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This city might as well be named "Armed conflict cutting tool."
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I live in my little house all alone...

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I live in my little house all alone. There are no windows or doors, and if I want to go out I have to break through the wall. What am I?
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The Jones Brothers

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One snowy night, Detective Anderson was in his house reading a book. All of a sudden a stone came crashing through his window, breaking it. Anderson got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood brats who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were Alan Jones, Mark Jones and Peter Jones. Not knowing of Anderson's reputation as a genius detective, the two innocent brats teased him by sent a note with clue on Anderson's front door. The note reads "? Jones. He broke your window." Which one of the three Jones brothers should Anderson question about the incident?
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Keys But No Locks...

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I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can't go outside. What am I?
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City Names: Before noon, gaze at water barrier.

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What city's name can be described as: "Before noon, gaze at water barrier."
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Brings You Down

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What brings you down but never up?
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Connecting Two, Touching One

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What connects two people but touches only one?
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What Runs Around the Backyard...

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What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
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Hold Without Touching

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What is something you can hold without ever touching?
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The four letter word ending in K.

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What four letter word that ends in “k” means the same as intercourse?
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What do you answer without being questioned?

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What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?
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As a Stone Inside a Tree

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As a stone inside a tree, I’ll help your words outlive thee. But if you push me as I stand, the more I move the less I am. What am I?
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It has existed for millions of years...

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It has existed for millions of years, but is never more than a month old. What is it?
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