There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
My first is a number, my second another,
And each, I assure you, wil rhyme with the other.
My first you will find is one-fifth of my second,
And trly my whole a long period reckoned.
Yet my first and my seond(nay, think not I cozen),
When added together will make but two dozen.
How many am I?
State and Capital
What are the only 2 states that have their state name in their capital?
Two New Words
Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones:TABLE - - - - HOUSE
Letter A
Which word that begins with the letter I and by adding the letter A becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
Not a Raincoat
What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
Sequences of Time
Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May 1978 at 12:34 a.m.What was it?
Same Upside Down
What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
-at Words
What word doesn"t belong in this group? That hat what mat cat sat pat or chat?"
Anagrams
Can you complete this sentence using words which are anagrams of each other? 'At the school recently only the students could solve the equation.'
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I start with the letter 'e' and end with the letter 'e' and i usually contain 1 letter BUT i am not the letter 'e'!! what am i??
Y
can you read this? Yy u r Yy u bI c u Yy 4 me
Longer
What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?
FACETIOUSLY has the six vowels
The word FACETIOUSLY contains the six vowels A-E-I-O-U and Y in their alphabetical order. Can you find another English word that does the same?
Next 3 letters
What is the next 3 letters in this riddle? o t t f f s s _ _ _
I'm a word that's hardly there.
I'm a word that's hardly there.
Take away my start, and I'm an herbal flair.
What am I?
I Surround every place
I am the beginning of the end and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation and I surround every place. What am I?
He and He
Name an English word of more than 2 letters that both begins and ends with the letters 'he' in that order. There are two possible answers.
Kst in the Middle
Name an eight letter word that has kst in the middle in the beginning and at the end.
Shorter Word
Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
