uu Words

Find at least two English words that have "uu" in them.

How is This Different

One of these words is not like the others. Which one, and how is it different? Race... borrow... taste... suspect... drive... dive.

Margot Likes Knights

Margot likes knights but not battlers; she likes writing but not typing; she likes to listen but not to sing. Does she like an unknown or a famous author?

Flower by any Other Name Becomes a Country

What flower becomes the name of any country by removing the first letter, becomes the name of a city when the last letter is removed and becomes the name of a bird if both first and last letters are removed?

Everyone Needs This Riddle

Everyone needs this, it's great with an 'r' on the end but you're sad when the first letter goes away. What is it?

Words in Common

What do these words have in common: age, blame, curb, dance, evidence, fence, gleam, harm, interest, jam, kiss, latch, motion, nest, order, part, quiz, rest, signal, trust, use, view, win, x-ray, yield, zone?

No Question Today

It's Monday morning and I'm feeling slow. Also, I like palindromes. So here's a bunch of palindromes anonymous posted back on "Do Geese See God?" If you have any more to share, post them below.


I, man, am regal a German am I
Never odd or even
If I had a hi-fi
Madam, I'm Adam
Too hot to hoot
No lemons, no melon
Too bad I hid a boot
Lisa Bonet ate no basil
Warsaw was raw
Was it a car or a cat I saw?

Rise to vote, sir
Do geese see God?
"Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod
Rats live on no evil star
Won't lovers revolt now?
Race fast, safe car
Pa's a sap
Ma is as selfless as I am
May a moody baby doom a yam?

Ah Satan sees Natasha
No devil lived on
Lonely Tylenol
Not a banana baton
No "x" in "Nixon"
O, stone, be not so
O Geronimo, no minor ego
"Naomi", I moan
"A Toyota's a Toyota"
A dog, a panic in a pagoda

Oh, no! Don Ho!
Nurse, I spy gypsies -- run!
Senile felines
Now I see bees I won
UFO tofu
We panic in a pew
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog

I Can Feel the Weekend Coming On

I am a path situated between high natural masses. Remove my first letter and you have a path situated between man-made masses. What am I?

By Adam

1. Which word retains the same pronunciation when you take away four of its five letters?

2. A man was to be sentenced in court, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?

These are the two other puzzles submitted by Adam. Thanks again, Adam!

Looks Like Boggle

Arrange the alphabet (except the letter Q) in a 5x5 grid. (The first line is ABCDE, the second is FGHIJ, etc.)

A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P R S T U
V W X Y Z

Begin with any letter. Move one letter at a time horizontally, vertically or diagonally, accumulating letters in order to form a word. For example, GAB would be an acceptable word. What is the longest word you can make without reusing a letter?

Monday Mornings

What's a word that begins with the letters "HE" and also ends with "HE"?

Bal Tyring Cen Rain Sour Dad

Julie was writing out some of her favorite phrases, but realized her word processor was going haywire (it certainly wasn't her typing skills!).  Each time she wrote out a word, one letter was found to be wrong.

Can you help her out and edit the phrases?

1. Ill word end so plan takes pack I pull toy.
2. I pool ant has honey ale boon panted.
3. Paste net wart pot.

Here Lies a Special Word

What word begins with 'h', ends with 'n', contains six letters, and contains eight words besides itself without transposing a single letter?

Same as the First

Each of the following words is missing its first and last letter.  Lucky for you, the letter is the same (front and back).  For example: _rus_ can be solved with the letter t: trust. 

Can you solve each one?

1. _rom_
2. _rou_
3. _ooda_
4. _hrif_
5. _regan_
6. _ypis_
7. _apto_
8. _umm_
9. _verd_
10. _otato_

Buffalo buffalo

What's so special about the following sentence?

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

Can You Hear the Call

Which of these do not belong?

• puffin
• siskin
• calabash
• mallard
• merlin
• goshawk

Bonus Points If You Can Define Them All

Which two words in the list are the closest in meaning?

• Cristate
• Crossed
• Moribund
• Elevated
• Tufted
• Crystallized
  

Can You Think of a Word That Starts With XYZ

Add three letters to the beginning of the five words below to form five new words. The three letters added have to be the same three letters (for instance, if you determine xyz are the three letters, then each of the five new words must start with xyz).

her
ion
or
if
to

Nine Letters

Find the two nine-letter antonyms using the letters below:

ERURP
VDRTO
SRESP
YAA

Solve the Puzzle

Using the first set of words as your clue, fill in the missing word inside the parentheses below.

CONE (NICK) KRIS
LISP (_ _ _ _) ETON