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The document presents a series of word riddles that challenge the reader's thinking and creativity. Each riddle is followed by its answer, showcasing clever wordplay and lateral thinking. The riddles range in difficulty and encourage imaginative problem-solving.

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Word Riddles

Big words and small words and all the words in between. This challenge requires you to think outside the
box, but still think like an English Dean. Some are tricky and others are simpler than they seem.

“Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.”

Mark Twain

1. Jimmy’s mother had three children. The first was called April, the second
was called May. What was the name of the third child?
(Answer) Jimmy

2. A truck driver is going opposite to the traffic on a one-way street. A police


officer sees him but doesn’t stop him. Why didn’t the police officer stop
him?
(Answer) The truck driver was walking on the side of the
road; not driving.

3. What is as light as a feather but the strongest man cannot hold for long?
(Answer) Breath

4. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?


(Answer) The future

5. What building has the most stories?


(Answer) The library

6. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he
wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?
(Answer) He weighs meat.

7. When may a man's coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?
(Answer) When the pocket has a hole in it.
8. I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express
happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in
risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out
of darkness.
What am I?
(Answer) The letter “s”

9. The more that there is of this, the less you see. What is it?
(Answer) Darkness

10. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
(Answer) Your name

11. What can be big, white, dirty and wicked?


(Answer) A lie

12. I weaken all men for hours each day.


I show you strange visions while you are away.
I take you by night, by day take you back,
None suffer to have me, but do from my lack.
(Answer) Sleep

13. You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a
fireplace. Which do you light first?
(Answer) The match.

14. A man was taking a walk outside when it started to rain. The man didn’t
have an umbrella, and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes got
soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
(Answer) The man was bald.

15. Name four days of the week that start with the letter “T.”
(Answer) Tuesday, Thursday, today and tomorrow.

16. What word looks the same backwards and upside down?
(Answer) SWIMS

17. A boy fell off a 20-foot ladder but did not get hurt. Why not?
(Answer) He fell off the bottom step.

18. How many letters are there in the alphabet?


(Answer) Eleven: T-H-E-A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T.

19. You walk across a bridge and you see a boat full of people, yet there
isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
(Answer) All the people on the boat are married.

20. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?


(Answer) The letter “C”.

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