We are little creatures;
All of us have little features.
One of us in glass is set;
One of us you'll find in jet.
Another you may see in tin;
And yet another is boxed within.
If next you should persue,
It can never fly from you.
What are we?
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To three fourths of a cross
add a circle complete
Then when two semicircles a perpendicular meet.
Next add a triangle that stands on two feet,
Then two semicircles and a circle complete.
Join these, and a plant well known you may greet.
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Pronounced as one
letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?
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I had a try too.
First I must find a topic to talk about. I could go on about this difficulty to construct
such a paragraph, which in fact is a lipogram. And I think I will, although it might
afflict hardship on you (boring). As soon as I think of additional facts about this topic
I will contact you. What is unusual about this paragraph?
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An
Englishman in a German shop. What comes next: FUNEX9VFN10E...?
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Can you come up with five words which have only these vowels in the following orders:
AEIOU, EIOUA, IOUAE, OUAEI, UAEIO
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| [F] |
[O] |
[G] |
[?] |
| [C][V] |
[K][L] |
[V][B] |
[Z][?] |
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Among
uncapitalized words that end with a long O sound such as "go" (last letter o),
how many words can you find that have a long O sound, and that each time ends with a
different last letter?
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In the following
line of letters eliminate six letters so that the remaining letters, without changing
their order, spell a familiar English word.
B S A I N X L E A T N T E A R S
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Read phonetically:
LOMEICWFN10EID
IF2FNI82CTV
INVUJ4UFN10EIDK
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This
eight-letter word has "kst" in the middle, in the beginning,
and at the end.
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What
word, which begins with the letter "e", contains no letter?
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What
word, which begins with the letter "e", contains no letter once?
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What
3-letter word in English has an odd start, an even finish and an infinitely long middle?
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Read
phonetically
EN,D6ENMESSN,8B10XB4A4A.
'IF18TX',ZDRTNIL8R,'XSX-A10R44T.'
'IF2SQY?',ZNFMN8NM8R,'XSFXFMN8FFX...'
'OK,USXUL4NR',ZDSSN,'A10R46T.'
'OK',D4NNM8RZ,'IFA5RN...IOUA5R.'
'IMNSSNNIFDMO...I4CNI4NI...'
'OK,IMB10. IFNNUET-A5R.'
'IDL. VFT42?'
'9IF2DV8.'
'4Y?'
'IF2PNDQSXSF.'
'G,PNDNX.'
'2NRK!!'
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1.
What letter cannot be seen?
2. What letter is like my selfish friend?
3. What letter is like New Year's Day?
4. What letter is like an island?
5. What letter is like a secretary in love?
6. What letter is trapped by shows at home?
7. What letter comes always the last in?
8. What letter is never angry?
9. What letter waits for the Messiah?
10. What letter knows it can't be beat?
11. What letter is like the summer?
12. Why are these letters (8,9,U,O,J,K,L) like a hurricane?
13. What letter can be found three times in Spanish Theatres?
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What
is the number of letters in the correct answer to this question?
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C B B D
A E
A H A
H A
B
H C
G H
G ?
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The
beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.
What am I?
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| Unusual Cryptic Clues The number(s) between the parentheses tells you how many letters the word or
words consist of. The numbers (4,3) mean: two words, the first four letters and the second
three letters.
1. B (7)
2. D (9)
3. E (6)
4. E (7)
5. E (13)
6. G (8)
7. GG (8)
8. GE E (7)
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9.
H (4,5)
10. LY (song, 4,3,6)
11. M (7)
12. R (8)
13. S (7)
14. U (Song 4,3)
15. Y (7)
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Starting
with the letter Q on your Qwerty-keyboard, what is the longest word you can find using
letters in the order you have passed them? You can use a letter more than once only when
you*re on it.
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Which
common six letter word in the English language cannot be pronounced when written like
this?
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Fill
in the following crossword grid using the clues.
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Down.
1. End of quest.
2. Disapprove.
3. A pencil, for example.
4. Recipient.
5. Goal of a preposition.
6. Point.
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Across.
1. Obligated.
7. Apiary residents.
8. Corvines.
9. Comfort.
10. Commandeer.
11. Badger. |
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Express
answers to the following one-word clues using just two letters of the alphabet. Example: Simple = EZ (Easy)
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1.
When read out loud, the below equation is obviously true. Out of the 14 symbols on the
left side of the equation (2 plus signs and 12 letters) can you strike out exactly half
the symbols and keep the equation true?
2. Can you find another solution by taking out 4 or less symbols on the left side of the
equation?
FIVE + SIX + SEVEN = 18
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Most
Polish people in the past, had exactly one.
Most Polish people alive today, have exactly two.
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XXVIIIVXVIIIV XVXIVCV XXIIIIXIX I XVIXXIXXVIXXVILV DVXIXIVIIXIVVXVIII XVXIVLIXIVV,
I DXXIXXCVIIIMIXIV IIIILLVIV XXVXXIIXVXIV XVIIIXVXXVIIXXIV.
VIIIV XXVIIIXVXXIVIIVIIIXX XXIXVI XXVIIIIXIX XXXVIIIICXI,
IXIV XXVIIIV VIXVXVIIIM XVVI I LIXMVXVIIIIIIIXI,
XVVI ILXII XVIXXIXXVIXXVILVXIX XXVIIIIXIX IXIX I VIIXXIIXVXVIIIIXXV XVVI MIXIVV!
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Fill in: 2 letters, but pronounced as 3 words.
The more you drink, the more . .
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