Word Play
Riddles that play with the meanings or sounds of words.
The Spelling Riddle
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
Answer: Incorrectly
The Unique Word
What 8-letter word has one letter in it?
Answer: Envelope
The Office Mystery
What building has the most stories?
Answer: A library
The Heavy Word
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Answer: Short (becomes 'shorter')
The Letter Riddle
What English letter flies, sings, and stings?
Answer: B (bee)
Missing Nine
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Answer: Silence
The Rainy Day
You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
Answer: The letter 'e'
First and Last
What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every race?
Answer: The letter 'e'
The Visible Riddle
What can you see in the middle of March and April that you can’t see at the beginning or end of either month?
Answer: The letter 'r'
The Path of Truth
What’s in a forest but never grows, is in rivers but never flows, is in a valley but never blows, is in the present but never grows?
Answer: The letter 'R'