Classic Wordplay
I am a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be. What am I?
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Few.
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
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Short.
I am odd. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
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Seven.
What begins with E, ends with E, but only contains one letter?
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An envelope.
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
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A ton.
You see me once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years. What am I?
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The letter M.
I am in sun but not wet, in rain but not dry. What am I?
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The letter N.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
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Bookkeeper.
How can you make the number one disappear by adding one letter?
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Add a G — ONE becomes GONE.
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
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Incorrectly.
Logic and Lateral Thinking
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
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A joke.
What has one eye but cannot see?
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A needle.
A bus driver goes past three stop signs without stopping and doesn’t break any laws. How?
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The driver is walking.
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
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Two.
What can you catch but not throw?
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A cold.
What has cities, rivers, and roads, but no people, water, or cars?
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A map.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
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A towel.
What has hands but never claps?
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A clock.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
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A sponge.
I fly without wings and cry without eyes. What am I?
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A cloud.
What has a neck but no head?
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A bottle.
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
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Footsteps.
Tricky Middle School Challenges
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
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An echo.
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
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A stamp.
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
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A keyboard.
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
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Silence.
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
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Your name.
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
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A bank.
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are in the family?
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Four girls and three boys.
What building has the most stories?
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A library.
I am always hungry and must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
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Fire.
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
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A window.
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