Word Riddle:

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“Word Riddle: On the Mind…”


I am a word of letters six,
“Pertaining to the mind;”
Rearrange my letters, and I’ll “grieve,”
Because you are unkind;
Rearrange once more, and you have made
“A cloak” of me, you will find.

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Either good or bad…

My first is either good or bad,
May please or may offend you;
My second, in a thirsty mood,
Can very much befriend you.
My whole, though called a cruel word,
Is often deem’d a kind one;
With smiles it sometimes may be heard,
With tears, at others, blind one.


What am I?

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The Haughty Ones…

The haughty ones do it down upon
Does it up, the sincere student
I manage mine with clothes I don
When you do, contacts may augment.


Do you see which word answers this riddle?

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Behind the Barn…

Behind the barn at early morn I hear a herald blow his horn.
His beard was flesh, his mouth was horn,
The like of him was never born.

What did I hear?

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On every high tree…

On every high tree I may always be found Likewise on the towering hill;
I’m the sport of the boys, and when moving around
Sometimes do appear to stand still;
Reversed, in the mansion and cottage I’m seen;
I’m used by all people and easily made clean.

What am I?

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An Amphibious Riddle


A monosyllable I am,-a reptile, I vow;
If you put me together, I’m syllables two;
I’m English, I’m Latin, I’m one or the other,
What’s English for one half, is Latin for t’other.

What am I?

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Slender Riddle

Just equal are my head and tail, My middle slender as can be,
Whether I stand on head or heel,
‘Tis all the same to you or me.
But if my head should be cut off,
The matter’s true, although ’tis strange,
My head and body, severed thus,
Immediately to nothing change.

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The Greatest Warrior….

My body’s taper’d fine and neat I’ve but one eye, yet am complete;
You’d judge me, by my equipage,
The greatest warrior of the age;
For when you have survey’d me round,
Nothing but steel is to be found;
Yet men I ne’er was known to kill,
Though ladies’ blood I often spill.

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“What am I?”

I have no head, and a tail I lack, But oft have arms, and legs, and a back;
I inhabit the palace, the tavern, the cot-
‘Tis a beggarly residence where I am not.
If a monarch were present (I tell you no fable),
I still should be placed at the head of the table.
What am I?

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Short word puzzle: 3 clues

My first is a lie; my second is a lie; my whole is the emblem of innocence.
What am I?