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5 Tough Word Riddles

5 Tough Word Riddles

Do you think you are good with words? Are you a walking dictionary? Give your word knowledge a test with these 5 tough word riddles.

Cut one-off and I become stronger

I have 3 letters.

Cut one off and I become stronger

Cut two off and I become ten

What word am I?

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I am the word fox. Removing the f leaves ox, a stronger animal. Cutting off the fo leaves X, the roman numeral for 10.

Keep removing a letter

Which is the only word in the English dictionary that if you keep removing a letter, it is still a word?

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STARTLING

STARTING

STARING

STRING

STING

SING

SIN

IN

I

3 consecutive double letters

I am an English word with 3 consecutive double letters. What word am I?

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Bookkeepper

7 letter word becomes longer

What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?

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Lounger

Country and then opposite

I am a 5 letter English word

If you remove my first letter I become a country

If you then remove another letter I become the opposite

What word am I?

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Woman

Oman

Man

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