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What is at the end of a rainbow?
A riddle that borrows from folklore. Everyone expects a pot of gold, but the answer is sitting at the end of the word itself.
What is at the end of a rainbow?
Hint: Spell it.
Reveal the answer
The letter W
The word “rainbow” ends with the letter W.
How to solve it (spoilers)
How to think about it
- The legend says a pot of gold is at the end of a rainbow. The hint says to spell, so the legend is a decoy.
- Look at the end of the word r-a-i-n-b-o-w.
- The last letter is W.
- The letter W is at the end of “rainbow”.
Why “the letter W” is the answer
Spell out “rainbow” and the final letter is W, so the letter W is literally at the end of a rainbow. The riddle sets the folklore answer in front of you and then asks you to read the word instead of picturing the sky. The hint “spell it” is the whole method.
Common wrong answers
- A pot of gold. That is the legend, but the hint tells you to spell the word.
- Nothing. Real rainbows have no end you can reach, but the word certainly does.
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