# Word Riddles with Answers

Source: https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/word

## What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?

**Answer:** Incorrectly. The word “incorrectly” is always spelled i-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t-l-y.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-word-is-spelled-incorrectly-in-every-dictionary

## What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

**Answer:** The letter M. M appears once in “minute”, twice in “moment” and never in “a thousand years”.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-comes-once-in-a-minute-twice-in-a-moment-but-never-in-a-thousand

## I can be cracked, made, told and played. What am I?

**Answer:** A joke. You can crack a joke, make a joke, tell a joke and play a joke.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/i-can-be-cracked-made-told-and-played-what-am-i

## What kind of room has no doors or windows?

**Answer:** A mushroom. The word mushroom ends in “room”, but it is a fungus.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-kind-of-room-has-no-doors-or-windows

## What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?

**Answer:** A teapot. A teapot starts and ends with the letter T and holds tea.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-begins-with-t-ends-with-t-and-has-t-in-it

## What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

**Answer:** Short. Add “er” to short and you get shorter.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-word-becomes-shorter-when-you-add-two-letters-to-it

## What starts with an E, ends with an E, but usually contains only one letter?

**Answer:** An envelope. An envelope begins and ends with E and holds a single letter.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-starts-with-an-e-ends-with-an-e-but-usually-contains-only-one

## Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

**Answer:** Ton. A ton is heavy, and “ton” spelled backward is “not”.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/forward-i-am-heavy-but-backward-i-am-not-what-am-i

## What word is always pronounced wrong?

**Answer:** Wrong. The word “wrong” is always pronounced “wrong”.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-word-is-always-pronounced-wrong

## What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?

**Answer:** Day and night. Day breaks every morning, and night falls every evening.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-breaks-but-never-falls-and-what-falls-but-never-breaks

## Where does today come before yesterday?

**Answer:** In the dictionary. T comes before Y, so “today” is listed before “yesterday”.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/where-does-today-come-before-yesterday

## What four-letter word reads the same forward, backward and upside down?

**Answer:** NOON. NOON is a palindrome, and in capitals it still reads NOON when turned upside down.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-four-letter-word-reads-the-same-forward-backward-and-upside-down

## What word contains all 26 letters?

**Answer:** Alphabet. “The alphabet” contains all 26 letters.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-word-contains-all-26-letters

## Which English word has three double letters in a row?

**Answer:** Bookkeeper. Book-keeper: OO, KK and EE in a row.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/which-english-word-has-three-double-letters-in-a-row

## I am a word of three letters. Add two more and fewer there will be. What word am I?

**Answer:** Few. Add “er” to few and you get fewer.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/i-am-a-word-of-three-letters-add-two-more-and-fewer-there-will-be-what

## What starts with P, ends with E and has thousands of letters?

**Answer:** A post office. A post office handles thousands of letters every day.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-starts-with-p-ends-with-e-and-has-thousands-of-letters

## What is at the end of a rainbow?

**Answer:** The letter W. The word “rainbow” ends with the letter W.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-is-at-the-end-of-a-rainbow

## What is the center of gravity?

**Answer:** The letter V. The middle letter of the word “gravity” is V.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-is-the-center-of-gravity

## What kind of coat is best put on wet?

**Answer:** A coat of paint. Paint goes on wet and dries on the wall.

https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-kind-of-coat-is-best-put-on-wet