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by: HenHanna - Wed, 20 Mar 2024 01:53 UTC

nice! pls tell me more Problems like these!

(i know a few French ones like these)

Why is K like a sunrise?
Why is L like a warm furnace?
Why is M a favorite with miners?
Why is N like a pig?
Why is O the only of five vowels that you can hear?

What is the longest word in English dictionary?
(Hint: it's more than 1 km long)

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by: HenHanna - Sun, 24 Mar 2024 01:19 UTC

What same 3-letter string has been taken out of each of the following words?
_ _ _ AND
B_ _ _ Y

What same 2-letter string has been taken out of each of the following words?
_ _ AND
B_ _ Y

What same letter has been taken out of each of the following words?
_ AND
# _ Y --------- where # can be any letter

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> nice! pls tell me more Problems like these!

> (i know a few French ones like these)

> Why is K like a sunrise?
> Why is L like a warm furnace?
> Why is M a favorite with miners?
> Why is N like a pig?
> Why is O the only of five vowels that you can hear?

What is the longest word in English dictionary? (Hint: it's more than 1 km long)

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Alphabetic Riddles -- pls tell me more Problems like these!	HenHanna
Re: Alphabetic Riddles -- pls tell me more Problems like these!	HenHanna