Riddles

noun verb

A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

Meaning

  1. (noun) A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature. “Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?”
  2. (noun) An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
  3. (verb) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
  4. (verb) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question. “Riddle me this.”
  5. (noun) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
  6. (noun) A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
  7. (verb) To put something through a riddle or sieve, to sieve, to sift. “You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.”
  8. (verb) To fill with holes like a riddle. “The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets.”
  9. (verb) To fill or spread throughout; to pervade. “Your argument is riddled with errors.”
  10. (noun) A curtain; bed-curtain
  11. (noun) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south
  12. (verb) To plait

Letter breakdown

  • Riddles contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
  • It uses 6 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 9.

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What does Riddles mean?

A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

How many letters are in Riddles?

Riddles has 7 letters.

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