Friday Riddle

nudgie
nudgie Member Posts: 1,478 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
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When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.

1. Small piece broken off -> Body part
2. Threw with force -> Body part
3. Sudden bursts of light -> Body parts
4. Body part -> Playing card; someone skilled in a field
5. Body part -> Type of evergreen tree
6. Body part -> Relatives; family
7. Body part -> Sky; atmosphere
8. Body part -> Great distance above

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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #2
    Here goes
    1. tear and ear
    2. whip and hip
    3. flashes and lashes
    4. face and ace
    5. spine and pine
    6. skin and kin
    7. hair and air
    8. thigh and high
  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg Member Posts: 731
    #3
    AnneCan said:

    Here goes
    1. tear and ear
    2. whip and hip
    3. flashes and lashes
    4. face and ace
    5. spine and pine
    6. skin and kin
    7. hair and air
    8. thigh and high

    yes, except ...
    I suggest chip/hip for 1. and slung/lung for 2.

    --Greg
  • abrub
    abrub Member Posts: 2,174 Member
    #4
    AnneCan said:

    Here goes
    1. tear and ear
    2. whip and hip
    3. flashes and lashes
    4. face and ace
    5. spine and pine
    6. skin and kin
    7. hair and air
    8. thigh and high

    And I came up with
    2. flung and lung

    (Also, chip and hip for 1)

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