Riddle
Riddle is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 8 points
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of riddle
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nounA difficult problem.
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nounA coarse sieve (as for gravel).
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verbPierce with many holes.
“The bullets riddled his body”
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verbSet a difficult problem or riddle.
“riddle me a riddle”
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verbSeparate with a riddle, as grain from chaff.
Similar: screen
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of riddle
Words inside riddle
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- dried7
- idled7
- idler6
- redid7
- riled6
- died6
- lied5
- ride5
- deli5
- dire5
- idle5
- diel5
- lier4
- lire4
- redd6
- riel4
- rile4
- deil5
- dirl5
- ired5
- did5
- die4
- led4
- red4
- del4
- lie3
- rid4
- ire3
- lei3
- lid4
- rei3
- eld4
Words that rhyme with riddle
- middle
- fiddle
- diddle
- piddle
- twiddle
- widdle
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