Real Word Spelling
Riddles
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Rules & Stuff
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100

What vowel team would complete the spelling of these words: b_ _ t, fl _ _ t, c _ _ t, c _ _ ch?

OA

100

If you drop me, I will crack. Give me a smile, and I'll smile right back. What am I?

a mirror

100

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

darkness

100

How do you know how many syllables a word has?

Count the number of vowels 

100

Bobby's mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?

Bobby

200

a singing show on TV; what we speak with

voice

200

You buy me to eat, but you never eat me. What am I?

Fork, plate, spoon

200

What comes down but never goes up? Hint- it has an AI vowel team in it

rain

200

Can you ever start a word with ck?

no

200

Imagine you are trapped in a closet with a locked door. How do you get out?

Stop imagining

300

a piece of equipment used to till the ground

plow

300

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

teapot

300

I sometimes run but I cannot walk. What am I?

a nose

300

How many syllables in: contribution?

4

300

What runs but never gets tired?

a refrigerator

400

to bother; pester; bug

annoy

400

What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left hand?

your left elbow

400

Why are teddy bears never hungry?

they are always stuffed

400

When do we double a letter when spelling a word?

If we hear a short vowel sound, but the letters wouldn't make it short on their own.

400

Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining. He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn't have a hat. When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but not a hair on his head was wet. How was this possible?

He's bald

500

This is something you have for breakfast, it is a compound word and each word has a different vowel team in it.

oatmeal

500

What do you get if you multiply all the numbers on a phone's number pad?

0

500

What building has the most stories?

a library

500

What long I vowel team spelling that has three letters and often is followed by t.

igh

500

A cowboy rode into town on Friday. Three days later, he left on Friday. How is that possible?

Friday is the name of his horse.

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