Test Your Wits!

Mind Boggling Riddles

Here are five riddles that will surely puzzle you. So, put your thinking caps on and start pondering! You can share your answers in the comments section. I will post the answers to these riddles tomorrow.

1. You are a bus driver, 8 people get on, 2 people get off, 2 more people get on and another 1 gets off. Finally, 3 more people get on and 2 get off again. How old is the bus driver?

2. What is heavy forward but not backward?

3. I have one eye. I see near and far. I hold the moments you treasure and the things that make you weep. What am I?

4. I am pronounced as one letter, written with three. I come in blue, black, brown, or grey. Reverse me and I read the same either way. What am I?

5. What is the longest word that uses each letter just once?

Fun Facts about Words

• The word 'synonym' does not have any synonym.

• The longest (common) word without any vowels is rhythms.

• The longest word which you can make with just four letters is 'senseless'.

• 'N', 'R' and 'T' are the most commonly used consonants in the English Language.

• There is actually a word for the phrase 'The day before yesterday', which is 'nudiustertian'