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One and halfscore, the posts are showing,
win, place, and show united is rejection as a marking;
the middle five of the whole, a type of setting,
the last eight is a man prone to writing.
Four in one, its middle two is a cannon booming,
with bursts of fire like a hundred stars dancing;
within that center is a country if you're looking,
a city you'll find,if you focus on the beginning.
Its first quarter is a letter with a greeting,
the next,a memory with one millennium missing;
then a duke,a prince or a king,
the last,an endless catch in the sport of fishing.
QUESTION: What is the word?
win, place, and show united is rejection as a marking;
the middle five of the whole, a type of setting,
the last eight is a man prone to writing.
Four in one, its middle two is a cannon booming,
with bursts of fire like a hundred stars dancing;
within that center is a country if you're looking,
a city you'll find,if you focus on the beginning.
Its first quarter is a letter with a greeting,
the next,a memory with one millennium missing;
then a duke,a prince or a king,
the last,an endless catch in the sport of fishing.
QUESTION: What is the word?
Hint
The following makes the riddle a piece of cake.Eleven posts is the number of letters in the spelling,
top three finishers,a mark used in correcting,
the last eight is an author of love and loving,
four is the count after syllabicating.
The cannon in the middle is a candle for celebrating,
in the city lives the shepherd who gives a blessing,
the country is Islamic,rich and oil-producing,
all these found in the center of the readers calling.
The letter or mark to the past is referring,
the memory allows none but watching,
the royal blood, their kind must have a bearing,
the catch is a fish with its tail missing.
QUESTION: What is the reader's calling?
Answer
The mark is the letter X in Greek writing,the memory is Read-Only with its M lacking,
the royalty mentioned are male in being,
the fish is a CERO, its tail O missing.
The Greek letter is CHI,former its meaning,
ROMAN is a candle,a numeral or a font setting,
the city is ROMA, OMAN,the country just reminding,
the author is a ROMANCER, romance is his choosing.
CHI,RO,MAN, and CER,syllables we're adding,
CHI and ROMANCER, the eleven that were showing,
it is now clearer than the future he is telling,
that CHIROMANCER is the word and reading the future,his calling.
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I though A Chiromancer was someone who could predict when you were going to get back ache. Lol Good Riddle!!
Thanks a lot. I enjoyed solving most of your teasers too.
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that was really hard ... probably because i'm younger than u guys (im guessing). didnt guess it, never heard the word, and *shame shame on me for this* used THESAURUS! lol Oo; GOOD RIDDLE!
-tangerine-
that was really hard ... probably because i'm younger than u guys (im guessing). didnt guess it, never heard the word, and *shame shame on me for this* used THESAURUS! lol Oo; GOOD RIDDLE!
-tangerine-
Thanks. I guess I am old at 17. Braingle is such a help for young and old, don't you think?
Even after reading the hint and the answer, I still need a Thesauraus, a Dictionary and a translater. I would honestly like to preserve the brain of any person in this entire universe who can comprehend that riddle without looking at the answer! If I am going to spend precious hours of my life trying to solve something, I would like to know that I have at least some small chance of success!
oh my goodness! I tryed but in the end I gave up, looked at the hint but when I saw the length of it I decided just to admit defeat! Must of took you ares to think up that one. would be great for anyone who has got a genius mind & hours to spare
I didn't look up the word Chiromancer, but I looked up Griphook. It read: Progeny of Einsten.
Wow. That was HARD! I feel like I just gave my brain a workout. Never heard of the word *blushes* but a great riddle nonetheless.
Very Creative
This teaser is written in such a jumbled way that it's very unpleasant to read.
you are probably right smile,always smile
I don't believe you are 17
you obviously never run out of good ideas
many thanks
One of thehardest .... One of the best
I'm sure it is a good teaser, but I diddn't get a word of it
Wow, that was very difficult, but very fun!
I read the whole thing twice & I studied the answer,but I still don't get it!
P.S. I'm not young either.
P.S. I'm not young either.
I read the whole thing twice & I studied the answer,but I still don't get it!
P.S. I'm not young either.
P.S. I'm not young either.
no worries... only a few liked this one.
doesn't make any sense.
I read all of it a few times.
The hint didn't make any sense either
I read all of it a few times.
The hint didn't make any sense either
sheesh!
woah, that was ridiculously hard!
It was really very hard; I didn't get it, even after mulling over it a long time.
On the other hand, it was very well written and quite original!
On the other hand, it was very well written and quite original!
Dec 12, 2007
Very interesting. Each portion of the riddle and the hint make sense, though it is very difficult to follow as the portions aren't separated. I enjoyed it. Thanks.
it could be good, but ur trying way too hard to rhyme it and it doesnt really rhyme. other wise its good
OMG, that was so blooming hard!
Excuse me while I go get an ice pack for my head
Excuse me while I go get an ice pack for my head
I thought it was a BI-romancer. 🤷â€â™€ï¸
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