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The Red Ruler
I am the highest rank
Unless you use the first
I am full, never blank
Sometimes I make you burst
I am surely one of a kind
The ruler of a formal wear
A man of wisdom you might find
In your hand I'm very fair
I have three good friends
All with swords in their hands
Our bond never ends
But I am different in thy lands
What am I?
Unless you use the first
I am full, never blank
Sometimes I make you burst
I am surely one of a kind
The ruler of a formal wear
A man of wisdom you might find
In your hand I'm very fair
I have three good friends
All with swords in their hands
Our bond never ends
But I am different in thy lands
What am I?
Hint
The title is somewhat of a hint.You also might Play with me.
Answer
King of DiamondsHighest rank, meaning the King
Unless the first, meaning the Ace (first meaning one)
Full, meaning the picture of him on the card has little blanks
Make you burst, meaning a burst of excitement (in most card games, it's great to have a King)
One of a Kind, meaning no other cards that are the same
Formal wear, meaning a suit
Man of wisdom, meaning you must use him wise
In your hand is very fair, meaning when you have a King in your cards (hand), you are playing very fair.
Three good friends, meaning the other Kings of the other three suits
All with swords in their hands, meaning they all have swords in their hands.
Our bond never ends, meaning they are always together (in a deck)
Different in thy lands, meaning that he is the only one without a sword in his hand (he has an ax)
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Liked it a lot, yup.
Wasn't crazy about the capitalized Burst (thought it might have been a game), but I'm so nitpicky!
Good stuff!
Wasn't crazy about the capitalized Burst (thought it might have been a game), but I'm so nitpicky!
Good stuff!
You had me stumped! I was thinking along lines of a play on words relating to a historical figure. I play cards all the time, so I shouldv'e gotten this one! SUPER teaser!
Congratulations cd on another really great teaser!
good one! I didn't get it!
I should have gotten it oh well it as good though
Im glad everyone liked it
I got it but it took awhile.... good one!
I thought the burst was a reference to the game of blackjack where a king could easily bust you..the sword reference set off my light bulb .. lots of good effort here..thanks for the entertainment
im with zonohobo, about blackjack
and im not sure how you came up with diamonds
and im not sure how you came up with diamonds
zonahobo ,sorry bout that
I knew it was the king but i couldnt tell which suite he was the king of
I had to make it tough, and something that u would need a little general knoledge to figure out, it was fun making it
good one
good one
I LOVED THIS ONE! IM ADDING IT TO MY FAVORITES!
The King of Diamonds is a fave for these types of puzzles because he's different to the other kings.
Good rhyme
Good rhyme
Never would have gotten it in a million years but I liked it. Good thing I'm not Bilbo Baggins! Gollum would have beat me with his riddles instantly and the whole Lord of the Rings would have ended right there! Keep listing good riddles like this one. Sooner or later I'll catch on!!
This is definitely a good one! I had to look at the hint then read it over again before i got it! good job
Great!! I had it narrowed down to King of Hearts or King of Diamonds and thought it was probably Diamonds, but I wasn't sure. I never realized he was only one with the axe...WTG
I was thinking just like ceeyaa above. Good teaser, cdrock. You rock!
Well i thought it was just kings so i went back and re read the riddle then i got it. Good one
i was just clueless
good 1! Keep writing others like it!
that was good, didnt get it until the last part, thats how i got it.
i actually got it. wow!!!
I knew it was a card of some sort..... but i don't play cards very often.....
SSSSWWWEEEETTTT TTTEEEEAAAASSSSEEEERRRR!!!!!
I am obviously DUMB. I did not get it. Good one
good teaser!!1 i may b stupid but it was cool!!!
Aug 14, 2005
Nice job, I can tell you put a lot of thought in that!!
wow! i bet that took a while to think of. i
was thinking of a game like Risk or Chess but couldnt make them fit. huh wonder why? i liked it. keep making them.
was thinking of a game like Risk or Chess but couldnt make them fit. huh wonder why? i liked it. keep making them.
Wow! You totally had me stumped! Keep the challenging riddles coming!
Great job with this teaser. I can't wait to share it with the family next time we get together to play cards.
great job i got it keep em coming
Its a good teaser, though I didn't get it!!
I didn't get it either. Good teaser though. I learned a bit of card trivia from this one!
Being in a poker game last night made this one easy.
NICE
I have to agree with eggface and emu. Nice teaser, but I would have never come up with the correct answer. Thanks for posting.
Very well written - kudos!
I really liked it, though I really can't say I got it, I didn't even realize it was talking about cards...
Good teaser, I didn't get it, didn't even come close, but it was well written.
Like ceeyaaa, I had it narrowed down to the red kings in a deck of cards, but didn't know about the axe, either.
Good riddle.
Good riddle.
Awesome Teaser!!!! I didn't even come close to the answer though!!
Fun teaser, I did not get it, but I had fun trying to reason it out.
I had guessed the queen of a chessboard.
looking at the answer made me think ...
I had guessed the queen of a chessboard.
looking at the answer made me think ...
I got it, and then showed it to my friends before we clicked the answer. I was right, and my friends each owe me a dinner!!! HAHA!!!
Great teaser!!!
Great teaser!!!
Brilliant! I had to come back and assess this riddle after seeing Four Brothers.
I knew almost immediately that it was a playing card King, so the challenge was figuring out which one.
That he was "the highest rank" and "ruler of a formal wear" made me think King of Clubs.
But the title hint made me think that "formal wear" might refer to Diamonds. Then again "man of wisdom" and "very fair" had me leaning toward Hearts.
Unfortunately, the last line was lost on me because I never realized that KOD wielded an axe.
Truly excellent work. Thank you.
I knew almost immediately that it was a playing card King, so the challenge was figuring out which one.
That he was "the highest rank" and "ruler of a formal wear" made me think King of Clubs.
But the title hint made me think that "formal wear" might refer to Diamonds. Then again "man of wisdom" and "very fair" had me leaning toward Hearts.
Unfortunately, the last line was lost on me because I never realized that KOD wielded an axe.
Truly excellent work. Thank you.
That was epic.
In a good way.
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In a good way.
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Got it... When I read Burst, though, I thought of Blackjack, and how a King could "burst" your hand, and make you go over 21... lol, either way I still got it though. Great Teaser!
Got it pretty quickly. It was decent, but I didn't love all of the references.
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