Anagram Riddle 8
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
I am a set of three words, all with the same six letters.
First I am a kingdom, though not royally so.
Then spell me backwards, and I become a thin plate.
Now rearrange my consonants, leaving my vowels in place ...
I am now a type of paper.
What are the words?
Answer
animal = a kingdom, not royal, but biological
lamina = a thin plate
manila = a type of paper
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Sunrose   
Jan 17, 2006
| Enjoyed this one. Good Job, fun and not easy to solve.  |
brainster
Jan 17, 2006
| Wow! You got me! |
SPUTNIK2
Jan 17, 2006
| Fun! Fun! Fun!  |
(user deleted)
Jan 17, 2006
| nice ones...... very..... |
TheEarthling  
Jan 17, 2006
| Cool! |
WJSMama
Jan 17, 2006
| That was fun. I got the first one easily, but I wasn't sure it was right since I never heard of lamina  |
wolfmanh
Jan 18, 2006
| Great one,but got it wrong |
cachly
Jan 18, 2006
| Its fun hehehe |
(user deleted)
Jan 19, 2006
| cool |
puttaholic 
Jan 19, 2006
| i had no idea what a lamina is, but i got animal right |
Katelin
Jan 20, 2006
| That was great; I loved the kingdom part! Keep up the good work! |
mitzimesser
Jan 24, 2006
| That was fun & informative. My new word for the day is lamina. Very cool. |
Armaidenpriya
Jan 24, 2006
| YAY!!! I finally got one!!! (only the first word though... - does that count?) |
choptlivva
Jan 31, 2006
| Really cool teaser!! I liked it! Got it right too!! |
bluehawk
Feb 27, 2006
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i ENJOYED THIS ONE, AT FIRST HARD, THEN BECAME EASY.
ONLY BECAUSE I SNEEKED A PEAK, TEE HEE.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
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americangirl06
Feb 27, 2006
| Fun, but harder than I thought it would be! |
bobbet
Feb 27, 2006
| never heard of thin plate .  |
speediebean
Feb 27, 2006
| Very nice work! Fun and informative, and I wasn't able to get it even with my thesaurus!! 
And, a YAY for everyone *not* posting any negatives!!
(IMO, this one certainly doesn't deserve any!!) |
churchlady
Feb 27, 2006
|   I can't believe I didn't get this - after I saw the answer, it seemed so simple! Oh well. Thanks and keep them coming. |
coachpisco
Feb 27, 2006
| That was REALLY tough! |
bradon182001
Feb 27, 2006
| This was a really good one. |
nathalia
Feb 27, 2006
| This was a really good teaser.I enjoyed it  |
lindquist_25
Feb 27, 2006
| I got the first two. I thought it was good. Nice job! |
vlerma
Feb 27, 2006
| I really enjoyed this one. Took me a while to come up with the first answer but after I did the rest fell in very earsily. Lamina is a form of laminate, you know, like putting a plastic covering on things like your driver's liscense or ss no. Anyhow, great job, cnmne. Keep them coming. |
mkidd053
Feb 27, 2006
| Tough one. Never would guess lamina and manila. Good work. |
highlama
Feb 27, 2006
| When I realized I was supposed to switch consonants for "lamina" rather than "animal" it got a whole lot easier ... Good fun! |
iteachkids
Feb 27, 2006
| Yeah, good one! I, too, got the first two words, but I couldn't get to "manila" ... I didn't think to put a consonant IN FRONT OF the first "a".  |
Jochie
Feb 27, 2006
| Very cool. I only managed to get this because I'm a Survivor fan. |
lorakristin
Feb 27, 2006
| Great Riddle!!! The thin plate got me Keep challenging us!! |
rot10qt4life
Feb 27, 2006
| as many i have never heard of lamina. i thought it was pretty hard but i didnt have my thinking cap all of the way on It was interesting and i'd like to see more of its kind |
stm8r1
Feb 27, 2006
| Highlama, the vowels for both "manila" and "animal" are in the same order so why would it matter which word you "started" with before moving the consonants around? You got it in the end, though, so good job! |
southerngirl13
Feb 27, 2006
| omg!! i luved that 1!! it was the best i've seen in a WHILE!! gr8 job, whatsyourname!! lol. i'm so proud that someone actually submitted 1 that was worth reading and figuring out! |
southerngirl13
Feb 27, 2006
| la la la la la la la la la la. as u can probably see, i'm REALLY bored |
Ouchy1
Feb 27, 2006
| Nice one, and i got animal and manilla, but it's spelled with 2 L's, you know. |
azbee123
Feb 27, 2006
| very very very cute. and maniLLa is spelled with two Ls.... just incase you were wondering...
its ok though.... still cute |
cnmne
Feb 27, 2006
| manila or manilla? One of those words that can be spelled either way. |
spec4p
Feb 27, 2006
| NICE JOB |
KatV
Feb 27, 2006
| that was hard! But at least I learned something... |
cartwheel_queen
Feb 27, 2006
| I didn't get it but i didn't know there was a name for a thin plate o well good jod |
shawneeo
Feb 27, 2006
| I got it!!!!! But, the way you clued it, after getting the first word the rest fell into place, even though I've never heard of lamina; but I've heard laminate so that made sense and then manila wasn't hard. But that was a tricky one! Thanks! |
OldChinaHand
Feb 27, 2006
| An easy but a little tricky one. Not a thinking one. |
RRAMMOHAN
Mar 01, 2006
| Nice teaser. Enjoyed solving it. |
doodlebug612
Mar 02, 2006
| Finally one I could figure out. Thanks for making my day! |
brits1994 
May 03, 2006
| HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Cool I got the paper one and animal one I have never heard of the plate one tho keep going i love them  |
GebbieRose
Jun 12, 2006
| Some of us had to think to solve this one. Very nice, as usual. |
kauphi1976
Feb 27, 2009
| lol the answers just came when i read the puzzle ! i am soo excited.. usually suck @ anagrams |
elentir
Feb 27, 2009
| In reference to the previous comments about spelling, Manila has only one 'l' in common english usage. It is named after the city in the Phillipines. While it may be able to be spelled with two l's, (I cannot find anything that specifies it is incorrect) it is less common and I can find very few official references to this spelling. |
wordmama
Feb 27, 2009
| It was a good teaser; if only I could have come up with 'animal', the rest would have fallen into place.
Question: How does reporting something I find offensive work? I clicked on 'this is offensive'; THAT disappeared, but the posting is still there!! Can someone explain, please? |
jcann
Feb 27, 2009
| Yes, wordmamma, I agree. I have done the same thing. Also just did it on one of these (probably the same one you did). As previous times, nothing changed. Does it have to have a certain number of reports, maybe?I'd like to know. |
auntiesis
Feb 27, 2009
| I couldn't get this one. Just not my cup of tea. |
dodgerh8ter
Feb 27, 2009
| Nice one. I got animal and that led me to manila but had to look up lamina.
I learned something new today. |
UptheHill
Feb 27, 2009
| My dog is madd!!! |
Provlear
Mar 01, 2009
| A little obvious, though I had to assume lamina was a word (same vein as laminate). And I think Manila is far more comonly known as the plant/city/folder material, and not really thought of as a "paper type". |
Babe
Feb 27, 2012
| I never thought of manila as a type of paper either, but rather a type of folder. Learn something new every day |
gaylewolf
Feb 27, 2012
| Well, I didn't get it, but I liked it!
Thanks for posting. |
cutebug 
Feb 27, 2012
| I can't believe that so many people didn't get this one,oop's I was one of them. |
HABS2933
Feb 27, 2012
| I too had to assume lamina was a word (though I've not heard it before) since the other two clues fit so well. Manila I have usually heard of in reference to an envelope, but knew it as a paper as well. Though fairly easy thanks to the Kingdom clue, I enjoyed this one. |
tripleteam5
Feb 27, 2012
| not a 2.79 difff, was done 30 sec. just get 1st work. _______ kingdom 6 letters- not hard. BUt was clever |
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