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I'm So Mixed-up
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Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
Mix me up, and I'm fit for delivery
Shuffle me, and we're found in a cookery
Jumble me, and we spin in a nursery
Scrambled, and I might be left on cutlery
I'm hard to do with faulty machinery
What am I?
Shuffle me, and we're found in a cookery
Jumble me, and we spin in a nursery
Scrambled, and I might be left on cutlery
I'm hard to do with faulty machinery
What am I?
Answer
the word "stop"Each of the first four lines is a clue to an anagram of "stop".
The last line is a clue to the word itself.
line 1 - post (mail)
line 2 - pots (cooking utensils)
line 3 - tops (children's toy)
line 4 - spot (perhaps from a dishwasher)
line 5 - stop (i.e. with faulty brakes)
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