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Two Syllable Riddles

Directions: Write a two-syllable word that solves each riddle.

1. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries.

2. The man who invented it doesnt want it. The man who bought it
doesnt need it. The man who needs it doesnt know it. What is it?
3. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
4. You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am
dead. What am I?
5. Im the part of the bird thats not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean
and still remain dry. What am I?
6. What is it that, after you take away the whole, some still remains?
7. You do not want to have me, but when you have me, you do not
want to lose me. What am I?
8. Im tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?
9. Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last
letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I
will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?
10. What starts with the letter t, is filled with t, and ends with a t?

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Two Syllable Riddles

Answer Key

1. towel
2. coffin
3. secret
4. onion
5. shadow
6. wholesome
7. lawsuit
8. candle
9. empty
10.teapot

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