Rhyming Riddle 7

Here is today's riddle:

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A skin have I,
More eyes than one;
Living underground,
I hide from the sun.
Who am I?

clue:

My eyes cannot see.

clue:

My eyes are how I grow.

clue:

You can eat my skin.

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A potato.

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The "eyes" and "skin" in this riddle do not belong to a human or an animal, but to something else instead! There are lots of these anatomical riddles, although it means people need to know that vocabulary. I hope everybody know about the "eyes" that are invoked in this riddle; the "skin" people know for sure, but I'm curious about how well the "eyes" are surviving. That's why there are two clues about the eyes!

PickPik

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Rhyming Riddle 6

Here is today's riddle:

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Yip-dip-yippity-dippity, tell me my friend:
Something you saw, and I saw, and everyone saw,
But now no one will see it, not ever again.

clue:

It vanished 24 hours ago at most.

clue:

Yip yip yippity: Y is the first letter.

clue:

Yip yip yippity: Y is the last letter too.

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Yesterday.

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I added the nonsense yip-dip-yippity-dippity in order to give clues based on the spelling of the answer.

This is a kind of clue too:

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Rhyming Riddle 5

Here is today's riddle:

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Two in one, but one in ten,
and only one in two.
Can you tell me what they are,
or do you need a clue?

clue:

Three, seven, nine: they all have two.

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There are also two in four and five and eight.

clue:

But there's only one in six.

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Vowels.

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There are all kinds of ways you can remix this riddle and the clues, based on one in two, six, and ten; two in one, three, four, five, seven, eight, and nine... and you can go farther: two in twelve and twenty; three in eleven, thirteen, fifteen, and sixteen; four in fourteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen. Have fun!

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Rhyming Riddle 4

Here is today's riddle:

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Hickamor Hackamor bursts through the window,
Hickamor Hackamor knocks at the door.
Hickamor Hackamor, can't you come in now?
No, he says, please, won't you open the door?
Riddle-me riddle-me riddle-me-ree:
Hickamor Hackamor, who can he be?

clue:

He comes through the window, whether it's open or closed.

clue:

He can get through the door if it's open, but not if it's closed.

clue:

He never comes to visit you at night, only during the day.

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Sunshine (sunbeam, daylight, sun).

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This one was inspired by a traditional riddle which goes:

Hickamor Hackamor over the kitchen door;
all the king's horses and all the king's men
couldn't pull Hickamore Hackamore
off the king's kitchen door. 

I really like the paradox of being able to get in through the window but not through the door, unless/until you open the door.

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Rhyming Riddle 3

Here is today's riddle:

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Green is the house, round as a ball,
With one red room, and one white wall.
Inside the people are so small
That you can never count them all.

clue:

It really is a home sweet home.

clue:

You need a knife to open the door.

clue:

Once the door is open, you cannot close it again.

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Watermelon.

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This food has inspired many riddles. Here are a few more with the same answer:

• Once I was going 'cross London Bridge; I met a man, drank his blood, and threw his hide away. 
• Who is that girl dressed in green with the biggest, reddest, sweetest heart of all?
• God made the house; a knife opens the door: look at all the itty-bitty babies inside the red room!
• I have a house: I painted it green outside, white inside, with a pink prison in which many prisoners are locked up. Who am I?

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Rhyming Riddle 2

Here is today's riddle:

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What goes from A to Z?
The alphabet, the alphabet.
What goes from Z to A?
Tell me that! Tell me that!

clue:

It runs on four feet.

clue:

It wears a beautiful coat.

clue:

Its coat is black and white.

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A zebra.

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The clues will help zoom in from the other possible answers: zeugma, zeta, zinnia, zoysia grass, and also Zambia, Zarathusa and Zenobia. Want to see all the z-to-a words in English? Use OneLook!

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Rhyming Riddle 1

Here is today's riddle:

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Tippity-tet,
Lippity-let,
The more I dry,
The wetter I get.
Who am I?

clue:

Tippity-tet, I start with the letter T.

clue:

Lippity-let, I end with the letter L.

clue:

Hang me up and I'll dry out again.

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A towel.

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I am trying a new clue strategy today! The first two clues are the first and last letters of the answer, and I wove those clues into the riddle itself with the nonsense doggerel. That way the clues are "in" the riddle, and they also form part of the rhyme.

This will work only with one-word answers, but a lot of riddles have one-word answers!

I really like how this prompts you to think about the answer to the riddle as a thing, but also as a word, which means as something that is made up of letters. Having letter clues like this makes it like a crossword, where you might have letters to help you find the answer.

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