Riddle me this... a puzzle thread

New question:
Name ten body parts spelled with three letters.

Fine print:

  • We’re working in English here
  • These are only the most standard names, not slang labels (e.g. “pit”) or rude (e.g. @$$)

Huh, let’s see: arm, leg, toe, eye, ear, hip, jaw… uhhh… lip… abs… rib?

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gum?

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Arm, leg, ear, toe, eye, bum, lip, hip, gum,

Only 8.5 I think.

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That’s 9 for @Marx. Abs is not accepted.

+1 for @griffster on the last one.

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EyeEarRibHipJawArmLegToeLipFatGut

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From left to right: toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe.

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Doesn’t that get confusing?

Eye, Toe, Jaw, Ear, Leg, Arm, Hip, Rib, Lip, ACL(?)

For everyone who got 9, check Griffster’s response when you’re ready. We’re all missing the same one.

No to: ACL, Fat, Gut. Though I can see someone arguing the point on Fat and … well, there’s a clearer one.

Oh, I know. Cat!

It can definitely be a body part! :stuck_out_tongue:

In seriousness, Rod. Your eye has rods and cones in it.

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Presumably lat and bum aren’t allowed?

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Sorry, I read that backwards, right to left, and was very confused!

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Presumably.

Another defensible answer, but the canonical solution is more basic/macro.

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Oooh, I like the challenge, English not being my first language…

Arm, leg, ear, eye, lip, toe, hip, jaw, rib, gut.

Technically heel uses only three letters, repeats the e. I am guessing things like tum, gut, or bum are not official anatomical names, so they may not count. Although when disappointed we get gutted, we gut fish etc…

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Paul is a butcher’s assistant who is an average-sized male Canadian, at 182cm tall. He wears size 10 shoes, and eats three meals a day. What does he weigh?

You see a boat filled with people. It doesn’t sink, or capsize, but when you look again there isn’t a single person on the boat. What happened?

What makes you younger?

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meat

They disembarked. Or nothing, because people, not a single person.

nger

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meat

they all disembarked

nger

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Meat.

Cruise was over and they disembarked.

An older sibling.

Edit: after reading other people’s answers, I really should have gotten the third one.

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