Answer:
A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one and twelve remains.
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken.
RUGBY = 9, TENNIS = 14, FOOTBALL = 12, HOCKEY = 16, SWIMMING = ?
You should keep it as straight as can be, yet very few do. Most of the time it's slightly bent or curved. Your sadness usually causes it to bend further, but don’t bend it for too long or it may never be able to fully straighten out again. What is it?
What is often returned, but never borrowed/
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?