I am a certain five-letter word and become shorter when you add two letters to me. What am I?

I am a certain five-letter word and become shorter when you add two letters to me. What am I?

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I am all around you, but you cannot see me. I have no throat, but you can hear me. Valued during summer but despised in the winter. What am I?

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I may be made of metal, bone, or wood and have many teeth. My bite hurts no one and the ladies love me. What am I?

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Born in the ocean and white as snow. When I fall back to water, I disappear without a trace. What am I?

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The more you have me the less you see. Shine a light on me and I shall flee.

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In wealth I abound; in water I stand; as a fencer I'm valued all over the land; at Venice I'm famous; by farmers I'm prized; respected by law yet huntsmen despised; consternation and ruin ensue when I break; And the beasts of the forest advantage won't take.

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Riddle of the Day

Feb 20, 2026

It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.

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