This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down.

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down.

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My first is in wield, sever bones and marrow. My second is in blade, forged in cold steel. My third is in arbalest, and also in arrows. My fourth is in power, plunged through a shield. My fifth is in honor, and also in vows My last will put an end to it all.

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What can run but can’t walk?

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Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, grown in the darkness, a lady's delight.

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Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, I travel fast in my place, but feet is a feature I lack

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It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.

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Riddle of the Day

Feb 22, 2026

You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.

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