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Riddle

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts6 letters

Definition of Riddle

Noun

  1. A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

    "Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?"

  2. An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.

Verb

  1. To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
  2. To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

    "Riddle me this."

Noun

  1. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
  2. A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

Verb

  1. To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.

    "You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road."

  2. To fill with holes like a riddle.

    "The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets."

  3. To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening).

    "Your argument is riddled with errors."

Noun

  1. A curtain; bedcurtain.
  2. One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.

Verb

  1. To plait.

Anagrams of Riddle

Exact Anagrams

2 words using all 6 letters:

dirleddreidl

Words You Can Make

34 words can be made from the letters in "riddle":

6-LETTER WORDS

dirleddreidl

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "riddle" and rearranging:

+bbridled
+ddiddlerriddled
+edreidel
+ffiddler
+ggirdledgriddle
+ldrilled
+mmiddler
+ppiddler
+rriddler
+sdreidlsriddles

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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