Riddles are an ancient and universal form, but few people seem to have enjoyed them more than English Benedictine monks. The Exeter Book, a tenth century monastic collection of Old English verse, ...

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The New York Times Connections game asks players to categorise 16 words into four groups of four. For example, in one collection of 16, a category included “blow”, “cat”, “gold” and “sword”: these are ...

Hidden beneath everyday English words are puzzles that twist logic, flip meanings, and reward anyone patient enough to look twice. Language lovers have a saying, "If you want to understand how strange ...