Riddles – November 2025

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RIDDLE: The River Crossing

Submitted by: Andrea S.

A farmer needs to cross a river with a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage.
He has a boat, but it can only carry him and one item at a time.
He can’t leave the wolf alone with the goat, or the goat alone with the cabbage. How does he get all three across safely?

Last Month’s Riddle: Eight is Enough

There is an 8-letter word that can have consecutive letters taken out and remain a complete word until only one letter is left? 

Solution: Starting, Staring, String, Sting, Sing, Sin, In, I.  

Solved by: Lily Sitt, Mark Esses, Steven Shammah, Family Blum, Alice Cohen, Big Mike, David Gindi, Mary F., and The Shmulster.

JUNIOR RIDDLE: The Ever-Increasing Word

Submitted by: Max P.

What 7-letter word contains thousands of letters?

Last Month’s Junior Riddle: WHAT AM I?

Almost everyone needs it, most certainly asks for it, but almost nobody takes it. What am I?

Solution: Advice!

Solved by: The Blum Family, Morris Kabani, The Big Cheese, David Gindi, Ezra Antar, Mrs. Feldman, The Shmulster, and Mary F.