Which word is least like the others? Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth?
If an electric train is travelling south, then which way is the smoke going?
I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?
I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
What can go through glass without breaking it?
When it is alive we sing, when it is dead we clap our hands. What is it?
I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone.
When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?
He loves to dance, twist and prance, he shakes his tail, and as a way he sails, wingless he flies into the sky. What is he?
The word ladder puzzle was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
