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A past spine
The poem hides a 4-letter word. Each line holds one letter of it, in order — but nothing says which letter. Six guesses. Find the spine.
The Cheshire cat wore it from ear to ear.
- that did not sneeze, were the cook, and a large cat which was sitting on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear.
- She said the last word with such sudden violence that Alice quite jumped;
- “It’s a Cheshire cat,” said the Duchess, “and that’s why. Pig!”
- “I didn’t know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn’t know that cats _could_ grin.”
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Play today's riddle, or pick another past spine below.
- № 15 letters · Lewis Carroll
- № 24 letters · Lewis Carroll
- № 35 letters · Edward Lear
- № 44 letters · Edward Lear
- № 54 letters · Edward Lear
- № 64 letters · Edward Lear
- № 75 letters · Rudyard Kipling
- № 85 letters · Rudyard Kipling
- № 96 letters · Benjamin Franklin
- № 105 letters · Benjamin Franklin
- № 116 letters · Various (King James translators)
- № 125 letters · Various (King James translators)
New to this? How to play. Every line is quoted from a public-domain text; the sources name each edition.