Practice № 3 of 12
A past spine
The poem hides a 5-letter word. Each line holds one letter of it, in order — but nothing says which letter. Six guesses. Find the spine.
Two Owls, a Hen, four Larks and a Wren nested in it.
- There was an Old Man with a beard,
- Who said, "It is just as I feared!--
- Two Owls and a Hen,
- Four Larks and a Wren,
- Have all built their nests in my beard!"
0 of 6 guesses used.
Back to today
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.