Practice № 8 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.
It said “Humph!” to work, and grew one of these.
- And the Camel humphed himself, humph and all, and went away to join the
- Three. And from that day to this the Camel always wears a humph (we call
- ‘How can I,’ said the Camel, ‘with this humph on my back?’
- ‘That’s made a-purpose,’ said the Djinn, ‘all because you missed those
- THE Camel’s hump is an ugly lump
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.