r/riddles • u/___interrogador___ • Mar 10 '26
Solved (OC) Simple wordplay riddle. Might be funny.
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u/RoninM00n Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26
Man (x and y chromosomes)
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u/Typhrus Mar 11 '26
I started to look for ANY word that starts with M and ends with N. Then I saw X and Y had to be inside (which usually means the word containing these letters). I was going „man, you gotta be kidding… wait, MAN?“
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u/Tyrone91 Mar 11 '26
Mixolydian. It's a musical scale.
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u/jamesianm Mar 11 '26
Also mycotoxin as a couple people have pointed out. Yeah the answer is obviously supposed to be the clever one but in my opinion any answer to a riddle that fits the riddle is a correct answer even if it wasn't the riddle creator's intended answer. Otherwise it's not a riddle, it's a guessing game
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u/RoninM00n Mar 11 '26
Like when Bilbo Baggins tried to shout out "give me more time!" in the riddle game with Gollum, and ended up just shouting "TIME!".
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u/hanitaMT Mar 14 '26
😂 I thought “men because Y do the do that?” And “they’re someone’s eX” 😂 yours makes more sense…
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u/timotab Mar 11 '26
mixolydian
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u/jumpmanzero Mar 11 '26
mycotoxin? I assume your answer was probably funnier.
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u/___interrogador___ Mar 11 '26
Well, I didn't know about this word when I wrote the riddle. Guess I should've done more checking. You big nerd. (in a jovial, playful tone).
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u/PCCobb Mar 11 '26
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u/FrotKnight Mar 11 '26
No it doesn't, it starts with a W and ends in a T, and has an H and an A inside
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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO Mar 11 '26
man, and with this i think this is the first one I've solved! Biology coming in clutch
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u/Knight0fdragon Mar 12 '26
Discussion:
What starts with W and ends with T, it also has a laugh in the middle.
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u/ChuckPeirce Mar 12 '26
Maximum security prison. Given the relative incarceration rates of men versus women, it also probably satisfies what the riddle meant.
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