197 riddles with answers

A sound leaves you, meets a wall, and comes back wearing your voice. What is it?

Hint: Think about what a wall can return after a shout.

Light draws me beside you, but darkness erases me. What am I?

Hint: Look for something created when light is blocked.

Light my wick and I glow, but every hour I burn I grow a little shorter. What am I?

Hint: Its center is lit while its outer material melts.

Fold me into your pocket and you carry roads, rivers and whole cities with you. What am I?

Hint: It represents places at a smaller scale.

Dates live on my pages, months take turns, and a new year replaces me. What am I?

Hint: It organizes dates into months and years.

My face has no eyes and my hands have no fingers, yet I tell you something new every minute. What am I?

Hint: The face and hands are mechanical parts.

Every morning I show you your face, but I never take a picture. What am I?

Hint: You may look into it before leaving home.

Turn me over and my sand runs from top to bottom. When it stops, your time is up. What am I?

Hint: Turning it over restarts the measurement.

I wait folded in a corner until the rain starts, then I open up over your head. What am I?

Hint: A handle lets you carry the shelter above you.

Which small tool has an eye for thread but never sees the cloth?

Hint: The eye is a hole used for threading.

Lots of keys, and not one of them opens a door. What am I?

Hint: These keys are pressed rather than turned.

What has a neck and a mouth but no head?

Hint: The body-part words describe parts of a container.

All my teeth are in one straight row, and I never bite. I just tidy your hair. What am I?

Hint: Its teeth are evenly spaced prongs.

I have a spine but no bones, and you turn my leaves though I am not a tree. What am I?

Hint: Think of an object with named parts like a body.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I am not alive. I keep a hand warm. What am I?

Hint: It copies the shape of a hand.

Picture a field full of ears that cannot hear. What crop is growing there?

Hint: Here, an ear is part of a plant.

You can hear me ring all day, yet no ring ever goes on my finger. What am I?

Hint: The ring is a sound.

Covered in eyes, I see nothing at all, and I grow under the ground. What am I?

Hint: Its eyes are small buds on its skin.

Four legs, a back and sometimes two arms, but I never get up and walk. What am I?

Hint: It supports one seated person.

Add two letters to SHORT and the result means less long. Which word do you make?

Hint: Use a comparative ending.

Remove two letters from STONE and leave the number 1. Which letters go?

Hint: Keep the final three letters.

Drop the last letter from DOZENS and leave exactly twelve. What remains?

Hint: Only the plural ending needs to go.

Place one letter before MILE to make a facial expression. Which letter?

Hint: The added letter is a consonant.

Change one letter in COLD to make something valuable. What word appears?

Hint: Change only the first letter.

Take the first letter from PRICE and leave a grain. What is left?

Hint: The remaining word has four letters.

Switch the first letter of MOUSE to make a building where people live. Which word results?

Hint: Only M needs to change.

Attach one letter to PLAN to name an aircraft. Which letter completes the word?

Hint: Add the letter at the end.

Once in MINUTE, twice in MOMENT, and never in HOUR: which letter?

Hint: Count repeated consonants in the written words.

At the exact center of GRAVITY sits which letter?

Hint: Count inward from both ends.

Look at RAINBOW. Which letter waits at its end?

Hint: Think about the letters in the word, not a real rainbow.

Inside WATER, which letter is exactly in the middle?

Hint: A five-letter word has one central position.

Alphabetically between H and J, which letter also begins ICE and ends SKI?

Hint: The alphabetical clue narrows it to one letter.

A baker asks for a flower to put in bread. Which spelling belongs in the bowl?

Hint: Choose the spelling for a baking ingredient.

Which knight arrives after sunset but carries no sword?

Hint: The answer names a time, not a person.

During lunch, which pair can be eaten but cannot be a couple?

Hint: Look for the fruit spelling.

Family word or bright object: which SON can shine in the sky?

Hint: Change the spelling while keeping the sound.

After the race, Lee says "I won." Which number sounds like the last word?

Hint: Write the sound as a numeral word.

Behind a dog, which TALE can wag?

Hint: Choose the spelling for a body part.

At a golf hole, which TEA supports the ball before the first stroke?

Hint: The answer is golf equipment, not a drink.

High above clouds, which PLAIN may carry rows of passengers?

Hint: The answer is a form of transport.

Read the slash as a line break: HEAD / HEELS. Which phrase does the layout show?

Hint: Which word is on top, and which is underneath?

Decode the line break in MAN / BOARD. What situation is shown?

Hint: Where is MAN compared with BOARD? Say it in one word.

Three identical words appear: CYCLE CYCLE CYCLE. What single word do they suggest?

Hint: Use a prefix meaning three.

Backward on the page appears ECNALG. Which two-word phrase does that arrangement suggest?

Hint: Read the letters from right to left.

Two fathers and two sons share three apples. Each person gets one whole apple. How?

Hint: One person can fill two family roles.

A driver travels the wrong way along a one-way street. An officer watches but does not stop the driver. Why?

Hint: Question the assumed mode of travel.

Several times each day, a man shaves someone. He still finishes work with a beard. Who is he?

Hint: The person being shaved can change.

Everyone on a boat is married, yet there is not a single person aboard. How can both statements be true?

Hint: Read "single" as a relationship status.

From three apples, you take two. How many apples do you have?

Hint: Track the apples in your hands.

Straight upward, a child kicks a ball ten feet. It returns without striking a wall or another person. How?

Hint: The direction of the kick is the hidden assumption.

Heavy rain soaks a person walking without a hat or umbrella, yet no hair gets wet. Why?

Hint: The clue never says the person has hair.

Mid-race, you pass the runner in second place. Which place are you in immediately afterward?

Hint: You inherit the position of the person you pass.

North is ahead as you turn right, then right again, then left. Which direction now lies ahead?

Hint: Track one turn at a time.

Four daughters each have the same one brother. How many children are in the family?

Hint: The word "same" prevents multiplying the brothers.

Noa stands first. Jules is somewhere before Kai. Mira is after Kai. Four people fill four places. What is the order?

Hint: Combine the two comparisons into one chain.

Books red, blue, and green sit on one shelf. Red is left of blue. Green is left of red. What is their order?

Hint: Link the two left-of statements.

Gia finishes ahead of Hugo, while Fin finishes behind Hugo. In which order do the three runners finish?

Hint: Place Hugo between the other two names.

Painting, clay, and wood workshops fill Monday through Wednesday. Wood is Wednesday, and painting comes before clay. Which day is clay?

Hint: Remove Wednesday, then order the two remaining workshops.

Take the first letters of Rabbits Invite Dogs During Long Evenings. What do they spell?

Hint: Ignore every letter except each word's initial.

Read DRAWER from right to left. Which word appears?

Hint: Start with the final R.

Delete every X from SxOxUxNxD. What remains?

Hint: Keep the letters between the X marks.

Read every other character from AXNXSXWXEXR, beginning with the first. Which word emerges?

Hint: Skip each X.

Double a number, then add 6, and the result is 20. Which number did you start with?

Hint: Undo the addition before undoing the doubling.

Using exactly three 3s, addition, and multiplication, make 12.

Hint: Multiply two of the digits before adding the third.

Twelve eggs cost $6 at a constant per-egg price. What do three eggs cost?

Hint: Find the price of one egg first.

A number is halved, then 8 is added, giving 15. What was the number?

Hint: Work backward: undo the adding first, then the halving.

Five equal boxes contain 35 marbles altogether. How many marbles are in each box?

Hint: Share the 35 marbles out equally.

Squares are hiding here: 1, 4, 9, 16. Name the next term.

Hint: Think of a number multiplied by itself.

Divide by the same number each time: 81, 27, 9, 3. What comes next?

Hint: Compare each term with the one before it.

Following 3, 5, 8, 13, each term combines the previous two. Which number is next?

Hint: Add the final pair.

I fall without pain and lie without sleep; white crystals gather in blankets so deep. What am I?

Hint: The white blanket forms outdoors in cold weather.

I roll and I rumble and cover the most; my waves travel far, then they crash on the coast. What am I?

Hint: The clue describes waves approaching land.

A token starts in the center square. It moves two squares up, three right, one down, and one left. Where is it relative to its start?

Hint: Combine the up and down moves separately from the left and right moves.

Four gates sit at the top, right, bottom, and left of a square court. Starting at the top gate, move clockwise and stop at the second gate you reach. Where do you stop?

Hint: Count gates passed, not corners crossed.

An arrow points toward the ceiling. Rotate the card half a turn without flipping it. Where does the arrow point?

Hint: A half turn is two quarter turns.

A pawn moves right, up, left, and down by one square each. It repeats that four-move route three times. Where does it finish?

Hint: Find the endpoint after just one full route.

A dot sits at the top of a circle. Move it three quarter-turns clockwise. At which side does it arrive?

Hint: Name the landing side after each quarter-turn.

A courier walks three blocks east, two north, three west, and one south. Where is the courier relative to the start?

Hint: Cancel moves made in opposite directions.

A star is above a circle and a square is below the circle. Swap only the top and bottom symbols. Which symbol is now below the circle?

Hint: The middle symbol does not move.

Seven stools stand in one row. A bag rests on the third stool from the left. How many stools are to the bag's right?

Hint: Remove the bag's stool and the two stools before it.

A sign is in front of you. Without moving your feet, you turn to face the opposite direction. Where is the sign now?

Hint: Only your viewpoint changes.

A note says, "Place me behind the printed front of the blue card." You obey, then walk around the table. Is the note still behind the card's printed front?

Hint: Does the note move when you do?

Ari is north of Bea. Bea is north of Cy. Cy turns around. Who is now farthest north?

Hint: Turning is not moving.

The blue lamp flashes before the green lamp, and the green lamp flashes before the red lamp. Which lamp flashes last?

Hint: Join the two before statements.

The rehearsal begins at 2:10 and lasts 35 minutes. At what time does it end?

Hint: Add the minutes to the starting time.

Four tasks occur once each. Fold happens before stamp, stamp before send, and write before fold. Which task must happen first?

Hint: Trace backward from send.

A light alternates on and off once per beat. It is on at beat 1. What is its state at beat 12?

Hint: Check whether 12 is an on beat or an off beat.

A countdown begins at 18 and drops by 3 each step. What does it show after four drops?

Hint: Do not count the starting value as a drop.

A door unlocks for every third chime, beginning with chime 3. It has just unlocked at chime 18. At which chime will it next unlock?

Hint: Add one full three-chime interval.

A clock is stopped and displays 6:00. For how much of the next hour does it display 6:00?

Hint: The question asks what the stopped display shows, not the actual time.

A five-minute timer sits untouched and is never started. When will its countdown finish?

Hint: The timer has a duration but no start.

An empty drawer receives one sealed envelope. Without opening anything, is the drawer still empty?

Hint: The drawer and the envelope are different containers.

One runner enters a race and completes it. Which finishing positions does that runner hold?

Hint: First and last do not require different people.

The word BLANK is written in the middle of an otherwise unused card. Is the card blank?

Hint: Look at what is on the card, not what the word says.

A box contains three tiles labeled FIVE, SIX, and SEVEN. You remove the tile labeled SEVEN. How many tiles did you remove?

Hint: Is SEVEN a count here, or just a label?

Say aloud, "I am silent." Which part of your statement is false while you are saying it?

Hint: Compare the statement with the act of saying it.

A speaker asks, "Can you say the word silence without making a sound?" What is the honest one-word answer?

Hint: The question asks you to say, not write or gesture.

Ira told Kim that they were late. Who was late?

Hint: Who could "they" mean in this sentence?

The announcer says, "We will meet next Friday." Can you name the date from that sentence alone?

Hint: "Next Friday" depends on the day it was said.

Before you answer aloud, the room is quiet. What does your first spoken sound end?

Hint: The answer concerns the moment you begin speaking.

What is the first word of the question you are hearing now?

Hint: Repeat the opening word of the question.

Answer with one spoken word: how many words will your answer contain?

Hint: Make the answer describe its own length.

My coat is wood and my heart is gray. I write without ink, and a sharpener makes me shorter. What am I?

Hint: The clue contrasts graphite with ink.

I start as a trickle in the hills and grow on my way to the sea. I have banks, but I keep no money. What am I?

Hint: These banks are strips of land.

Full of tiny holes, I can still drink up a puddle without a mouth. What am I?

Hint: Its pores hold liquid.

I carry a letter to your door but never read a single word of it. What am I?

Hint: It protects written correspondence.

Strings hide inside me, hammers strike them, and fingers choose the notes. What am I?

Hint: The hammers are controlled by a keyboard.

My needle never sews, but it always swings to point the way north. What am I?

Hint: Its face commonly marks north.

I have a tongue but cannot talk, and I go everywhere you walk. What am I?

Hint: Its tongue usually sits beneath the laces.

What has branches but no trunk, no leaves and no fruit?

Hint: Its branches are locations.

Two rows of teeth lock together when you pull me up and part when you pull me down. What am I?

Hint: It commonly closes clothing or a bag.

Rearrange LISTEN into a word that asks for quiet. Which word?

Hint: The result begins with S.

Shuffle ELBOW to make a word that can describe something underneath. What is it?

Hint: The answer begins with B.

Reorder every letter in STATE to name what your tongue senses. What word appears?

Hint: Begin the answer with T.

Beginning ETERNITY and ending TIME, SPACE, and EVERYWHERE, which letter am I?

Hint: Compare the first word's opening with the others' endings.

Count the eyes in MISSISSIPPI, but read "eyes" as a letter. How many?

Hint: Spell MISSISSIPPI out and count every I.

One vowel appears once in ONCE, twice in SOMEONE, and not at all in NEVER. Which vowel?

Hint: Compare vowel counts across all three words.

GLOVE has one, LEVEL has two, and LULLABY has three copies of which letter?

Hint: Count the consonants shared by all three words.

Without any strength, which WEEK have you become?

Hint: The clue asks for an adjective.

On a ship, which SALE catches the wind?

Hint: Use the nautical spelling.

Across a theater stage, which SEEN can be a setting observed by the audience?

Hint: Choose the noun that names part of a performance.

Treat the slash as a line break: STAND / I. Which phrase is hidden in the positions?

Hint: Where is the I compared with STAND?

A gap cuts this word in two: DECI SION. Which phrase is pictured?

Hint: Describe what the gap does to the word.

Between two jobs sits one word: JOB IN JOB. Which familiar phrase is this?

Hint: Read the positions from left to right.

Six copies sit below one word: GROUND / FEET FEET FEET FEET FEET FEET. Which phrase is pictured?

Hint: Count the repeated word, then note its vertical position.

Six people each take one egg from a basket holding six eggs. One egg remains in the basket. Explain.

Hint: The final person can take more than just an egg.

Nora is her mother's only daughter. She says, "Liam's mother is my mother's only daughter." Who is Nora to Liam?

Hint: Resolve the final family phrase before tracing Liam.

To your daughter, your mother's only son says, "I am your uncle." Who is speaking if you are not that son?

Hint: Start by working out how your mother's son is related to you.

Facing a stage, you sit immediately left of Mei. From the stage looking back, which side of Mei are you on?

Hint: Imagine turning around before naming the side.

Cara, Ava, and Ben own the cat, dog, and fish, one different pet each. Cara owns the cat. Ava does not own the cat. Ben does not own the dog. Who owns the dog?

Hint: Assign Cara's pet, then eliminate Ben's forbidden pet.

A row uses one circle, one square, and one triangle. The square is at the right. The circle is left of the square. The triangle is not in the middle. Give the order.

Hint: Fix the rightmost shape before testing the middle.

Ada, Bo, and Cy choose tea, juice, and water, one different drink each. Ada does not choose tea. Bo chooses neither tea nor water. What does Cy choose?

Hint: Determine Bo's only possible drink first.

Digits 1, 2, and 3 each appear once in a three-digit code. The 1 is not first, and 3 comes immediately after 1. What is the code?

Hint: Treat 13 as one fixed block.

Use the first letter of Puzzle, second of pLay, third of stAge, and fourth of staY. What word have you built?

Hint: The unusual capitals confirm each selected letter.

Collect the final letters of rabbit, sushi, dog, blue, and chair. Which animal appears?

Hint: Write one ending letter from each word in order.

Three positive whole numbers have the same sum and product. What are they?

Hint: Try including the number 1.

A rectangle has perimeter 30 units and length 9 units. What is its width?

Hint: First divide the perimeter by 2.

Spot the growing gaps: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 17. Which number follows?

Hint: Subtract neighboring terms to reveal the pattern.

Products of neighbors form 2, 6, 12, 20, 30. What is the next product?

Hint: Write each number as two whole numbers in a row multiplied together, like 2 = 1 x 2.

Growing by multiples of three, the sequence reads 4, 7, 13, 22, 34. What follows?

Hint: Write down the difference between each pair.

Picture a square. Slice off one corner with a straight cut that crosses two sides, not existing corners. How many corners does the remaining shape have?

Hint: One corner disappears while two new ones form.

Fold a sheet in half, then in half again. Punch one hole through a spot away from every crease. How many holes appear after unfolding?

Hint: Count how many paper layers the punch crosses.

Within a 3 by 3 grid of equal cells, how many squares of every size can be counted?

Hint: Count the three possible square sizes separately.

Beneath a quiet cone, hot rock may glow; through a vent, steam and molten stone can flow. What is it?

Hint: The landform can erupt.

An L shape fills the top-left, bottom-left, and bottom-right cells of a two-by-two board. After a quarter-turn clockwise, which cell is empty?

Hint: Rotate the empty cell instead of all three filled cells.

A robot begins on square 5 of a three-by-three grid numbered 1 to 9 in reading order. It moves up, right, then down. Which square holds it?

Hint: Picture 1, 2, 3 across the top row.

On a two-by-two board, red is above blue and green is right of red. Which color is diagonally opposite the empty lower-right square?

Hint: Place red first, then use both relations.

Five cards lie in a row as A, B, C, D, E. Reverse the row, then swap the two end cards. Which card is in the middle?

Hint: Ask whether either operation touches the center position.

A marker begins at the top-left corner of a rectangle. It moves to the opposite corner, then straight up to the remaining top corner. Which top corner holds it?

Hint: Identify the opposite corner before making the vertical move.

Ada and Bo face each other. Ada raises the hand on Bo's left side. Which of Ada's hands rises?

Hint: Picture Ada as Bo sees her.

In a line of nine runners, Ivo is fourth from the front. What position is Ivo from the back?

Hint: Count Ivo in both position numbers.

Three boxes are stacked. The gold box is not on top, and the blue box is directly above gold. Where must the blue box be if red is on the bottom?

Hint: Place red first, then keep blue immediately above gold.

Lena stands behind Omar while Omar stands behind Lena. How can both statements be true?

Hint: They do not have to face the same direction.

Rae says, "The cup is on my right." Sol, facing Rae, points to that same cup. On which side of Sol is it?

Hint: Use Sol's viewpoint, not Rae's words.

A portrait hangs to the left of a clock when you enter a room. You turn around but stay in place. Which object is now on your left?

Hint: Your left changes even though the objects do not.

Two arrows point toward each other. Rotate the whole page a quarter-turn. Do the arrows still point toward each other?

Hint: Watch the two arrows, not the edges of the page.

A bell rings on beat 1 and then every fourth beat. On which beat does it ring for the fourth time?

Hint: Start counting the interval after beat 1.

Two repeating timers start together. One ends every 6 minutes and the other every 8 minutes. After how many minutes do they next end together?

Hint: List a few multiples of each duration.

A shuttle leaves at 9:02 and then every 7 minutes. What is its first departure after 9:20?

Hint: Continue the seven-minute sequence past 9:20.

An alarm rings at 4:12 and then every 5 minutes. Counting the ring at 4:12, how many times has it rung by 4:32?

Hint: Include both endpoint rings.

A machine repeats three phases in order: hum, click, rest. Its first phase is hum. What phase is number 14?

Hint: The pattern starts over every 3 phases. Where does 14 land?

The first act lasts 12 minutes, the pause lasts 3, and the second act lasts 15. If everything starts at 7:30, when does it finish?

Hint: Add every act and pause before adding to the clock.

A one-minute task is done three times with a two-minute pause after each of the first two attempts. How long does the full sequence take?

Hint: There is no pause after the final attempt.

A display advances through A, B, C, D, then repeats. It shows C now. What will it show after seven advances?

Hint: Remove one full cycle of four advances first.

A meeting starts 20 minutes before noon and lasts 45 minutes. When does it end?

Hint: Split the duration at noon.

Three alarms sound once at 8:00, 8:05, and 8:10, one per time. Blue sounds later than gold. Red sounds five minutes after blue. When does blue sound?

Hint: Place red one interval after blue, then fit gold earlier.

Miko must cross a line drawn across the floor but may not step over the line. How can Miko reach the other side?

Hint: The prompt never says the line reaches a wall.

A locked box bears a note saying, "The key is inside." You do not know whether the note is true. Can you locate the key from the note alone?

Hint: Could the note be wrong?

A key is under either the red mat or the blue mat. You are also told that the red mat is not blue. Which mat hides the key?

Hint: Ask whether the second sentence narrows the two locations.

Lee says, "I watched the painter with binoculars." Who had the binoculars?

Hint: Read the sentence twice: once with Lee holding the binoculars, once with the painter.

Nora reports, "I saw her duck." What are the two possible things Nora saw?

Hint: Change duck from an action to a thing.

A guide says, "Old teachers and students entered." Must the students be old?

Hint: Which people does the word "old" describe?

A caller asks for a "light blue box." What two properties might light describe?

Hint: Group the three spoken words in two ways.

If you reply aloud to "Are you silent?", which one-word answer is immediately true?

Hint: Are you silent while you say your answer?

A listener says, "Repeat every sentence after me," then says, "Stop repeating me." What must you say next to keep following the first instruction?

Hint: Keep following the first rule, whatever the new words say.

A host says, "Do not say the word yes," then asks, "Is yes forbidden?" Which one-word reply is true and obeys the rule?

Hint: Agree with a different word.

Before the question, one clap is agreed to mean yes. You must answer audibly but may not use your voice: "Are you here?" How can you answer?

Hint: Something can be heard without being spoken.

Insert one letter into THOUGH to make a word meaning from one side to the other. Which letter?

Hint: The new letter goes after the first two letters.

Seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes share one letter that decades, years, and days lack. Name it.

Hint: Check the spelling, not the units of time.

You see these words in order: YOU JUST ME. Which phrase places JUST correctly?

Hint: Pay attention to the words on either side of JUST.

Looking at a portrait, Arun says, "I have no siblings, but this person's father is my father's son." Who is pictured?

Hint: Replace "my father's son" with a name.

One box holds only apples, one only oranges, and one a mix. Their labels APPLES, ORANGES, and MIXED are all wrong. You may draw one fruit from one box. Which box should you draw from first?

Hint: Start with the label that cannot describe either single-fruit box if it were correct.

Exactly one key opens a box. Key A does not open it. If Key B opens it, then Key C also opens it. Which key opens the box?

Hint: Test what happens to the one-key rule if B works.

Find the smallest positive whole number equal to seven times the sum of its digits.

Hint: Check positive multiples of 7 in order.

Continue the description sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221. What comes next?

Hint: Each term says what the previous term contains.

Arrange six equal sticks so they form four equal triangles, without breaking or overlapping a stick. What shape solves it?

Hint: Don't keep all the sticks flat on the table.

Draw a square and both diagonals. Counting every size, how many triangles are outlined?

Hint: Count the four smallest first, then combine neighboring pairs.

Imagine a standard seven-segment display showing 8. Remove only the upper-right segment. Which digit remains?

Hint: Think of the block digits on a calculator.

Paint every face of a cube, then cut it into 27 equal smaller cubes. How many small cubes have exactly two painted faces?

Hint: Look at edge centers, excluding all eight corners.

A leathery coat guards rubies packed tight; open my chamber for seeds red and bright. What am I?

Hint: It is a fruit.

A beetle starts at the lower-left corner of a square. It crosses diagonally, moves one edge counterclockwise, then crosses diagonally again. Which corner does it reach?

Hint: Name every corner in order and check which diagonal comes second.

A square table has one seat on each side. Niko sits opposite Uma. Pia sits immediately clockwise from Niko. What occupies the seat immediately clockwise from Uma?

Hint: Seat Niko first, then place Uma and Pia from the clues.

Three signals begin together. They repeat every 4, 6, and 9 minutes. After how many minutes do all three next occur together?

Hint: Find a multiple of 9 that is also divisible by 4 and 6.

Five speakers each use 4 minutes, with a 1-minute changeover between speakers. How long from the first start to the final finish?

Hint: Count gaps between speakers, not speakers.

A timer shows 10 for one second, then 9 for one second, continuing through 0. How long does it display a number?

Hint: Count every displayed value, including zero.

A voice says, "Visiting relatives can be tiring." What are the two possible sources of the tiredness?

Hint: Let visiting act first as a verb, then as a description.

Mina says, "I almost answered every question." Give the two possible meanings.

Hint: Does "almost" go with "answered" or with "every"?