riddle (n.)
- anagram
- answer
- arabesque
- auger
- babble
- baffle
- bafflement
- basketry
- bewilderment
- bite
- blaze
- blemish
- blotch
- bolt
- bore
- bother
- bottom
- brain
- brand
- broach
- cancellation
- chalk
- charade
- charge
- check
- cock
- colander
- confusion
- conundrum
- cordon
- countersink
- crack
- cradle
- cribble
- dapple
- dash
- dilemma
- discharge
- discolor
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- disconcertment
- disturbance
- divide
- divine
- do
- dope
- dot
- drill
- drop
- eject
- embarrassment
- enigma
- fathom
- fell
- filigree
- fill
- filter
- fire
- fix
- fleck
- freckle
- fret
- fretwork
- frontier
- gash
- get
- gibber
- gin
- gore
- gouge
- grade
- grate
- grating
- grid
- gridiron
- grille
- grillwork
- group
- guess
- gun
- hachure
- hatch
- hatching
- hit
- hole
- honeycomb
- impress
- imprint
- jam
- lace
- lacework
- lacing
- lance
- lattice
- latticework
- line
- load
- mark
- mesh
- meshwork
- mottle
- mystery
- mystification
- n
- needle
- net
- netting
- network
- nick
- notch
- pelt
- pencil
- pepper
- percolator
- perplexity
- perturbation
- pickle
- pierce
- pink
- pistol
- plexus
- plight
- plug
- plumb
- point
- poleax
- porosity
- porousness
- poser
- pot
- pother
- potshot
- predicament
- prick
- prime
- problem
- punch
- puncture
- purifier
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- quandary
- quarantine
- question
- raddle
- rank
- ravel
- ream
- rebus
- refiner
- refinery
- resolve
- reticle
- reticulation
- reticule
- reticulum
- rocker
- scar
- score
- scotch
- scrape
- scratch
- screen
- screening
- seal
- seam
- segregate
- separate
- shoot
- shotgun
- sieve
- sifter
- silence
- size
- skewer
- snipe
- solve
- sort
- sorter
- spear
- speck
- speckle
- spike
- spit
- splotch
- sponge
- spot
- spread
- stab
- stain
- stamp
- stew
- stick
- stone
- strainer
- streak
- striate
- strike
- stripe
- subordinate
- tap
- tattoo
- texture
- thrash
- tick
- tissue
- torpedo
- trace
- tracery
- trellis
- trepan
- trephine
- underline
- underscore
- undo
- unlock
- upset
- wattle
- weave
- weaving
- web
- webbing
- weft
- why
- wicker
- wickerwork
- winnow
- work
- x
- z
riddle (v.)
- anagram
- answer
- assort
- babble
- baffle
- bite
- blaze
- blemish
- blotch
- bolt
- bore
- bother
- bottom
- brain
- brand
- broach
- categorize
- chalk
- charge
- check
- cicatrize
- classify
- cock
- collate
- countersink
- crack
- cradle
- cribble
- dapple
- dash
- debug
- decipher
- decode
- define
- delimit
- demarcate
- detonate
- discharge
- discolor
- disconcert
- disentangle
- disintegrate
- divide
- divine
- do
- dope
- dot
- drill
- drop
- eject
- engrave
- explain
- fathom
- fell
- filigree
- fill
- filter
- fire
- fix
- fleck
- freckle
- fret
- gash
- get
- ghettoize
- gibber
- gin
- gore
- gouge
- gradate
- grade
- grate
- group
- guess
- gun
- hatch
- hit
- hole
- honeycomb
- impale
- impress
- imprint
- incinerate
- infect
- infest
- insulate
- interpret
- isolate
- jam
- lace
- lance
- lapidate
- line
- load
- mark
- mesh
- mottle
- n
- needle
- net
- network
- nick
- nonplus
- notch
- pelt
- pencil
- penetrate
- pepper
- perforate
- permeate
- perplex
- pervade
- pickle
- pierce
- pink
- plight
- plug
- plumb
- point
- poleax
- pot
- pother
- prick
- prime
- punch
- punctuate
- puncture
- puzzle
- quarantine
- question
- raddle
- rank
- ravel
- ream
- resolve
- scar
- scarify
- score
- scotch
- scrape
- scratch
- screen
- seal
- seam
- seclude
- segregate
- separate
- shoot
- sieve
- sift
- silence
- size
- skewer
- snipe
- solve
- sort
- spear
- speck
- speckle
- spike
- spit
- splotch
- sponge
- spot
- spread
- stab
- stain
- stamp
- stew
- stick
- stigmatize
- stone
- streak
- striate
- strike
- stripe
- subordinate
- tap
- tattoo
- thrash
- thresh
- tick
- tissue
- torpedo
- trace
- transfix
- trellis
- trepan
- trephine
- underline
- underscore
- undo
- unlock
- unravel
- unscramble
- untangle
- untwist
- unweave
- upset
- vaporize
- wattle
- weave
- weaving
- web
- winnow
- work
- x
- z
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused or disabused;
Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled,—
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world.
