Sandy Wood
Brain Game: An E-Z One?
by Sandy Wood - June 6, 2008 - 7:55 AM
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I’ve been on a riddle kick recently, so we’ll close off the work week with a favorite::

What starts with an E,
ends with an E,
usually contains one letter,
but is NOT the letter E ?

See the answer here.

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Comments (15)
  1. Good one.

  2. Alternatively, it could be an eye. Usually the word just contains I, since I is more common than eye. But envelope is the more clever answer.

  3. I thought eye too.

  4. I got this one!! Envelope :)

  5. I came up with “EVE”.

  6. Eye was my first thought, but than I got it. :)

  7. that was an “e-z” one!

  8. I thought Epsilon, but that doesn’t end with an E.

  9. I just said, “ENVELOPE” really loudly at work. I’m just sitting in here alone and people can hear talking from other offices.

    I have no friends.

  10. i thought epistle, which doesn’t contain a letter but is a letter, i thought i was correct with that too. oh well.

  11. Sandy, this Brain Game doesn’t meet your usual standards.

    It’s almost as if you mailed it in.

    Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

  12. i thought eve!

  13. I got this one too! Envelope! Awesome.

  14. I thought it was EWE. But ENVELOPE is awesome.

  15. I got it! Because I know this riddle: “What word starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T?” Answer: teapot — made me think about “one letter” being a different meaning.

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