What Costs Nothing?

What costs nothing
but is worth everything,
weighs nothing, but can last a lifetime,
that one person can't own,
but two or more can share?


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Compound Word Closers 8

For each of the following, find a word that may be appended to each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words.

For example, given: "friend, owner, dealer", you would need to find the word "ship", which, when appended to these words, results in the three new valid words: "friendship", "ownership", and "dealership" respectively.


1. water, air, space
2. back, off, multi
3. car, white, hand
4. cow, dumb, door


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My first means that something is easy to find
My second is a faculty of the mind
My whole, if lacking, may put one in a bind

What am I?


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My first should increase as you grow
My second form a U-shaped row
My whole, if they erupt, are last to show

What are we?


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My first is one of queens and kings
My second started off without wings
To my whole, the fall a migration brings

What am I?


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My first might make our rivals mad
My second is a dash, unclad
While my whole lasts, joy's to be had

What am I?


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I'm a kind of physical attraction
But not one of visual satisfaction

When l am that of a situation
I'd best be given ample consideration

Around the world, as you track your course
You will encounter my ubiquitous force

What am I?


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Short Changes

Add one letter to each word below - anywhere in the word - so that each numbered pair becomes two words of opposite meaning. For example, adding P and L to PLUM and SENDER would result in PLUMP and SLENDER.

1. BUGLER EXERT
2. KID MAN
3. STALE SHAY
4. RAID SOW
5. FLAT SIN


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Think of two-word rhymes that are described by the clues:
Example: noisy gathering of many people Answer: loud crowd

1. a citizen of a particular country who is not behaving sensibly
2. a vision of a girder
3. charming wind instrument
4. tiny cry of a horse


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Even More Bacterial Waste

I am bacterial waste, oh yes,
But just what type, can you guess?
Some put me on their fish and chips,
Others on floors to prevent slips.
Some put me on salads, some in stews,
Some on windows, even shoes.
So I'm bacterial waste, oh yes,
But my name can you guess?


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Think of two-word rhymes that are described by the clues:
Example: noisy gathering of many people Answer: loud crowd

1. eating establishment of superior quality
2. popular fad about labyrinths
3. smartphone that can be used anywhere in the world
4. a raising of glasses celebrating the shoreline


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My first is abundant at altitudes higher
My second's carved out of artistic desire
My whole, exposed to heat, is doomed to expire

What am I?


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I don't intend to cause you any stress
But my role is to hinder your progress

Because of me, a couple might make a scene
But without me, the dishes wouldn't get clean

In its day, it was a fanciful notion
But I'm the nemesis of perpetual motion

What am I?


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Tale of a Tail

As I get closer, my tail grows longer;
As I leave, my tail leads the way.

What am I?


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My first, to the fun and enjoyment, likes to bring ruin
My second advises you when something may be brewin'
My whole's a warning for an imminent seein'/viewin'

What am I?


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Add it Up 5

Beginning with the word "in," add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a seven-letter word meaning "being in a state of suppressed agitation, worry, or resentment."

Pool: T G E S W

1) IN
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

The hint gives definitions for each additional word.


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As newly-appointed chief community chemist, your task is to complete the following compounds by finding the bonding element which these compounds have in common. This element (i.e. word) may be joined with each clue word, either before or after it, to form a compound word. Thus, each clue word constitutes half of a compound word, and the answer word completes each of these compound words. The two component words comprising each compound word (i.e. the clue word and the answer word) may be separated by a space or a hyphen.

For example, given the clue words:
park, room, soft, joint

the answer would be:
ball

since "ball" may be joined with each given clue word to form the following compound (or phrasal) words respectively:

ballpark, ballroom, softball, ball joint


Good luck with your compound formation!


1. light, eye, wrench
2. up, ball, cork
3. belly, chop, rind
4. hot, check, light


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My first started off being attached to a cord
My second may show if a suit you can afford
My whole may keep giving you a chance to record

What am I?


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My first, another word for "hoax"
My second, a response evokes
My whole's designed to mislead folks

What am I?


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As newly-appointed chief community chemist, your task is to complete the following compounds by finding the bonding element which these compounds have in common. This element (i.e. word) may be joined with each clue word, either before or after it, to form a compound word. Thus, each clue word constitutes half of a compound word, and the answer word completes each of these compound words. The two component words comprising each compound word (i.e. the clue word and the answer word) may be separated by a space or a hyphen.

For example, given the clue words:
park, room, soft, joint

the answer would be:
ball

since "ball" may be joined with each given clue word to form the following compound (or phrasal) words respectively:

ballpark, ballroom, softball, ball joint


Good luck with your compound formation!


1. freezing, coat, forest
2. bond, yard, mail
3. course, landing, diet
4. crop, car, sticker


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