Grow In Trees and Have No Teeth
I grow in trees, eat living things but have no teeth and give birth to something that looks nothing like me. What am I?
A bird. They are hatched and raised in trees (nests), don’t have teeth in the traditional meaning of teeth and they lay eggs, which look nothing like a bird.
A butterfly / caterpillar could also work.
It Cannot Be Seen and Weighs Nothing
It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it?
A hole.
Five Letters Sound Like Six When Pronounced
What five-letter word sounds like six letters when pronounced?
Cello. The pronunciation of c is ‘ch’, making it sound like the word has 6 letters.
Pronounced Right or Wrong
What word when pronounced wrong is right but when pronounced right is wrong?
The answer is the word “wrong”. When it’s pronounced “wrong” (rhyming with song) that’s the correct pronunciation. However, if you were to pronounce the word as “right” (rhyming with night) that would be an incorrect pronunciation and be wrong.
Area, Death, Kick
What word can be added before or after these words to make a new word or phrase?
Area, Death, Kick
Penalty. Penalty area, Death penalty, Penalty kick.
An Eye In a Blue Face
An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
“That eye is like to this eye”
Said the first eye,
“But in low place,
Not in high place.”
A daisy in the grass. The big eye is the sun.
This is from J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit.