MetaRiddle of the Day
Solve the metaphor in each line with a single word, then put the three words in order. Thinking about whether they can make a plausible sentence will help you rule out incorrect responses. The final sentence that you will make is itself a metaphor; solve it to get the puzzle’s final answer. (Clues below)
1. Summer’s skeleton, bundled into barns
2. What a ghost story does, in one verb.
3. Harvest thieves in black.
1._______ 2._______ 3._______
Find the word to which this final metaphor refers: _________
Clues for the four words
The first letters of each word:
s
s
c
Clue for the final word
The first letter of the final word: s
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Answer
Line 1 → straw
Line 2 → scares
Line 3 → crows
Final sentence: Straw scares crows.
Final answer: scarecrow
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