Riddle of the Week

This Week's Riddle

A Cloud Kingdom Classic Riddle

From Indy 2011 Riddle Book

Like a case of death that's going round.

Perhaps on slayer's back it's found.

Heads are down and tails are high,

Until it is the time to fly.

Or perhaps it is what you will do

When those heads look straight at you.

(answer is one word)

Take my guess exactly as typed

I'm not sure of the spelling

There have been 49 right answers, 129 wrong answers and 92 people have given up.

This riddle written by MDM

Hints will help you notice the riddle's key words or phrases.

Hint #1: Think of different kinds of "slayers"?

Hint #2: What sorts of things have "heads" and "tails"?

Hint #3: The last two lines refer to being very frightened.

Check Hint: CVVCVC

Big Hint: The one who has this needs a bow or else it's less frightening.

You should use the Big Hint ONLY if you are really stuck. This hint may contain information that is beyond what is already in the riddle.

The Check Hint lets you check your answer without actually seeing the answer. A Check Hint is the answer with each vowel (AEIOU) replaced by a 'V' and each consonant (including Y) replaced by a 'C'.

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