Riddle of the Day

[TurcoLoco]

Not normally. Just that set I did.

Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)! I was only giving you sh.t as usual!

[Gizmokid2005]

I know

[Gizmokid2005]

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

ANSWER (Congrat TL): Short

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NEXT RIDDLE:

What word in the English language uses all five vowels plus Y in alphabetical order and uses each one only once?

[acoustikarl]

NEXT RIDDLE:

What word in the English language uses all five vowels plus Y in alphabetical order and uses each one only once?

abstemiously, although I wouldn't use it too much.

[TurcoLoco]

Odd word indeed, can't say I have heard of it before...

...could it be the reason why so many people are overweight in this country?

[Gizmokid2005]

What word in the English language uses all five vowels plus Y in alphabetical order and uses each one only once?

ANSWER (congrats acoustikarl for finding an alternative): facetiously or abstemiously.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

My sides are firmly lac'd about,
Yet nothing is within;
You'll think my head is strange indeed,
Being nothing else but skin. What am I?

[TurcoLoco]

NEXT RIDDLE:

My sides are firmly lac'd about,
Yet nothing is within;
You'll think my head is strange indeed,
Being nothing else but skin. What am I?

This is a weird one, is it a leather ball (football, volleyball, etc.)?

[Gizmokid2005]

Great guess, but no.

[varybarry21]

Is it a drum?

[TurcoLoco]

Is it a drum?

That is what I thought first but drum is not just skin...