I am a word of letters three.
Add two more, and fewer there will be.
What word am I?
Add two more, and fewer there will be.
What word am I?
💡 Hint
The answer is a word that means “not many.”
Reveal answer
FEW. Add “ER” and you get “FEWER.”
“Few” has three letters. Add E and R and it becomes “fewer,” so after adding two letters, “fewer” there will be, literally. The rhyme is built so that “fewer there will be” sounds like a strange math statement, when it’s actually spelling out the answer word.
Did you know?Riddles that spell out their own answer are some of the hardest to see, because the answer is printed right in front of you. Puzzle writers call this hiding in plain sight. A useful habit: when a riddle uses an unusual word in the last line, check whether that word itself could be the solution.
Did you get it?
About This Puzzle
This little rhyme hides a word puzzle in plain sight. If you solved our “word that gets shorter” puzzle, you have a head start, but this one is a little sneakier.
How to Think About It
The rhyme seems to say that adding letters makes something smaller. As with many word puzzles, “fewer” might be a word itself, not just a description. Look for a three-letter word that turns into “fewer” when you add two letters.
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