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Hinkety Pinkety

An old children’s game. The answer to each clue is a pair of rhyming words.

Hink Pink- each word in the rhyming pair is one syllable

Hinky Pinky- each word in the rhyming pair is two syllables

Hinkety Pinkety- each word in the rhyming pair is three syllables

Examples:

Hink Pink: a strict plant- stern fern

Hinky Pinky: hand cream made with sea salt- ocean lotion

Hinkety Pinkety: a velocipede left outside in winter- icicle tricycle or icicle bicycle

Hink Pink:

1. A proper hat

2. A modest group

3. To badger a witness

4. Head case

5. Seasonal allergies

6. To stop an earthquake

7. A musty fur

Hinky Pinky:

8. Where pessimists go to get treated

9. An arctic hare’s hat

10. A mangy cat

11. Zeus’ wrath

12. When Zeus’ wrath falls upon the wrong person

Hinkety Pinkety:

13. Crazy about Monet

14. Smart salt

15. Aesop’s fables on a t-shirt

Not quite sure yet how to score it. Not all Hinkety Pinketys are necessarily harder than all Hinky Pinkys, or all Hinky Pinkys harder than all Hink Pinks, etc. So for now, each answer to any one of them is worth 1 point. But I am open to suggestions.

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polar bowler?

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pate crate

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13. impression obsession?

15. wearable parable

yes, both correct!

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1. Fop Top

2. Meek Clique?

6. Break Quake?

8. Cynic Clinic

10. Shabby Tabby

11. frightening lightning

1, 8, and 10 already posted. 11 is correct. Didn't think of 2 and 6, but both are good. So you've got 3!

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Stink Mink?

yes!

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Here are two...

12. Thunder Blunder

13. Impression Obsession

12 is correct! 13 already posted.

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reasoning seasoning

yes!

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polar bowler?

yes, that's right!

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pate crate

yes, also correct!

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Sorry I got so behind! I'm trying to reply to everyone. Will post current standings as soon as I get everything sorted.

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bland band

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bland band

hey, I hadn't thought of that one either, but it works! there's still another not guessed for #2, though.

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shi**y kitty

Folks,

We're all ages here at Brainden.

I'd prefer we assume that none of the riddles

posted here have answers that need asterisks ;-)

Thanks,

- bn

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a humble jumble?

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a humble jumble?

hey, another one I hadn't thought of, but also works! there's still another for #2.

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humble jumble

doesnt work as it is 2 syllables

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Coy Convoy?

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humble jumble

doesnt work as it is 2 syllables

you're absolutely right. thanks for catching it!

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i was sure it was

meek clique

for no.2

this deserves a point it is so good

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how about

a plain train?

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nerd herd

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Coy Convoy?

sorry, 'convoy' isn't 1 syllable

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I think I can take both of George's. was that first one already posted by someone?

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meek clique

was by lauren on page 3 or 4...

I have another goodun haha..

sweet fleet

what did you have in mind?

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a snoop troop?