Yorick
Lorick: Riddles and Lore
Think you can solve thrice-weekly riddles from mythology, folklore, history, and literature? Try this Lorick on for size:A tempestuous prince was misledby incestuous king, hast'ly wedthere's a ghost, and a play,and soliloquies fey...in the end, nearly everyone's dead! Hint: his father ghosted him. Answer: Hamlet! Get it? Lorick's host? Me, Yorick! Most soliloquized skull of all time! If you're ready to match wits with a skeletal skald who wields riddles ranging from Alice to Apollo, Homer to Herodotus, and from Rapunzel to Ragnarok - then listen! E'en subscribe! If you dare...
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18. jan. 2026
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1351: Clue #135, he can spin what she can't, nor professes to 29.11.2025 0:48
Does Lorick #135 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he can spin what she can't, nor professes to -a strange goblin she sadly confesses to- their unconscionable deal struck in crisis surreal unenforced... as he splits when she guesses who! Hint: Bandlylegs? No? Crookshanks? No?
1350: #134 solved, and Lorick #135 he can spin what she can't, nor professes to 28.11.2025 7:03
Lorick #134: he can spin what she can't, nor professes to -a strange goblin she sadly confesses to- their unconscionable deal struck in crisis surreal unenforced... as he splits when she guesses who! But first, we solve #135 - here it is one last time: I'm a gigantic pain in the butt if my pranks are too awful, so what? I set worlds all afire through the monsters I sire it's forever it...
1341: Clue #134, I'm a gigantic pain in the butt 27.11.2025 0:49
Does Lorick #134 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a gigantic pain in the butt if my pranks are too awful, so what? I set worlds all afire through the monsters I sire it's forever itself that I'll cut! Hint: No one gave me a day... I'll make them all pay!
1340: #133 solved, and Lorick #134 I'm a gigantic pain in the butt 26.11.2025 5:37
Lorick #133: I'm a gigantic pain in the butt if my pranks are too awful, so what? I set worlds all afire through the monsters I sire it's forever itself that I'll cut! But first, we solve #134 - here it is one last time: I'm a colourful fellow who plays don't be fooled... if I'm hired, you'll pay I'm beloved of vermin but betrayèd by townsmen ...then take vengeance...
1331: Clue #133, I'm a colourful fellow who plays 25.11.2025 0:45
Does Lorick #133 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a colourful fellow who plays don't be fooled... if I'm hired, you'll pay I'm beloved of vermin but betrayèd by townsmen ...then take vengeance through childish ballet Hint: my musical magic, unrewarded, turns tragic
1330: Lorick #133, I'm a colourful fellow who plays 24.11.2025 1:32
Lorick #133, to confound and confusticate! I'm a colourful fellow who plays don't be fooled... if I'm hired, you'll pay I'm beloved of vermin but betrayèd by townsmen ...then take vengeance through childish ballet
1325: #132 solved; Week 044 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 23.11.2025 12:05
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #132: he's a rebel who's hidden at birth and he grew to be greatest of jerks a philandering sort oddly shaped to disport making heros of dubious worth
1321: Clue #132, he's a rebel who's hidden at birth 22.11.2025 0:44
Does Lorick #132 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he's a rebel who's hidden at birth and he grew to be greatest of jerks a philandering sort oddly shaped to disport making heros of dubious worth Hint: he led, with great bolts, a mythic revolt!
1320: #131 solved, and Lorick #132 he's a rebel who's hidden at birth 21.11.2025 6:07
Lorick #131: he's a rebel who's hidden at birth and he grew to be greatest of jerks a philandering sort oddly shaped to disport making heros of dubious worth But first, we solve #132 - here it is one last time: with merit in marshals to form square and misinformation as warfare my rise is electric my policies, metric conniving in exile: one more dare!
1311: Clue #131, with merit in marshals to form square 20.11.2025 0:46
Does Lorick #131 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! with merit in marshals to form square and misinformation as warfare my rise is electric my policies, metric conniving in exile: one more dare! Hint: I'm weak when on islands... but wreak ruin on continents
1310: #130 solved, and Lorick #131 with merit in marshals to form square 19.11.2025 6:02
Lorick #130: with merit in marshals to form square and misinformation as warfare my rise is electric my policies, metric conniving in exile: one more dare! But first, we solve #131 - here it is one last time: A late bloomer who ran from the heat returned when his god thought it meet. This adopted newborn fought a sorcerous war; a savior -- his end? Bittersweet.
1301: Clue #130, A late bloomer who ran from the heat 18.11.2025 0:47
Does Lorick #130 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A late bloomer who ran from the heat returned when his god thought it meet. This adopted newborn fought a sorcerous war; a savior -- his end? Bittersweet. Hint: the arc of this man is full of commands
1300: Lorick #130, A late bloomer who ran from the heat 17.11.2025 1:35
Lorick #130, to confound and confusticate! A late bloomer who ran from the heat returned when his god thought it meet. This adopted newborn fought a sorcerous war; a savior -- his end? Bittersweet.
1295: #129 solved; Week 043 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 16.11.2025 9:54
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #129: two boys, both beat from one drum contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs! they dance and they rattle - engendering battle - and profess a red king solipsis-um!
1291: Clue #129, two boys, both beat from one drum 15.11.2025 0:43
Does Lorick #129 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! two boys, both beat from one drum contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs! they dance and they rattle - engendering battle - and profess a red king solipsis-idum! Hint: from nurs'ry to carroll they rhyme
1290: #128 solved, and Lorick #129 two boys, both beat from one drum 14.11.2025 5:29
Lorick #128: two boys, both beat from one drum contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs! they dance and they rattle - engendering battle - and profess a red king solipsis-idum! But first, we solve #129 - here it is one last time: the sixth of the eighth seemed insane... his memories lost, split in twain by a sudden exchange wealth both gained and estranged lessons learned, both returned -- one...
1281: Clue #128, the sixth of the eighth seemed insane 13.11.2025 0:54
Does Lorick #128 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! the sixth of the eighth seemed insane... his memories lost, split in twain by a sudden exchange wealth both gained and estranged lessons learned, both returned -- one to reign! Hint:
1280: #127 solved, and Lorick #128 the sixth of the eighth seemed insane 12.11.2025 7:54
Lorick #127: the sixth of the eighth seemed insane... his memories lost, split in twain by a sudden exchange wealth both gained and estranged lessons learned, both returned -- one to reign! But first, we solve #128 - here it is one last time: the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer an inmate long held.. for what error? when kings get their way by lettres de cachet caprice breeds its *own* kind o...
1271: Clue #127, the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer 11.11.2025 0:55
Does Lorick #127 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer an inmate long held.. for what error? when kings get their way by lettres de cachet caprice breeds its *own* kind of terror... Hint: thirty-four years in a cage in a cage and then died... of old age?
1270: Lorick #127, the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer 10.11.2025 1:45
Lorick #127, to confound and confusticate! the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer an inmate long held.. for what error? when kings get their way by lettres de cachet caprice breeds its *own* kind of terror...
1265: #126 solved; Week 042 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 09.11.2025 11:07
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #126: the first time i tried it i knew with the air all around me time flew i'm a bucker of trends ...since I hung with the men where I died? no one knows... in the blue...
1261: Clue #126, the first time i tried it i knew 08.11.2025 0:44
Does Lorick #126 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! the first time i tried it i knew with the air all around me time flew i'm a bucker of trends ...since I hung with the men where I died? no one knows... in the blue... Hint: I've been missing a while... check the sea... near an isle...
1260: #125 solved, and Lorick #126 the first time i tried it i knew 07.11.2025 6:32
Lorick #125: the first time i tried it i knew with the air all around me time flew i'm a bucker of trends ...since I hung with the men where I died? no one knows... in the blue... But first, we solve #126 - here it is one last time: the son of the morning, perhaps at first not the worst - 'til he snaps not quite best of the best by which, later, distressed once good, and then bad... then:...
1251: Clue #125, the son of the morning, perhaps 06.11.2025 0:53
Does Lorick #125 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! the son of the morning, perhaps at first not the worst - 'til he snaps not quite best of the best by which, later, distressed once good, and then bad... then: collapse Hint: he has had many names... different aspects in fame...
1250: #124 solved, and Lorick #125 the son of the morning, perhaps 05.11.2025 7:43
Lorick #124: the son of the morning, perhaps at first not the worst - 'til he snaps not quite best of the best by which, later, distressed once good, and then bad... then: collapse But first, we solve #125 - here it is one last time: I'm a woman of militant vision For my people and king, have ambition I'm a heretic martyr I'm a saint with a garter I'm not needed, once completed, my mission...
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