riddle

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riddle

Summary

riddle is a game genre[1]. riddle draws 313 Wikipedia views per month (game_genre category, ranking #9 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • riddle's instance of is recorded as game genre[3].
  • riddle is a type of puzzle[4].
  • riddle is a type of word game[5].
  • riddle is part of small genre of folklore[6].
  • riddle's Commons category is recorded as Riddles[7].
  • riddle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Riddles[8].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[9].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[14].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[16].
  • riddle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • riddle's has characteristic is recorded as oral tradition[18].
  • riddle's different from is recorded as Charade[19].
  • riddle's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+193267'}[20].

Body

Definition and Type

riddle's instance of is recorded as game genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include puzzle[4] and word game[5].

Use and Application

riddle is part of small genre of folklore[6].

Influence

Things named for riddle include aenigmatite[21], a mineral species[22].

Why It Matters

riddle draws 313 Wikipedia views per month (game_genre category, ranking #9 of 37).[2] riddle has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] riddle is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for riddle include aenigmatite[21], a mineral species[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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