Riddle

"Riddle" in Russian

зага́дка

zagádka

(verbal puzzle)

ре́бус

rébus

(verbal puzzle)

заполонять

zapolonjatʹ

(to fill or spread throughout; to pervade)

изрешечивать

izrešečivatʹ

(to fill with holes like a riddle)

просеивать

proseivatʹ

(to put something through a riddle or sieve)

разга́дывать

razgádyvatʹ

(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question)

разгада́ть

razgadátʹ

(to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question)

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