I am a month that starts with the middle of winter, phonetically speaking, but sits squarely in the blazing summer. What am I?
July
This clever linguistic puzzle highlights the phonetic coincidence of a summer month sharing its initial sound with a frosty winter term. Despite sounding similar to a chilly word, this specific period brings peak summer warmth and Independence Day celebrations. Tracing the calendar past June lands you right on this sunny date.
About this riddle
Wordplay riddles depend on how words look and sound. Watch for double meanings, hidden words and letters you can move or remove.
Difficulty: Hard. More like this: Wordplay riddles with answers or try Anagrid for a different kind of puzzle.
More wordplay riddles
What travels around the sun in 365 days, yet never leaves the wall where it hangs?
Take off my skin and I won't cry, but you certainly will!
What has many keys, but cannot unlock a single door?
I am a fruit that wears my seeds on the outside instead of the inside. What am I?
Why did the computer sneeze uncontrollably? Because it accidentally opened a bad...
I can be a modest wooden outbuilding where Santa stores his winter shovels, or the natural seasonal act when a reindeer loses its antlers. What four-letter word am I?