What kind of wife can a person never hear?
Category: Wordplay · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Think about common mistakes in writing.
Answer
A misstep
Explanation
A 'typo' sounds like 'tie-po', playing on the idea of a wife but is a play on words referring to a typo that goes unnoticed.
This is a expert wordplay riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A misstep.
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