The Riley Riddle Mine












3












$begingroup$



My prefix is a doctor.



My suffix isn't feeling well.



My infix is myself.



From earth to enamel, what am I?






As usual, please supplement final answers with explanations for each line. This Riley Riddle is my first. Feedback welcome.










share|improve this question









$endgroup$








  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Hopefully the prefix can help out the suffix :)
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Could the downvoter please explain the downvote? Feedback would be appreciated!
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago


















3












$begingroup$



My prefix is a doctor.



My suffix isn't feeling well.



My infix is myself.



From earth to enamel, what am I?






As usual, please supplement final answers with explanations for each line. This Riley Riddle is my first. Feedback welcome.










share|improve this question









$endgroup$








  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Hopefully the prefix can help out the suffix :)
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Could the downvoter please explain the downvote? Feedback would be appreciated!
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago
















3












3








3





$begingroup$



My prefix is a doctor.



My suffix isn't feeling well.



My infix is myself.



From earth to enamel, what am I?






As usual, please supplement final answers with explanations for each line. This Riley Riddle is my first. Feedback welcome.










share|improve this question









$endgroup$





My prefix is a doctor.



My suffix isn't feeling well.



My infix is myself.



From earth to enamel, what am I?






As usual, please supplement final answers with explanations for each line. This Riley Riddle is my first. Feedback welcome.







riddle word






share|improve this question













share|improve this question











share|improve this question




share|improve this question










asked 2 days ago









Brandon_JBrandon_J

3,050239




3,050239








  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Hopefully the prefix can help out the suffix :)
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Could the downvoter please explain the downvote? Feedback would be appreciated!
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago
















  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Hopefully the prefix can help out the suffix :)
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Could the downvoter please explain the downvote? Feedback would be appreciated!
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago










1




1




$begingroup$
Hopefully the prefix can help out the suffix :)
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago




$begingroup$
Hopefully the prefix can help out the suffix :)
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago




1




1




$begingroup$
Could the downvoter please explain the downvote? Feedback would be appreciated!
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago






$begingroup$
Could the downvoter please explain the downvote? Feedback would be appreciated!
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago












2 Answers
2






active

oldest

votes


















11












$begingroup$

Perhaps you are a




DRILL.




My prefix is a doctor.



DR




My suffix isn't feeling well.



ILL




My infix is myself.



I




From earth to enamel, what am I?



Drills are used (among many other things) for drilling into the earth (e.g., for oil) and for drilling through tooth enamel.







share|improve this answer









$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    Dang it! I over-complicated my answer...
    $endgroup$
    – Greg
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    And dang! Solved 7 views in. Oh, well.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago








  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Should have made it harder, then :-).
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    Sure should have.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    There's no harm in having some easy puzzles. Unless you are keen for them not to be solved too quickly, of course.
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago



















4












$begingroup$

Are you a:




Dremel?




My prefix is a doctor.




Dr. Dre




My suffix isn't feeling well.




Your are ill which sounds like "el"




My infix is myself.




Me




From earth to enamel, what am I?




A dremel is a power tool company that makes things like rotary saws, cleaners. I think the saw is used by dentist for certain procedures







share|improve this answer











$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    So close! Gareth did get the correct answer.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago












Your Answer





StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function () {
return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function () {
StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix) {
StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
});
});
}, "mathjax-editing");

StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "559"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});


}
});














draft saved

draft discarded


















StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fpuzzling.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f81046%2fthe-riley-riddle-mine%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown

























2 Answers
2






active

oldest

votes








2 Answers
2






active

oldest

votes









active

oldest

votes






active

oldest

votes









11












$begingroup$

Perhaps you are a




DRILL.




My prefix is a doctor.



DR




My suffix isn't feeling well.



ILL




My infix is myself.



I




From earth to enamel, what am I?



Drills are used (among many other things) for drilling into the earth (e.g., for oil) and for drilling through tooth enamel.







share|improve this answer









$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    Dang it! I over-complicated my answer...
    $endgroup$
    – Greg
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    And dang! Solved 7 views in. Oh, well.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago








  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Should have made it harder, then :-).
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    Sure should have.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    There's no harm in having some easy puzzles. Unless you are keen for them not to be solved too quickly, of course.
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago
















11












$begingroup$

Perhaps you are a




DRILL.




My prefix is a doctor.



DR




My suffix isn't feeling well.



ILL




My infix is myself.



I




From earth to enamel, what am I?



Drills are used (among many other things) for drilling into the earth (e.g., for oil) and for drilling through tooth enamel.







share|improve this answer









$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    Dang it! I over-complicated my answer...
    $endgroup$
    – Greg
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    And dang! Solved 7 views in. Oh, well.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago








  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Should have made it harder, then :-).
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    Sure should have.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    There's no harm in having some easy puzzles. Unless you are keen for them not to be solved too quickly, of course.
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago














11












11








11





$begingroup$

Perhaps you are a




DRILL.




My prefix is a doctor.



DR




My suffix isn't feeling well.



ILL




My infix is myself.



I




From earth to enamel, what am I?



Drills are used (among many other things) for drilling into the earth (e.g., for oil) and for drilling through tooth enamel.







share|improve this answer









$endgroup$



Perhaps you are a




DRILL.




My prefix is a doctor.



DR




My suffix isn't feeling well.



ILL




My infix is myself.



I




From earth to enamel, what am I?



Drills are used (among many other things) for drilling into the earth (e.g., for oil) and for drilling through tooth enamel.








share|improve this answer












share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer










answered 2 days ago









Gareth McCaughanGareth McCaughan

65.3k3166256




65.3k3166256












  • $begingroup$
    Dang it! I over-complicated my answer...
    $endgroup$
    – Greg
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    And dang! Solved 7 views in. Oh, well.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago








  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Should have made it harder, then :-).
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    Sure should have.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    There's no harm in having some easy puzzles. Unless you are keen for them not to be solved too quickly, of course.
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago


















  • $begingroup$
    Dang it! I over-complicated my answer...
    $endgroup$
    – Greg
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    And dang! Solved 7 views in. Oh, well.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago








  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Should have made it harder, then :-).
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    Sure should have.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago










  • $begingroup$
    There's no harm in having some easy puzzles. Unless you are keen for them not to be solved too quickly, of course.
    $endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan
    2 days ago
















$begingroup$
Dang it! I over-complicated my answer...
$endgroup$
– Greg
2 days ago




$begingroup$
Dang it! I over-complicated my answer...
$endgroup$
– Greg
2 days ago












$begingroup$
And dang! Solved 7 views in. Oh, well.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago






$begingroup$
And dang! Solved 7 views in. Oh, well.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago






2




2




$begingroup$
Should have made it harder, then :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan
2 days ago




$begingroup$
Should have made it harder, then :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan
2 days ago












$begingroup$
Sure should have.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago




$begingroup$
Sure should have.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago












$begingroup$
There's no harm in having some easy puzzles. Unless you are keen for them not to be solved too quickly, of course.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan
2 days ago




$begingroup$
There's no harm in having some easy puzzles. Unless you are keen for them not to be solved too quickly, of course.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan
2 days ago











4












$begingroup$

Are you a:




Dremel?




My prefix is a doctor.




Dr. Dre




My suffix isn't feeling well.




Your are ill which sounds like "el"




My infix is myself.




Me




From earth to enamel, what am I?




A dremel is a power tool company that makes things like rotary saws, cleaners. I think the saw is used by dentist for certain procedures







share|improve this answer











$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    So close! Gareth did get the correct answer.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago
















4












$begingroup$

Are you a:




Dremel?




My prefix is a doctor.




Dr. Dre




My suffix isn't feeling well.




Your are ill which sounds like "el"




My infix is myself.




Me




From earth to enamel, what am I?




A dremel is a power tool company that makes things like rotary saws, cleaners. I think the saw is used by dentist for certain procedures







share|improve this answer











$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    So close! Gareth did get the correct answer.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago














4












4








4





$begingroup$

Are you a:




Dremel?




My prefix is a doctor.




Dr. Dre




My suffix isn't feeling well.




Your are ill which sounds like "el"




My infix is myself.




Me




From earth to enamel, what am I?




A dremel is a power tool company that makes things like rotary saws, cleaners. I think the saw is used by dentist for certain procedures







share|improve this answer











$endgroup$



Are you a:




Dremel?




My prefix is a doctor.




Dr. Dre




My suffix isn't feeling well.




Your are ill which sounds like "el"




My infix is myself.




Me




From earth to enamel, what am I?




A dremel is a power tool company that makes things like rotary saws, cleaners. I think the saw is used by dentist for certain procedures








share|improve this answer














share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer








edited 2 days ago

























answered 2 days ago









GregGreg

2,291319




2,291319












  • $begingroup$
    So close! Gareth did get the correct answer.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago


















  • $begingroup$
    So close! Gareth did get the correct answer.
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    2 days ago
















$begingroup$
So close! Gareth did get the correct answer.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago




$begingroup$
So close! Gareth did get the correct answer.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
2 days ago


















draft saved

draft discarded




















































Thanks for contributing an answer to Puzzling Stack Exchange!


  • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid



  • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

  • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.


To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




draft saved


draft discarded














StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fpuzzling.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f81046%2fthe-riley-riddle-mine%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown





















































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown

































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown







Popular posts from this blog

How did Captain America manage to do this?

迪纳利

南乌拉尔铁路局