Daily Riddle — Aug 13, 2026

The trick here is picturing the object before you name it. Scissors have two round finger loops that look exactly like eyes waiting to be poked, and pushing your fingers into them is precisely the gesture that makes the blades swing apart like a jaw dropping open. From there the riddle leans on appetite as metaphor — "greedy lust devours" turns a simple cutting tool into something almost alive, hungry for whatever gets fed between its blades. Linen cloth, quills, and paper aren't random either; they're the classic materials scissors have snipped through for centuries, from tailoring to letter-writing. So the whole verse is really just an anatomical description in disguise: eyes are loops, jaws are blades, devouring is cutting. Once you picture the shape instead of the meaning, the answer practically opens itself.