Riddles

[Megalodon 720]

The third line must be something heavier than iron.

The fifth line could be talking about alkali metals.

That's all I know.

[vexx32]

Beyond the Planets: ???

Airs of Earth: Oxygen (O)/Hydrogen (H)/Nitrogen (N)/Carbon ©/Could be almost anything.

Stars Cannot Form: Iron (Fe)/Cobalt (Co)/Lead (Pb) (Presuming supernovae are considered an exception.)

Rare: Astatine (At)

Don't Dissolve: Calcium (Ca)

That's all I got for now. From what I can gather, it's a bit like a puzzle. Find the right elements, get their symbol, and rearrange their symbols to form a word.

[Kulebron]

carnation or catenation?

[StrandedonEarth]

Beyond the planets reversed: But Mercury (Hg)is a planet, and the once-theorized Vulcan is not an element

Stars cannot form (H)ydrogen, but everything else can form, however briefly, in the steps leading up to and past a supernova.

Shouldn't dissolve: Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), or other alkalis (explosive results)

Still leaves a lot of letters to play with. More clues?

[Kulebron]

beyond the planets reversed may mean before the planents. Sun? or he means ions (solar wind) reverses beyound planets in heliopause.

[cantab]

Not carnation or catenation.

And yeah, I guess this one doesn't invite wild guesses so much.

Clue 2: First figure out what element is "beyond the planets", then reverse that element.

[JebNeedsHelp]

Okay, so I haven't given up yet. How about marathon?

[Lord_Potato]

Ma N Co At Ca

Well, this is very strange.

[Megalodon 720]

Not carnation or catenation.

And yeah, I guess this one doesn't invite wild guesses so much.

Clue 2: First figure out what element is "beyond the planets", then reverse that element.

Americium is after Plutonium on the periodic table sooo, Muicirema?

Or if you're not counting pluto then it's Plutonium, which comes after Neptunium. Sooo, Muinotulp?

Edited October 7, 2014 by Megalodon 720

[Deadpangod3]

Is it life?

[Kulebron]

Not carnation or catenation.

And yeah, I guess this one doesn't invite wild guesses so much.

Not so wild. I decided you meant 1) ion 2) n 3) ? (rn) 4) at 5) ca and tried to assemble them into a word.

Hm, if something beyond planets reversed, it may be Plutonium, Pt > Tp ?

[cantab]

Nobody has the overall answer so far.

Clue 3: The second line refers to one of the main gases in Earth's atmosphere.

[Megalodon 720]

N or O then.

So there's: Tp or Ma for the first line, N or O for the second line, Tc perhaps for line 3?, At for line 4 and an Alkali for line 5.

EDIT: Or perhaps line 5 means more than one element.

Edited October 7, 2014 by Megalodon 720

[cantab]

Sooner or later someone's bound to have a flash of inspiration...

[Red Iron Crown]

Americium is after Plutonium on the periodic table sooo, Muicirema?

Or if you're not counting pluto then it's Plutonium, which comes after Neptunium. Sooo, Muinotulp?

I'm guessing that it is just reversal of the shortened version, so "ma" for americium or "up" for plutonium.

Another great riddle cantab.

[EdFred]

Except Pluto isn't a planet.

[cantab]

Well yes, but "Beyond the planets (including Pluto which is totes a planet guys)" or "Beyond the planets (but not Pluto, the puny iceball)" wouldn't really scan.

[EdFred]

For your riddle, is Pluto a planet or not a planet? Because I don't consider Pluto a planet.

[cantab]

Well, you'll just have to try either way.

One beyond the planets reversed.

One in airs of Earth dispersed.

One that stars just cannot form.

One that's rarer than them all.

Lots you shouldn't in water dissolve.

Mix around, this riddle to solve.

Clue 1: As a few people have surmised, each of the first five lines refers to a different element. The answer, though, is nothing to do with chemistry.

Clue 2: First figure out what element is "beyond the planets", then reverse that element.

Clue 3: The second line refers to one of the main gases in Earth's atmosphere.

Clue 4: I wouldn't expect stars to produce heavy elements by fusion, but what about light ones?

[Red Iron Crown]

So:

Line 1: ma or up

Line 2: o or n

Line 3: h

Line 4: at

Line 5: ca maybe?

[EdFred]

cathode ?

[Deadpangod3]

Well, you'll just have to try either way.

One beyond the planets reversed.

One in airs of Earth dispersed.

One that stars just cannot form.

One that's rarer than them all.

Lots you shouldn't in water dissolve.

Mix around, this riddle to solve.

Clue 1: As a few people have surmised, each of the first five lines refers to a different element. The answer, though, is nothing to do with chemistry.

Clue 2: First figure out what element is "beyond the planets", then reverse that element.

Clue 3: The second line refers to one of the main gases in Earth's atmosphere.

Clue 4: I wouldn't expect stars to produce heavy elements by fusion, but what about light ones?

Manham?

Manhattan?

(Tenchar)

[cantab]

Nope to any.

[vexx32]

I'm honestly starting to think that this riddle is too nebulous to be solved by anything other than a stroke of luck. There are several possibilities for more than one of the lines, plus then you need a half-decent Scrabble-minded person to rearrange them into the correct word.

[cantab]

It's true that most of the lines have more possibilities than I'd thought. I thought of characteristics of elements without really checking they were distinctive.

But there's a key detail that's getting overlooked, especially in light of my first clue that each line (except the sixth) refers to a, i.e. one, element.