Challenge yourself with a fun handwritten word puzzle on lined notebook paper that has been sparking some great conversations online! It is a classic brain teaser that might just bring back a few memories, and it is a wonderful test of your creative thinking.
The image asks a very simple question: “WHAT APPEARS ONCE IN JUNE, TWICE IN NOVEMBER, AND NEVER IN MAY?”
What makes this puzzle so clever is how it misdirects our brains. Because the riddle specifically mentions months, we naturally jump straight to thinking about holidays, seasons, weather, or annual events. If you try to solve it by looking at a calendar, you will find yourself completely stuck!
To solve this one, you have to stop thinking about the meaning of the words and start looking closely at their spelling. Count how many times a specific, common vowel is used in the names of those three months!
Answer: The letter “E”.
