Word Puzzles Questions

No news is good news.

SHORT is the required five letter word, which becomes SHORTER when two letters 'ER' are added to it.

I am CARROT which is orange color but sounds like parrot.

STARTLING is a required 9 letter English word is still a word each time you remove a letter from the word. And how it is shown below: 

1. Remove the L, and the word becomes: STARTING

2. Remove one T, and the word becomes: STARING

3. Remove the A, and the word becomes: STRING

4. Remove the R, and the word becomes: STING

5. Remove the other T, and the word becomes: SING

6. Remove the G, and the word becomes: SIN

7. Remove the S, and the word becomes: IN

8. Remove the N, and the word becomes: I

A river which can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps.

River.

It always runs  or flows but never walks.

It will sound like murmuring but never talks.

It has bed but never sleeps.

It has mouth but never eats.

Firstly, I focussed on "If you remove my 1st & 2nd letters, you can't see me". The first thing that comes to mind which we can’t see is the "AIR".

So now, what 4 letter words can be formed ending with "AIR"? Think of all the words from A to Z, considering which one lies above you. That is how we get to "HAIR".

Now, which 5 letter word can be formed ending with "HAIR"? Starting with A to Z, we reach "CHAIR" and also, it lies below us.

And the required answer is "CHAIR".

The given letter equation 3 BM (SHTR) imples that 3 Blind Mice (See How They Run).