What has $4$ letters, sometimes $9$ letters, always $6$ letters and never $5$ letters. How?
Hint: $4$ letters
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Well; for a start:
The word "what" itself has four letters, the word "sometimes" has nine, the word "always" has six letters and the word "never" has five. So...
What has $4$ letters, sometimes $9$ letters, always $6$ letters and never $5$ letters. How? $3$ letters!
* worth noting that this was entirely @WAF in the comments.
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$\begingroup$ You got the trick, but how? $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 1, 2019 at 6:54
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4$\begingroup$ Maybe just apply the same rule to the bold word as well. $\endgroup$– WAFCommented Jan 1, 2019 at 7:05
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$\begingroup$ @WAF good thought — why didn't I think of that? If it's correct, I owe you. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 1, 2019 at 7:34
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$\begingroup$ Heh. It's all yours! Always happy to collaborate. $\endgroup$– WAFCommented Jan 2, 2019 at 6:12
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I kind of second Hugh's answer, but with a slight addition. What's in the question's body isn't really a question. It's a statement. What has 4 letters, sometimes 9 letters, always 6 letters and never 5 letters. It's just a count of the number of letters in each word succeeding the comma. This is like a guide/legend to answer the real question.
The real question
lies in the title ==> But, how is this possible?
The answer:
Taking the prototype in the statement given above... this has 4 letters. That is how THIS is possible. In other words... the answer to How is THIS possible?
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1$\begingroup$ Ha, lol. I should havs got that. Well done $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 1, 2019 at 15:21
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1$\begingroup$ Ummm... It was actually about "How"... A really good conclusion but the fact that the title wasn't allowing me less than 15 characters. I am sorry $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 1, 2019 at 16:23
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1$\begingroup$ "How?" is a question. it implies How about "how"? $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 2, 2019 at 7:37
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$\begingroup$ I get it now @MohammadZuhairKhan. I took the title in the literal way.. good one though $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 3, 2019 at 10:45