I am 11 letter long my 1234 is an insect 345 is a food 5678 is a heavenly body if 4 combine 1358 you'll get my 78910 my 91011 your best friend what am I?

Answer 1

I found this on another website for another similar joke:

My solution is

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

I K C E R S A T G O D

These letters don't seem to form a phrase but the problem didn't say they had to. An anagram of these letters is TRICK DOSAGE,

and this provides a vital clue;

one trick isn't enough; we must up the dosage to two:

IKCERSATGOD + TRICK

After adding in an extra TRICK (= RCT+I+K) I can solve all six clues:

``my 1234 is an insect''

1234 = IKCE + RCT = CRICKET

``my 345 is food''

345 = CER + I = RICE

``my 5678 is a heavenly body''

5678 = RSAT = STAR

``my 91011 is your best friend''

91011 = GOD = DOG

``If you get my 1358''

1358 = ICRT + K = TRICK

``you'll get my 78910''

78910 = ATGO = GOAT

Yes, I agree this is unsatisfactory, but I'll bet most of the words are right. (TICK is another likely possibility for Insect.) ``Your best friend'' is almost certainly DOG. (PAL would *not* be clued with ``best.'')

And, although word fits can arise by chance, STAR, and GOAT are *very* good fits making coincidence less likely.