I have pieces, yet I’m not a pie, I challenge your mind, make it fly. When all is done, I form a whole, And bring satisfaction to your soul.

I begin with a loss you choose to take, a small surrender for a greater stake. Risk in my bones, advantage my aim what am I in strategy’s game?

Not on the A list, but I’m second best Use me to play tennis, not a ball, or a net In a sentence or maths . . .I square off the rest.

BSAINXLEATNTEARS If you remove six letters from the above nonsense word, you will reveal a familiar English word, which is the answer to this riddle.

I am building a triangle, right. The first two sides are done, but the longest side is hard. Why does it have so many vowels?