THE 1% Club players were left stumped by a difficult word riddle – but could you get it right in 30 seconds?

An episode of The 1% Club saw 100 contestants try and make it to the 1% question and be in with a chance to win a share of the jackpot.

But the 5% question saw several contestants crash out of the running thanks to a very difficult riddle.

Host Lee Mack asked the question: “There is a five letter word where if you remove the first letter a bit remains.

Lee then added: “You have 30 seconds to answer” before revealing that two contestants had been knocked out once the time was up.

This meant they couldn’t continue towards the final question and a share of the jackpot.

He then revealed that the answer was the word Habit – which becomes ‘a bit’ then ‘bit’ and finally ‘it’.

Meanwhile, in Saturday’s latest episode a brutal question left 23 contestants stunned and out of the game in one savage swoop.

Host Lee Mack asked the question: “Including the word ‘and’, what is the only number out of the numbers below that uses every vowel exactly once when spelt out?”

The answers to choose from were 107, 206 or 305.

Lee joked: “Take as long as you need… as long as the time you need is 30 seconds.”

He then revealed the correct answer was 206.

And later in the show, the 15% question saw multiple contestants get knocked out.

Lee asked the question: “Which of these groups of six symbols are in the same order whether you read them from left to right or right to left?”

He joked: “This is basically what we had to use before emojis.”

Lee then revealed that the correct answer was C.

Unfortunately eight players were eliminated, just three questions away from the 1% question and chance to win the jackpot.

The 1% Club is available to watch on Saturdays on ITV1 and ITVX.