# Solid or Liquid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 19, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-or-liquid/7573 "2000-02-19T23:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JLPicard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@JLPicard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLPicard)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-or-liquid/7573/1 "2000-02-19T23:24:00Z")
With all the talk about glass being a solid or a liquid, A question has been dancing around my little noodle. Is Silly Putty (the only toy that can read comics) a Solid or a liquid? It will take up the shape of what ever it’s poured into, but it will also break and snap when pulled on. * * * Bad spellers of the world… UNTIE ---
**Author:** ![tbea925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@tbea925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbea925)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-or-liquid/7573/2 "2000-02-19T23:28:00Z")
Silly Putty is made of glass. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-or-liquid/7573/3 "2000-02-19T23:38:00Z")
There are some gray areas between the classic states of matter but silly putty is probably a very viscous liquid or maybe a mixture/suspension of solid in a liquid. ---
**Author:** ![JonF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JonF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonF)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-or-liquid/7573/4 "2000-02-20T00:11:00Z")
Silly putty is a [viscoelastic solid](http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/7/0,5716,119067,00.html). * * * jrf