Answer:
Where jewelry pierces your head.
Which word is least like the others? Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth?
It's shorter than the rest, but when you're happy, you raise it up like it's the best. What is it?
Long and thin, red within, with a nail at the end.
I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the dead. What did I see?
What sphinxes employ and players enjoy.