Riddles with Answers

Last updated: Oct 16, 2025

The best riddles are enigmas wrapped up in a puzzle and shrouded in mystery. It is up to you to unravel the secret and solve the riddles until that “A-ha!” moment that leaves you feeling so satisfied. The best riddles are the ones that challenge your mind and require your ability to look beyond the words and if the riddle stumps your friends that’s a bonus! We are always adding intriguing new riddles so check back often!

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An Ant On His Birthday

What do you call a 100-year-old ant?

Answer: An antique!

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A Hundred Stones

A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a yard distant from each other. How many yards must a person walk, who undertakes to pick them up, and place them in a basket stationed one yard from the first stone?

Answer: In solving this question it is clear that to pick up the first stone and put it into the basket, the person must walk two yards, one in going for the stone and another in returning with it; that for the second stone he must walk four yards, and so on increasing by two as far as the hundredth, when he must walk two hundred yards, so that the sum total will be the product of 202 multiplied by 50, or 10,100 yards. If any one does not see why we multiply 202 by 50 in getting the answer, we refer him to his arithmetic.

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Only Number Of Its Kind

The following number is the only one of its kind: 8,549,176,320 Can you figure out what is so special about it?

Answer: It's the only number that has all the digits arranged in alphabetical order.

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The More You Take The More You Leave Behind Riddle

The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"

Answer: You take footsteps and leave footprints.

What 8 Letter Word Can Have A Letter Taken Away And It Still Makes A Word

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

Answer: The word is "starting". Remove the middle "T" and you have "staring", Remove the "A" and you get "string", remove the "R" then you have "sting", remove the "T" and you get "sing". Remove the "G", and you get "sin", remove the "S" and you're left with "in", and finally, remove the "N" and you're left with "I".

What Has A Head A Tail Is Brown And Has No Legs

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

Answer: A Penny.

David's Father Has Three Sons Riddle

David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?

Answer: David.

Can You Name Three Consecutive Days Without Using The Words Monday

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Answer: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

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The Girl And The Ladder

Why did the girl bring the tallest ladder to school?

Answer: She brought it so that she could climb to high school!

What Works?

What work is it that the faster you work, the longer it is before you're done, and the slower you work, the sooner you're finished?

Answer: Roasting meat on a spit

Improvised What Am I?

I sway in the wind but fall in a storm. I can hurt for your needs or help you breathe. What am I?

Answer: A tree.

Another Batman Reference......

What gets broken without having to hold it?

Answer: Your spirit :(

Miracle Mystery By Phil Jones

Pat was an underwater adventurer for most of his life. He came from a very large family who also were known for their ocean experiences. One day, while exploring an area of the ocean floor near a shark-infested region, Pat encountered one of the vicious beasts who bit off one of his arms, but left him alive. Not one of Pat’s numerous family members expressed any sadness or gave any words of comfort to him after the attack; however, a miraculous event began to take place for him —— his arm which had been chewed off, began to slowly grow back. It was a slow process, but within a year Pat’s arm was fully and miraculously restored; however, no mention of this incredible healing was reported in any medical journal or newspaper in the country. Just imagine —— a severed arm was completely regrown, but no one reported it or even noticed it! So, my question to you is: who exactly was Pat, and why didn’t this miraculous healing become known to the entire world?

Answer: Pat was a Starfish who lived in the ocean, and had the unique ability to regenerate it’s arms if any of them were ever lost.

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The Girl And The Ladder

Why did the girl bring the tallest ladder to school?

Answer: She brought it so that she could climb to high school!

Baseball Vampire Joke

How do you know that a vampire loves baseball?

Answer: Because he turns into a bat every night.

How Many Plums?

A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?

Answer: None. A pear tree does not bear plums.

What Asks No Questions But Requires Many Answers

What asks no questions but requires many answers?

Answer: A doorbell.

You Have 5 Kids And You Have To Get Them All Into A Car Riddle.

You have 5 kids and you have to get them all into a car. Tommy and Timmy are twins but they fight so they can't sit together. Sarah and Sally fight too, so they can't sit together. Max fights with his sisters so he can only sit by his brothers. There are 5 seats side by side and you have to put them in order. How would you seat the kids, so that everyone is happy?

Answer: Sarah, Tommy, Max, Timmy, and then Sally.