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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.
Great 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!
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Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Riddle: 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?
Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Riddle: David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
Riddle: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
These are brain teasers that require thought, intellect, and a dab of creativity. Moreover, teasing your brain will require you to think hard and sometimes think outside the box.
Riddle: You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
Riddle: A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Riddle: Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
Riddle: What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? What is it?
Riddle: A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Easy riddles with answers are great for elementary kids and teenagers alike. Our riddle resources encourage people of all ages to stimulate thinking in new ways with low tech amusement.
Riddle: I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Riddle: What runs around the whole yard without moving?
Riddle: Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
Riddle: What can you catch but never throw?
Riddle: A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign, and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not?
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Riddle: I am something people love or hate. I change peoples appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people I will fool them. To others I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I?
Riddle: Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?
Riddle: Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it?
Riddle: If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
Riddle: Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
The most comprehensive list of safe riddles for kids. Our kids' riddles are hand-picked to encourage your child’s problem-solving skills.
Riddle: David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
Riddle: What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Riddle: I make two people out of one. What am I?
Riddle: What is more useful when it is broken?
Riddle: I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
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Riddle: Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Riddle: Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Riddle: How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?
Riddle: There are two monkeys on a tree and one jumps off. Why does the other monkey jump too?
Riddle: A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
Math riddles and number puzzles that challenge your lateral thinking. Test your logic and calculation skills with these numerical conundrums. Get the obvious answers to math riddles.
Riddle: How do you make the number 7 even without addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division?
Riddle: Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Riddle: How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?
Riddle: How many sides does a circle have?
Riddle: How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Riddle: A man is found dead at the end of an alley. A detective who enters the scene sees the letter X and immediately knows who killed the man and why. How did the detective know?
Riddle: There are eight people in the TSA line for inspection. Each one of them has a full 1 Pint bottle of water. All are the same brand of pure water and are unopened. The big sign says liquids over a few ounces are not allowed. The first seven people have to surrender their bottle of water and empty it. But after a brief discussion they let the eighth person go through with their bottle of water intact. Why did this happen?
Riddle: Two players, A and B, play an unequal game. There are n points on the game board. In each turn, Player A targets a pair of dots and Player B says whether those two dots are connected or not. A can only target each pair once and the game ends when all pairs are targeted. Player B wins if there is a point connected to all other points in the last turn, and player A wins if any point is connected to all other points in any turn except the last point or if no point is connected to all other points after that. The last turn. What n values do any of the players have for a winning strategy?
Riddle: I am made up of two words joined together and represent a meal. My first half is a famous genre. My second half represents a crop. What am I?
Riddle: I run using my three hands and never stop. What am I?
Flex your mind and have fun at the same time! Updated daily, our riddle collections will keep you guessing. Get your cerebral workout on with Riddles.com: riddles, quizzes, puns, and bottle cap puzzles.
