Hard Riddles — Can You Solve Them?
Hard riddles are designed to truly test your mental mettle. These brain teasers involve complex wordplay, multi-step logic, or clever misdirection that can stump even experienced riddlers. Do not worry if you get stuck — our progressive hint system can nudge you in the right direction, and the AI-powered explanation will help you understand the answer even if you did not get it on your own.
257 hard riddles
If it were three hours later than it is now, it would be twice as long until midnight as it would be if it were four hours later. What time is it now?
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. How is this possible?
What is broken but right two times a day?
Although I'm far from the point, I don't make mistakes, I fix yours. What am I?
What is the only word in the English language that has 6 letters, all in alphabetical order?
Find an English word that uses all of the following letters: PNLLEEEESSSSS
What makes my left hand, my right hand?
Each letter in the below equation stands for a different number, and each time the same letter appears, it is the same number. What is the only set of numbers t...
A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?
Name a 15-letter English word with fifteen different letters?
The number 8549176320. What makes it unique?
A man was born in 1964 and died in 1984 at the age of 25. How is this possible?
Susan and Lisa decided to play tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game they played. Susan won three bets and Lisa won $5. How many games did they pl...
Three spies, suspected as double agents, speak as follows when questioned: Albert: "Bertie is a mole." Bertie: "Cedric is a mole." Cedric: "Bertie is lying."...
You have two ropes. Each rope takes one hour to burn. These ropes are not identical, nor are they uniform; i.e. it does not necessarily take half an hour for ha...
Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?
I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.
Many many years ago when I was twenty three, I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red. My fa...
Three people check into a room. The bill is $30. They split it 3 ways. Later on the hotel realizes they should have charged $25 so they send a bellhop to return...
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is th...
You are playing a game of dodge ball with two other people, John and Tom. You're standing in a triangle and you all take turns throwing at one of the others of...
An open ended barrel, I am shaped like a hive. I am filled with the flesh, and the flesh is alive! What am I?
Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way acros...
My first letter is in the spell, but not the book My second letter is in the fright and also the shook My third letter is in the cauldron, but never in pot My f...