286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
It's true I bring serenity, And hang around the stars But yet I live in misery; You'll find me behind bars With thieves and villai...
What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?
There is one word that stands the test of time and holds fast to the center of everything. Though everyone will try at least once...
Reaching stiffly for the sky, I bare my fingers when it's cold In warmth I wear an emerald glove And in between I dress in gold
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, Take up...
I drift forever with the current down these long canals they've made, Tame, yet wild, I run elusive Multitasking to your aid. Befo...
What question can you never honestly answer yes to?
I am the part of the bird that is not in the sky, who can drown in the ocean and yet remain dry. A last vestige of man that refuse...
We are such little tiny creatures; all of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; One of us you'll find in jet. Ano...
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 c...
I am black of eye and bright of hair And my feet are firmly in the ground. I love the sun upon my face And I follow it around. Whe...
My tines are long. My tines are short. My tines end ere My first report. What am I?
Curtail me thrice, I am a youth; Behead me once, a snake; Complete, I'm often used, in truth, When certain steps you'd take. What...
It is in the rock, but not in the stone; It is in the marrow, but not in the bone; It is in the bolster, but not in the bed; It is...
The land was white the seed was black it'll take a good scholar to riddle me that. What is it?
I am, in truth, a yellow fork From tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropped The awful cutlery cry. Of mansions never quite...
I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this ter...
How can the number four be half of five?
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 daugh...
The state of holding a person in your person.
Little trotty hetty coat in a long petticoat and a red nose the longer she stands the shorter she grows. What is it?
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yest...
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?