286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
Tim and Mel are long distance lovers. Tim has just purchased an engagement ring for Mel and wants to mail it to her. Unfortunately...
If I say, "Everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or a lie?
One strand dangles. Two strands twist. Three or more can fashion this.
What is it that no one wants, but no one wants to lose?
When is 1500 plus 20 and 1600 minus 40 the same thing?
I know a word; six letters it contains. And yet if you take one away, twelve is what remains.
I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.
I have seven letters and am something you eat. My only anagram can help your pain. If you remove my first 2 letters I wear things...
You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, But the future can never taint me. What am I?
If you throw me out the window, I'll leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but through the door, You'll see someone giving life....
Why are manholes round instead of square?
Whoever makes it, tells it not; whoever takes it, knows it not; and whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?
Two fathers and their two sons go fishing together. They each catch one fish to take home with them. They do not lose any fish, an...
We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking wes...
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 necess...
What is at the end of a rainbow?
What you're looking for ... I'll hide it from you. However if you ask, I'll lead you right through. You're tempted to cross me, an...
If 1+9+8=1, what is 2+8+9?
Is an older one-hundred dollar bill worth more than a newer one?
In the fathers will, he states that his sons must race their horse, and the son with the slowest horse will receive the fathers en...
In a certain country ½ of 5 = 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10 ?
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?