286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
Two friends ordered the same drink. One drank hers fast, finishing five drinks in the time it took the other to finish one. The dr...
What is in your body for free the first and the second time, but the third time you have to buy yourself?
A dead body is found outside a multistory building. The detective goes to the first floor, walks to the window facing the body, op...
A man hijacks a plane with 8 passengers and valuable cargo. He takes the cargo and demands nine parachutes. He puts on one and jum...
Alexander is stranded on an island covered in forest. Lightning strikes the west end and starts a fire. The wind blows east, drivi...
A detective who was mere days from cracking an international smuggling ring has suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last-k...
A man forgot the secret code to open his locker. But he remembers the following clues: Fifth number plus the third number equals...
A man went into a party and drank some of the fruit punch. He then left early. Everyone at the party who drunk the fruit punch sub...
You have two ropes. Each rope can burn in exactly one hour. The ropes are not of the same length or width. Both ropes are also not...
Three spies, suspected as double agents, speak as follows when questioned: Albert: "Bertie is a mole." Bertie: "Cedric is a mole....
Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?
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...
When the postman arrived at the Smith home to deliver mail through a slot in the front door, he was surprised to find the Smiths h...
An intelligent trader travels from one place to another with 3 sacks having 30 coconuts each. No sack can hold more than 30 coconu...
Name a 15-letter English word with fifteen different letters?
The number 8549176320. What makes it unique?
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. Wha...
What walks on its head all day?
A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?
A man was born in 1964 and died in 1984 at the age of 25. How is this possible?
Rearrange the letters: NOR DO WE to make one word.
What is the only word in the English language that has 6 letters, all in alphabetical order?
I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language. What am I?