286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
There are several different kinds but the one you pick doesn't do its job. What is it?
When I take five and add six, I get eleven, but when I take six and add seven, I get one. What am I?
The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?
I am found in the sea and on land but I do not walk or swim. I travel by foot but I am toeless. No matter where I go, I'm never fa...
I always follow my brother, although very different we are. You can see him, but not me. You can hear me, but not him. What am I?
A sundial is the type of timepiece that has the fewest moving parts. What type of timepiece has the most moving parts?
I grow up while growing down. What am I?
I fall but I never get back up I'm unique but I'm not a fingerprint I'm sometimes part of a ball but I'm not leather If I get w...
An archaeologist unearths a coin bearing the inscription "57BC". How does he instantly know that it's a forgery?
A train pulls in alongside a crowded platform. It is precisely on schedule. The train is not full, and yet nobody boards it. All t...
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills And empty holes it fills...
What is unusual about the sentence below? A big cowboy, dancing elegantly for grand hotels in Jersey, knitting lovely mittens nic...
"Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet." (Judges 14:14)
An archaeologist wishes to send a valuable artifact to a museum. However, he has doubts as to the integrity of the couriers, and f...
Fifteen decades by a tree Cryptically expresses me - A garment worn in times of old, Five letters long, I keep out cold.
Without it, I'm dead. If I'm not, then then I'm behind. What am I?
I see without seeing, to me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I?
In a closely contested race, the judges call for a photo finish to determine the winner. It becomes clear that Alfonso crossed the...
When do we say "ten" if we look at 2?
Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying, Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.
We hurt without moving. And poison without touching. We bear truth and lies, But are not judged by size. What are we?
First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the l...
An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. "That eye is like to this eye" Said the first eye, "But in low place, Not in hig...
I talk, but I do not speak my mind I hear words, but I do not listen to thoughts When I wake, all see me When I sleep, all hear me...