286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?
I'm an old relative who's hands can't hold anything and eyes can't see anything. What am I?
There are several different kinds but the one you pick doesn't do its job. What is it?
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 ate one and threw away two. What is it?
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?
Under pressure is the only way I work, and by myself is the only way I am hurt. What am I?
An archaeologist wishes to send a valuable artifact to a museum. However, he has doubts as to the integrity of the couriers, and f...
We hurt without moving. And poison without touching. We bear truth and lies, But are not judged by size. What are we?
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...
A golden treasure that never stays; The coin whose face gives wealth to all. Strands, nuggets, and dust of gold are all bought...
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...
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...
A strange attraction compels me to hold your things most dear, yet I know it not, and feel no warmth in my holding. My brothers an...
What we caught, we threw away. We kept what we didn't catch. What was it that we kept?
Think of words ending in GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the th...
Without it, I'm dead. If I'm not, then then I'm behind. What am I?
When do we say "ten" if we look at 2?
Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?
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...
What is unusual about the sentence below? A big cowboy, dancing elegantly for grand hotels in Jersey, knitting lovely mittens nic...
What 8 letter word has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end?
Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying, Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.
I see without seeing, to me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I?