286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
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...
You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?
There are several different kinds but the one you pick doesn't do its job. What is it?
I grow up while growing down. What am I?
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?
I ate one and threw away two. 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?
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...
Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying, Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.
What is unusual about the sentence below? A big cowboy, dancing elegantly for grand hotels in Jersey, knitting lovely mittens nic...
Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?
What 8 letter word has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end?
Can you name the largest number that can be written with four 1's?
An archaeologist unearths a coin bearing the inscription "57BC". How does he instantly know that it's a forgery?
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 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...
Without it, I'm dead. If I'm not, then then I'm behind. What am I?
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...
We hurt without moving. And poison without touching. We bear truth and lies, But are not judged by size. What are we?
A golden treasure that never stays; The coin whose face gives wealth to all. Strands, nuggets, and dust of gold are all bought...
You ride on me every day but barely notice, I'm hot and cold at the very same time, I'm the densest of my clan, And my first th...
An archaeologist wishes to send a valuable artifact to a museum. However, he has doubts as to the integrity of the couriers, and f...
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...
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...