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...
Red and orange, blue and green, touching brothers yellow and white. The final solution is always in sight. Yet only by minds sharp...
When I take five and add six, I get eleven, but when I take six and add seven, I get one. What am I?
I'm an old relative who's hands can't hold anything and eyes can't see anything. What am I?
Alone I am 24th, with a friend I am 20. Another friend and I am unclean. 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?
A sundial is the type of timepiece that has the fewest moving parts. What type of timepiece has the most moving parts?
"Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet." (Judges 14:14)
An archaeologist unearths a coin bearing the inscription "57BC". How does he instantly know that it's a forgery?
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...
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 we caught, we threw away. We kept what we didn't catch. What was it that we kept?
What is unusual about the sentence below? A big cowboy, dancing elegantly for grand hotels in Jersey, knitting lovely mittens nic...
Why is a raven like a writing desk? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter
Fifteen decades by a tree Cryptically expresses me - A garment worn in times of old, Five letters long, I keep out cold.
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...
We hurt without moving. And poison without touching. We bear truth and lies, But are not judged by size. What are we?
An archaeologist wishes to send a valuable artifact to a museum. However, he has doubts as to the integrity of the couriers, and f...
A golden treasure that never stays; The coin whose face gives wealth to all. Strands, nuggets, and dust of gold are all bought...
Without it, I'm dead. If I'm not, then then I'm behind. 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...
When do we say "ten" if we look at 2?
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...
I see without seeing, to me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I?