286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
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...
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?
A golden treasure that never stays; The coin whose face gives wealth to all. Strands, nuggets, and dust of gold are all bought...
Can you name the largest number that can be written with four 1's?
Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying, Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.
What is the next letter in the series below, and why? B, C, D, E, G, P
Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?
Fifteen decades by a tree Cryptically expresses me - A garment worn in times of old, Five letters long, I keep out cold.
In a closely contested race, the judges call for a photo finish to determine the winner. It becomes clear that Alfonso crossed the...
I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, Non...
Why is the letter A the most like a flower?
Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand o...
My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. And my rain dries all the ground it touches. What am I?
If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to rea...
I'm pleasing to the eye A tool for many absent of mind A tapestry of fickle lies Blind to even the most pensive spies I'm often th...
Creatures of power, creatures of grace, Creatures of beauty, creatures of strength. As for their lives, they set everything's pace...
My only timepiece is a wall clock. One day I forgot to wind it and it stopped. I went to visit a friend who has a watch which is a...
Which eight-letter word still remains a word after removing each letter from it?
Within, I clean all that is bad and is old. I make juice that's the colour of gold. Should I die, a filter machine would you need...
What travels alone but is never alone, has a name but doesn't exist
I cut through evil like a double edged sword, And chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise, Through battles f...
Placed above it makes greater things small. Placed beside it makes small things greater. In matters that counts it always comes fi...
There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his...