Hard riddles are designed to truly test your mental mettle. These brain teasers involve complex wordplay, multi-step logic, or clever misdirection that can stump even experienced riddlers. Do not worry if you get stuck — our progressive hint system can nudge you in the right direction, and the AI-powered explanation will help you understand the answer even if you did not get it on your own.
257 hard riddles
I'm so fast you can't see me, though everyone else can see straight through me. I don't stop until the day you die. What am I?

A hundred feet in the air, but it's back is on the ground. What is it?

At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit...

Which does not belong in this group: Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear

Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started. What am I?
1-2-3-4-5-6 I am a 6 letter word. Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink. Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit. Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet. Letters 3-2-6 spell out a...
What king can you make if you take the head of a lamb the middle of a pig the hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon?
What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?
I make the leaves green, I make the dirt brown, I make the blue birds blue, I make all of your childhood dreams come true. What am I?
I am aspired by all, yet hard to find. You can search endlessly, but have little peace of mind. What am I?
What is the smallest sentence with all letters in the English alphabets?

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

A mother had five boys Marco, Tucker, Webster and Thomas. Was the fifth boys name Frank, Evan or Alex?

I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg, I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole, I can be...
Many years ago, a wealthy old man was near death. He wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. The old man wanted to know that his fortune would...

Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read...
I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?

What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great...
What can be driven although it doesn't have wheels, sliced but stays whole?
What has a Heart but no other organs?

Can you guess the next letter in the series? CYGTNLIT
A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said "oh I'm sorry,...
What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?