286 hard riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
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 bla...
Can you guess the next letter in the series? CYGTNLIT
I am a five letter word and I am a fruit. Take the first letter out and I am a crime, take out the first and second letter and I a...
I am a fruit. If you take away the first letter of my name I become a crime. Take away the first two letters of my name I become a...
What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer and a five-minute timer...
While exploring the wilds of Canada, George was captured by hostile wood fairies. Zion, the powerful chief of the fairies told him...
I can slash but I have no knife, I can dash but I have no legs, I can pound but I have no hammer, I can star but I have no stag...
I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?
I have many teeth and sometimes they're fine, First I'm by your head, then I'm down your spine. What am I? What am I?
A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed fr...
I repeat only the last word you say. The more I repeat, the softer I got. I cannot be seen but can be heard. What am I?
Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule,...
Which word does not belong in the following list: Stop cop mop chop prop shop or crop?
A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica,...
Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be?
A smooth dance, a ball sport, a place to stay, an Asian country, and a girl's name. What's her name?
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40 and leave 6.
A thief enters a shop and threatens the clerk, forcing him to open the safe. The clerk says, "The code for the safe is different e...
My sister has two children. I had two children. My brother has two children. My cousin has two children. Wow, that's a lot of chil...