346 riddles with hints and detailed explanations
I like to twirl my body but keep my head up high. After I go in, everything becomes tight. What am I?
What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
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?
I am the water of life, but seeing too much of me is never good. I am what binds families together, but I can be defied. What am I...
I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. He who buys me cuts my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when...
I walk with you almost every day, yet you never notice me. You step on me, but you never say sorry. What am I?
When there is a fly near our food it is normally a pest. But when we see this fly near food it is often a welcome guest. What am I...
The Pope has it but he does not use it. Your father has it but your mother uses it. Nuns do not need it. Arnold Schwarzenegger ha...
I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smal...
We travel much, yet prisoners are, and close confined to boot. Yet with any horse, we will keep the pace, and will always go on fo...
What has an eye but cannot see?
Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, Grown in the darkness, a lady's delight.
He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five and an inhabitant of ear...
Tool of thief, toy of queen. Always used to be unseen. Sign of joy, sign of sorrow. Giving all likeness borrowed.
I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or squar...
My sides are firmly laced about, Yet nothing is within; You'll think my head is strange indeed, Being nothing else but skin.
I have an eye but cannot see. I'm faster than any man alive and have no limbs. What am I?
I love to dance and twist and prance, I shake my tail, as away I sail, wingless I fly into the sky. What am I?
I have a name, but it isn't my name. My face shows signs of age. I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say. I'm born in m...
The man who makes it doesn't use it; the man who buys it doesn't need it; the man who uses it doesn't know it. What is it?
A boy and his father are involved in a traffic accident, and the father dies. The boy is rushed to hospital, suffering from injuri...
Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Two sisters are we, one is dark and one is fair In twin towers dwelling we're quite the pair One from land and one from sea Tell u...