346 riddles with hints and detailed explanations
I am constantly overlooked by everybody but everybody has me. What am I?
An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The longer the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes. What is it?
When I live I cry, if you don't kill me I'll die. What am I?
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...
I am a poison strong enough to kill the sturdiest of men but I have the power to make even the vilest of dishes irresistible. What...
I'm an old relative who's hands can't hold anything and eyes can't see anything. What am I?
I am the son of your grandmother and grandfather but not your uncle. Who am I?
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I've been used by almost everybody....
I only point in one direction, but I guide people around the world. What am I?
I drape the hills in white. I do not swallow, but I sure do bite. What am I?
Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?
A noble device, cursed to accept disgraceful treatment. It's absence can tell a man he doesn't belong. What is it?
It comes only before, It comes only after, Rises only in darkness, But rises only in light. It is always the same, But is yet alwa...
I craft crowns of gold and bridges of silver. Who am I?
How can you leave a room with two legs and return with six legs
I have existed for centuries, but last only a month. What am I?
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?
A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I?
Inside me the adventurous find Quests and treasures of every kind. Trolls, goblins, orcs, and more, await Within my closed walls f...
Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night, Cunning but affectionate if given a bite. Never owned but often loved. At my sport cons...
As beautiful as the setting sun, As delicate as the morning dew; An angel's dusting from the stars that can turn the Earth into A...
If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter.
I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?
Kings and queens may cling to power and the jester's got his call, But, as you may all discover, the common one outranks them all.