346 riddles with hints and detailed explanations
An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The longer the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes. What is it?
I only point in one direction, but I guide people around the world. 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 the son of your grandmother and grandfather but not your uncle. Who am I?
I am constantly overlooked by everybody but everybody has me. What am I?
I'm an old relative who's hands can't hold anything and eyes can't see anything. What am I?
When I live I cry, if you don't kill me I'll die. What am I?
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 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 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?
I craft crowns of gold and bridges of silver. Who am I?
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 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?
I have existed for centuries, but last only a month. What am I?
A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I?
How can you leave a room with two legs and return with six legs
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...
I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?
If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter.
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.