139 riddles with hints and detailed explanations
What is unusual about the sentence below? A big cowboy, dancing elegantly for grand hotels in Jersey, knitting lovely mittens nic...
What we caught, we threw away. We kept what we didn't catch. What was it that we kept?
We hurt without moving. And poison without touching. We bear truth and lies, But are not judged by size. What are we?
What 8 letter word has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end?
Think of words ending in GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the th...
When is the top of a mountain like a bank account?
Who is silent in the parliament?
What is the next letter in the series below, and why? B, C, D, E, G, P
Without it, I'm dead. If I'm not, then then I'm behind. What am I?
I talk, but I do not speak my mind I hear words, but I do not listen to thoughts When I wake, all see me When I sleep, all hear me...
What do you call a bear without an ear?
Three matches are sitting on a table. Without adding another make the three matches four. You are not allowed to break any of the...
A dog's name with one letter and one number?
Which eight-letter word still remains a word after removing each letter from it?
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?
Whats 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?
Which word that begins with the letter I, and by adding the letter A, becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, t...
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...
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'm teary-eyed but never cry. Silver-tongued, but never lie. Double-winged, but never fly. Air-cooled, but never dry. What am I?
It's hard to give up. Remove part of it and you still have a bit. Remove another part, but bit is still there. Remove another and...
What gets bigger every time you take from it?
We are five little objects of an everyday sort you will find us all in the ladies' court