241 riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
White bird, featherless, flyin' out o' paradise, flyin' over sea and land, dyin' in my hand. What is it?
If what goes up must come down, what comes down that must go up?
During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria is that defines if a patient should be instituti...
I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
1-2-3-4-5-6 I am a 6 letter word. Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink. Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit. Letters 1-2-6 spell out a p...
There was a building with 100 floors. A short man lived on the very top floor, the 100th floor. On sunny days, he would ride the e...
At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green s...
A hundred feet in the air, but it's back is on the ground. What is it?
Many years ago, a wealthy old man was near death. He wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. The old man wanted...
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then...
What is the smallest sentence with all letters in the English alphabets?
Can you guess the next letter in the series? CYGTNLIT
A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen b...
Which word that begins with the letter I, and by adding the letter A, becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
There were two mothers and two daughters,and they all went fishing. All of them caught a fish but when they counted there were onl...
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...
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A mother had five boys Marco, Tucker, Webster and Thomas. Was the fifth boys name Frank, Evan or Alex?
I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?
There were 5 children in a room. Iris drew a picture, Barry played video games, Andrew played chess, and Trina read a book. What i...
On Christmas eve, when Santa leaves his workshop on the north pole, what direction does he travel.
What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
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...