Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What comes down but never goes up?

Placed above it makes greater things small. Placed beside it makes small things greater. In matters that counts it always comes first. Where...

I craft crowns of gold and bridges of silver. Who am I?

What is something you will never see again?

A noble device, cursed to accept disgraceful treatment. It's absence can tell a man he doesn't belong. What is it?

I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, None suffer t...

Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered, there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor...

What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?

If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the doo...

What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?

How can a pants pocket be empty and still have something in it?

My only timepiece is a wall clock. One day I forgot to wind it and it stopped. I went to visit a friend who has a watch which is always corr...

How can a woman living in New Jersey, legally marry 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, be widowed, or becoming legally separated?

Why is the letter A the most like a flower?

What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?

What kind of key do you use on Thanksgiving?

I have a single waving hand I'm present in places across the land On fairer days, I depart I shorten with a broken heart. What am I?

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 lead the way into the unknown, and bring strength where there is fear. I am the creator of invention, and the maker of all adventure. What...

Mr Brown was killed on Sunday afternoon. The wife said she was reading a book. The butler said He was taking a shower. The chef said he was...

I am served at a table, In gatherings of two or four Served small, white and round. You'll love some, And that's part of the fun. What...

Often held but never touched, always wet but never rusts, often bites but seldom bit, to use me well you must have wit. 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?

I run all around the pasture/field But never move. What am I?