Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the l...

Pointing to a man, a woman said, "His mother is the only daughter of my mother." How is the woman related to the man?

I see without seeing, to me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I?

A strange attraction compels me to hold your things most dear, yet I know it not, and feel no warmth in my holding. My brothers an...

Without it, I'm dead. If I'm not, then then I'm behind. What am I?

You are in a plane. There is a horse in front of you and a car behind you. Where are you? Hint: It is not a dream

A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?

Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?

In a closely contested race, the judges call for a photo finish to determine the winner. It becomes clear that Alfonso crossed the...

Fifteen decades by a tree Cryptically expresses me - A garment worn in times of old, Five letters long, I keep out cold.

An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. "That eye is like to this eye" Said the first eye, "But in low place, Not in hig...

"Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet." (Judges 14:14)

I am always in front and never behind. What am I?

Why is a raven like a writing desk? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter

A train pulls in alongside a crowded platform. It is precisely on schedule. The train is not full, and yet nobody boards it. All t...

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...

A room has four corners. Each corner has one cat. Each cat sees 3 cats. how many cats are there in the room?

100 passengers are boarding a plane with 100 seats. The first passenger in line has lost his boarding pass and chooses a random se...

When do we say "ten" if we look at 2?

There is a house. A person enters this house blind but exits it seeing. What is it?

What gets tighter when stretched?

I drape the hills in white. I do not swallow, but I sure do bite. What am I?

What is unusual about the sentence below? A big cowboy, dancing elegantly for grand hotels in Jersey, knitting lovely mittens nic...

I cut through evil like a double edged sword, And chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise, Through battles f...