Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling of a whole number

What is the last thing you take off before bed?

There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his...

Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand o...

What do you buy but you never keep?

What is something you will never see again?

Which eight-letter word still remains a word after removing each letter from it?

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

What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?

What do you call a bear without an ear?

What has 22 legs and 2 wings?

How many seconds are there in a year?

If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them...

Creatures of power, creatures of grace, Creatures of beauty, creatures of strength. As for their lives, they set everything's pace...

My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. And my rain dries all the ground it touches. What am I?

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

An arm points north, east, south, then west. Ever in circles, never pausing to rest. It passes its brother twenty three times, As...

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...

Three matches are sitting on a table. Without adding another make the three matches four. You are not allowed to break any of the...

Which is the most curious letter?

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

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

What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?

What do these three things have in common: Diamonds, Dogs, and Double plays?