Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?

Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm bla...

What can be driven although it doesn't have wheels, sliced but stays whole?

What is the smallest sentence with all letters in the English alphabets?

I am aspired by all, yet hard to find. You can search endlessly, but have little peace of mind. What am I?

I make the leaves green, I make the dirt brown, I make the blue birds blue, I make all of your childhood dreams come true. What...

What has a Heart but no other organs?

Squeeze me and I cry tears as red as flesh, but my heart is made of stone. What am I?

Fashions change but what can a person wear that is never out of style?

Who can shave three times a day and still grow a beard?

One word in this sentence is misspelled. What word is it?

I'm flat when I'm new. I'm fat when you use me. I release my gas when something sharp touches me. What am I?

I can only live were there is light, But I die if the light shines on me. What am I?

How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?

You use me everyday but let me rest at night. I have an identical twin beside me all the time. For some reason you always cover me...

One day an alchemist brought a king a bottle holding a strange liquid. The alchemist said, "This liquid I discovered will dissolve...

Soldiers line up spaced with pride, Two long rows lined side by side. One sole unit can decide, If the rows will unite or divid...

A "sport" in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

One day a little boy named John went over to his parents and said that he wanted to shoot people and blow them up. His parents wer...

I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg, I peel layers like onions, but...

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 cold to the touch but yet I burn if held What am I?

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?