Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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...

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

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 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'm made for one but meant for two; I can be worn for many years but usually just a few; You won't ever need me unless you say you...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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?

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...

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...

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

I appear to be real but I'm not, I'm perfectly accurate but deceiving, I have no feelings or emotions, but the individual I'm mimi...

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

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'm usually round I'm as light as a feather Thousands of men cannot carry me What am i?

When I am filled I can point the way, When I am empty Nothing moves me, I have two skins One without and one within. What am I...

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