Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

I am three words, Two of them appear the same, Two are pronounced the same. One is the third person use of "capable" or "permit"....

Die without me, Never thank me. Walk right through me, never feel me. Always watching, never speaking. Always lurking, never seen.

A man wants to enter an exclusive club, but he doesn't know the password. Another man walks to the door and the doorman says 12, t...

A thousand colored folds stretch toward the sky, Atop a tender strand, Rising from the land, 'Til killed by maiden's hand, Perhaps...

What is it that given one, you'll have either two or none?

Jack is a farmer and owns some chickens. One day, he took a basket of fresh eggs to the market to sell. The first person bought h...

I have one, you have one. If you remove the first letter, a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains. After much t...

This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothi...

It's true I bring serenity, And hang around the stars But yet I live in misery; You'll find me behind bars With thieves and villai...

What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?

How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?

What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?

When set loose I fly away, Never so cursed As when I go astray.

What question can you never honestly answer yes to?

You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?

When you went into the woods you got me. You hated me yet you wanted to find me. You went home with me cause you couldn't find me...

I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?

If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter.

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always...

A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it?

On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with th...

There is a boat with a ladder attached to it, the ladder is eight feet tall. If the water rises four feet how much of the ladder w...

How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?

How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?