Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What US state is surrounded by the most water?

You start with 1000 then add 40 add another 1000 then add 30 add another 1000 then add 20 add one more 1000 then add 10 what is yo...

What needs to be broken before it can be used?

There are nine metal dice. 1 die is slightly lighter than the other 8. If you had a balance scale and only two attempts, how could...

Which word in the English language is most frequently spelled wrong?

There are two doors and there is one guard for each door. One door leads to life and the other leads to death. You have only one q...

Name 10 Body Parts with 3 letters each (no profane words).

Simon Simpleton was born in London, England. His mother was Welsh and his father Scottish. When Simon was eight his mother died. W...

You came to a fork in the road. One path leads to your destination, the other to a cliff 200 km away. There are two people there s...

Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the poin...

There were two men walking around on a deserted island with no food or water. One of the men got so hungry that he killed and ate...

There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How m...

Four people come to an old bridge in the middle of the night. The bridge is rickety and can only support 2 people at a time. The p...

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?

Before any changes I'm a garlic or spice. My first is altered and I'm a hand-warming device. My second is changed and I'm trees in...

Alive without breath, As cold as death, Clad in mail never clinking, Never thirsty, ever drinking

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...

I heard of an invading, vanquishing army sweeping across the land, liquid-quick; conquering everything, quelling resistance. With...

There is a man lying dead in his office. He is all alone and the doors and windows are locked from the inside. There are no marks...

A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $600 for it and he is very content with this strong animal. After a year the value of t...

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, rui...

The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be? (3 possible solution...

I am the hole in the night, the ever watchful eye. I return in a cycle, to enlighten the sky.

What has four wheels and flies?