Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

With the numbers 123456789, make them add up to 100. They must stay in the same order. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, an...

I am seen in the water if seen in the sky, I am in the rainbow, a jays feather,and lapis lazuli.

Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen.

Each morning I appear to lie at your feet, All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.

There is one word that stands the test of time and holds fast to the center of everything. Though everyone will try at least once in their l...

I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. What am I?

A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?

An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of the...

What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?

Pearl white chest without key or lid. Inside of which golden treasure is hid. What am I?

I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial b...

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

Fill my bucket, spill my bucket, Over a plane of snow. Black the track as I look back, My footsteps talk but make no sound. What am I?

At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen. What is it?

I will be nice, if you see pics thrice. I bear fruit of trees, sometimes in 3's. I am but an arm's length in front of you. What am I?

Many many years ago when I was twenty three, I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who ha...

I saw an unusual book: The foreword comes after the epilogue; The end is in the first half of the book; The index comes before the introduct...

There is something blue flying through the air, something red is falling of the roof, and at the same moment the phone rings... What is it?

Each of these ends in a kettle full of precious metal and the double variety is quite awesome.

I am black of eye and bright of hair And my feet are firmly in the ground. I love the sun upon my face And I follow it around. When I am dea...

I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I build bridges out of silver, Make crowns out of gold, But everyone is afraid of m...

This company makes billions of dollars selling Windows.

I am, in truth, a yellow fork From tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropped The awful cutlery cry. Of mansions never quite disclosed...

I love to move around, But usually not on the ground. I'm quite strung out when way up high. I like to sail, but I need to stay dry. I need...