Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What word doesn't belong in this group? that, hat, what, mat, cat, sat, pat, or chat.

Down below the shining moon Around the trees, a sacred gloom Running with the midnight sky Knowing that which makes you cry Night...

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

A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a w...

We are five little objects of an everyday sort you will find us all in the ladies' court

I am a word of 5 letters and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become a form of energy. Remove the first two and I'm...

When there is fire in me then I am still cold. When I own your true love's face then you will not see me. To all things I give no...

Carol is traveling by ship from south of the equator to the north. She has a nice little second class cabin which has a bathroom,...

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?

I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I...

Some cogs are tigs. All tigs are bons. Some bons are pabs. Some pabs are tigs. Therefore, cogs are definitely pabs. - True or Fal...

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...

A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the...

The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?

The world's tallest skyscraper took seven years to build. Each year the workmen were able to double its height. How many years did...

To unravel me You need a simple key, No key that was made By locksmith's hand, But a key that only I Will understand.

With thieves I consort, With the vilest, in short, I'm quite at ease in depravity; Yet all divines use me, And savants can't lose...

Scythe of darkness, Shadow's light. Guiding eye Of thirteenth sight.

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"....

Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years. How many F's are in the previous...

A man went to the hardware store to buy items for his house. 1 would cost $.25 12 would cost $.50 122 would cost $.75 When he left...

Jenna wrote all the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper. How many times did she write the digit 3?

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready....

I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I ease the maid's life. What am I?