Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

You are standing in front of a room with one light bulb inside of it. You cannot see if it is on or off. Outside the room there ar...

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

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

What has four wheels and flies?

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

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...

You have a 5 gallon bucket, a 3 gallon bucket, and a hose to fill them up. You need to get 4 gallons. You have no means of measuri...

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...

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 went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to...

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

I look flat, but I am deep, Hidden realms I shelter. Lives I take, but food I offer. At times I am beautiful. I can be calm, angry...

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

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...

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"....

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...

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...

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.

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

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...

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