Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

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

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

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...

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...

The cost of making only the maker knows, Valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as a king. W...

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...

Inside me the adventurous find Quests and treasures of every kind. Trolls, goblins, orcs, and more, await Within my closed walls f...

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

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...

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....