Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?

All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard.

James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and t...

Every dawn begins with me At dusk I'll be the first you see And daybreak couldn't come without What midday centers all about Daise...

Kings and queens may cling to power and the jester's got his call, But, as you may all discover, the common one outranks them all.

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...

It's true I bring serenity, And hang around the stars But yet I live in misery; You'll find me behind bars With thieves and villai...

What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?

Reaching stiffly for the sky, I bare my fingers when it's cold In warmth I wear an emerald glove And in between I dress in gold

How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?

When set loose I fly away, Never so cursed As when I go astray.

Three brothers share a family sport: A non-stop marathon The oldest one is fat and short And trudges slowly on The middle brother'...

Glittering points that downward thrust, Sparkling spears that never rust.

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...

What does man love more than life Fear more than death or mortal strife What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented m...

Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?

If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter.

There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you ask what ha...

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, Take up...

What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?

I am a word of meanings three. Three ways of spelling me there be. The first is an odor, a smell if you will. The second some mone...

What question can you never honestly answer yes to?

You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?