Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it?

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...

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.

My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe.

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...

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...

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

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

I live in water If you cut my head I'm at your door, If you cut my tail I'm fruit, If you cut both I'm with you What am I?

I drift forever with the current down these long canals they've made, Tame, yet wild, I run elusive Multitasking to your aid. Befo...

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

Soft and fragile is my skin, I get my growth in mud I'm dangerous as much as pretty, for if not careful, I draw blood.

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

It's red, blue, purple and green, no one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?

What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?

Sometimes I am loved, Usually by the young. Other times I am dreaded, Mostly by the old ones. I am hard to remember, Also hard to...

Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white, Felled by three eyes, black as night. What happened?

I am the beginning of everything, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place. What am I?

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...

My first letter is in the spell, but not the book My second letter is in the fright and also the shook My third letter is in the c...

The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?