Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

Your mom and dad each gave you 23 of these threadlike strands and they helped to make you who you are. What are they?

An evening there was a murder in the home of a married couple, their son and daughter. One of these four people murdered one of th...

When the son of the water returns to the parent, it dies. What is it?

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always...

In a large, completely empty wooden barn, a dead man hangs from the middle of the central rafter by a rope. The nearest wall is 20...

I touch your face, I am in your words, I am a lack of space, and beloved by birds. What am I?

What is in your body for free the first and the second time, but the third time you have to buy yourself?

Two men play 5 games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. How is this possible?

A clever thief was brought before a king to receive his punishment. The king, feeling merciful, asked the thief how he would like...

A detective who was mere days from cracking an international smuggling ring has suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last-k...

You have two ropes. Each rope can burn in exactly one hour. The ropes are not of the same length or width. Both ropes are also not...

Only one of the following statements is true, which one is it? One statement here is false. Two statements here are false. Three s...

A man went into a party and drank some of the fruit punch. He then left early. Everyone at the party who drunk the fruit punch sub...

A man forgot the secret code to open his locker. But he remembers the following clues: Fifth number plus the third number equals...

A horse is on a 24 foot chain and eats an apple that is 26 feet away. How did the horse get to the apple?

When I am released to the wind, you look away and you pretend, but away your friends I will send. What am I?

I am what most people fear, I can strike without warning for I cannot be stopped. Everyday I do things to people that rip apart th...

What is it that you should keep after giving it to someone else?

No matter how hard you try, I can open what you can't. If it wasn't for me, on your front porch you would stand. What am I?

What walks on its head all day?

Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

It takes one word to separate them; otherwise they are inseparable. What are they?

Railroad crossing without any cars. Can you spell that without any R's?