Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

I am a strong as ten men Yet ten men cannot stand me up. What am I?

I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smal...

There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

One strand dangles. Two strands twist. Three or more can fashion this.

What is it that no one wants, but no one wants to lose?

What is the end to which we all like to come?

I love to dance and twist and prance, I shake my tail, as away I sail, wingless I fly into the sky. What am I?

It can be cracked, It can be made, It can be told, it can be played. What is it?

My sides are firmly laced about, Yet nothing is within; You'll think my head is strange indeed, Being nothing else but skin.

Tool of thief, toy of queen. Always used to be unseen. Sign of joy, sign of sorrow. Giving all likeness borrowed.

I know a word; six letters it contains. And yet if you take one away, twelve is what remains.

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

We travel much, yet prisoners are, and close confined to boot. Yet with any horse, we will keep the pace, and will always go on fo...

Which letter of the alphabet can you add four letters to without changing its pronunciation?

You can tumble in it, Roll in it, Burn it, Animals eat it, Used to cover floors, Still used beyond stall doors. Freshens whatever...

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

Samuel was out for a walk and it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked...

Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead!

A blue house has blue bricks; a yellow house has a yellow bricks. What is a green house made of?

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five and an inhabitant of ear...

At the sound of me, men may dream Or stamp their feet At the sound of me, women may laugh Or sometimes weep.

What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?

Everyone has me but nobody can lose me. What am I?