Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What type of dress can never be worn?

I have no wings but I fly, I have no teeth but I bite. What am I?

When is 1500 plus 20 and 1600 minus 40 the same thing?

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or squar...

Precious stones in a pack of cards

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

I have an eye but cannot see. I'm faster than any man alive and have no limbs. What am I?

People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?

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...

If a green man lives in a green house, a purple man lives in a purple house, a blue man lives in a blue house, a yellow man liv...

You can hold me in your hand and yet I can fill the entire room. What am I?

If I say, "Everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or a lie?

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

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

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...

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

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

Journey without it and you will never prevail, but if you have too much of it you will surely fail.

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

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

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

I have seven letters and am something you eat. My only anagram can help your pain. If you remove my first 2 letters I wear things...

What has an eye but cannot see?

Take away my first letter and I remain the same. Take away my last letter and I remain unchanged. Remove all my letters and I'm...