Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What unusual property do the words FLOUR, TERN, and THIRSTY have in common?

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 falls but never breaks?

A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?

What walks on its head all day?

There's a place in the world where the wind blows south then suddenly north. Where is it?

What word has 5 letters but is pronounced like only one letter?

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?

I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall...

If three men can chop down three trees in three hours, how many men will it take to chop down six trees in six hours?

You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks in your drawer. What is the minimum number of socks that you have to take out to make s...

Two dogs are sitting on a porch -- a fat dog and a thin dog. The little dog is the son of the fat dog, but the fat dog is not the...

An intelligent trader travels from one place to another with 3 sacks having 30 coconuts each. No sack can hold more than 30 coconu...

If you have 30 white socks, 22 black socks and 14 blue socks scattered across the floor in the dark, how many would you have to gr...

What makes my left hand, my right hand?

Name a 15-letter English word with fifteen different letters?

Suppose there are twin brothers, one which always tells the truth and one which always lies. (So in this case they both know what...

How many books can you put into an empty backpack?

It takes 10 minutes to fry one steak -- 5 minutes from each side. Two steaks can fit on a pan. What is the shortest possible time...

Jim and Wanda both have some apples. If Jim gives Wanda an apple, they will both have the same number of apples. However, if Wanda...

A women and daughter walked into a restaurant. A man walked past and the women both said, "Hello, Father". How is this possible?

I am a king who's good at measuring stuff. What am I?

They belong to me, they belong to you, they can make you feel happy or make you feel blue, they never end until the day you do?

All men take off their hats to one person. Who is this person?