Featured Riddle of the Day
How many times a day do the hands of a clock overlap?
Riddle #1: The Burning Question
What can burn the eyes without touching them?
Riddle #2: The Riddle of Knowledge
What grows the more it is shared?
Riddle #3: The Footstep Riddle
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Riddle #4: The Traveler’s Riddle
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Riddle #5: The Endless Journey
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
Riddle #6: The Burning Rope Problem
You have two identical ropes that burn irregularly. Each rope takes exactly 60 minutes to burn completely. How can you measure 45 minutes?
Riddle #7: The Candle Problem
A man is found dead in a circular room with no windows and no doors. There is a table and a puddle of water on the floor. How did he die?
Riddle #8: The Philosopher’s Puzzle
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Riddle #9: Future Sight
What's always in front of you but can't be seen?
Riddle #10: Mathematical Pets
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
Riddle #11: The Puzzle of Existence
What can you catch but never throw?
Riddle #12: The Book Problem
What has words but never speaks?
Riddle #13: The Tree Problem
Everyone has it but no one can lose it. What is it?
Riddle #14: The Animal Riddle
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Riddle #15: Always Running
I run all day but never walk. I have a mouth but never talk. I have a bed but never sleep. I have a head but never weep. What am I?
Riddle #16: The Clock Hands Riddle
How many times a day do the hands of a clock overlap?
Riddle #17: The Silent Room
You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I?
Riddle #18: The Rainy Friend
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can't touch me or catch me. What am I?
Riddle #19: The Sword in the Stone
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Riddle #20: The Name Riddle
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Riddle #21: The Treasure Hunt
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Riddle #22: The Painter’s Dilemma
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Riddle #23: The Elevator Riddle
A man lives on the 10th floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to go to work. When he returns in the evening, he takes the elevator to the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to his apartment on the 10th floor. However, on rainy days, he takes the elevator all the way to the 10th floor. Why?
Riddle #24: The Elemental Riddle
I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?
Riddle #25: The Invisible Traveler
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Riddle #26: The Whisper Riddle
What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left?
Riddle #27: The Road Riddle
What has keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but can't go in?
Riddle #28: The Playing Card Riddle
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?
Riddle #29: The Broken Clock
A broken clock shows the correct time twice a day, but a clock that is 5 minutes fast never shows the correct time. Why?
Riddle #30: The Calendar Problem
What can go up and never come down?
22 times (every 65.5 minutes except at 12 o'clock when they're already aligned)
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The Age Puzzle
A father is 4 times as old as his son. In 20 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old are they now?
Riddle #1: The Seven Problem
Seven men have seven wives. Each wife has seven sacks. Each sack has seven cats. Each cat has seven kittens. How many legs are there in all?
Riddle #2: The Paradoxical Container
What can be broken, but is never held?
Riddle #3: The Candle Problem
A man is found dead in a circular room with no windows and no doors. There is a table and a puddle of water on the floor. How did he die?
Riddle #4: The Shoe Mystery
What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?
Riddle #5: The Color Riddle
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Riddle #6: The Rainy Day
You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
Riddle #7: The Light Bulb Puzzle
In a house there are 3 light switches, all in the off position. Each controls one of 3 light bulbs in a room upstairs. You can flip the switches as many times as you want, but you can only go upstairs once to check the bulbs. How do you determine which switch controls which bulb?
Riddle #8: Mathematical Pets
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
Riddle #9: The Fast Problem
David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and ____?
Riddle #10: The Deadly Riddle
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Riddle #11: The Library Riddle
What building has the most stories?
Riddle #12: First and Last
What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every race?
Riddle #13: The Wall Mystery
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Riddle #14: The Light Mystery
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Riddle #15: The 100 Doors
There are 100 closed doors in a row, numbered 1 to 100. A person walks by each door, opening every door. A second person walks by each door, closing every second door (doors 2, 4, 6, ...). A third person walks by, toggling every third door (closing open doors, opening closed doors). This continues for 100 people. After all 100 people have walked by, which doors are open?
Riddle #16: The Light Puzzle
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Riddle #17: The Endless Journey
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
Riddle #18: The Falling Problem
What falls but never breaks, and breaks but never falls?
Riddle #19: The Long Word
What starts with 'e', ends with 'e', and contains only one letter?
Riddle #20: The Tree Problem
Everyone has it but no one can lose it. What is it?
Riddle #21: The Twins Puzzle
Two fathers and two sons went fishing. Each caught exactly one fish and brought it home. There were only three fish in total. How is this possible?
Riddle #22: The Prisoner’s Hat Puzzle
Three prisoners are lined up single file, all facing forward. A wall separates the first prisoner from the other two. They are told that they will have either a black or a white hat placed on their head. Each prisoner can see the hats of the people in front of them, but not their own hat or the hats behind them. The third prisoner (at the back) can see the hats of the two people in front. The second person can see only the hat of the first person. The first person can't see any hats. They are asked to identify the color of their own hat. If they guess wrong, they will be executed. If they refuse to guess, they will be imprisoned for life. How can they maximize the number of people who correctly identify their hat color?
Riddle #23: The Time Traveler’s Dilemma
A time traveler goes back in time and kills his grandfather before his father is conceived. What happens?
Riddle #24: The Dictionary Riddle
What word in the English language has three consecutive double letters?
Riddle #25: The Family Question
A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the photograph?
Riddle #26: The Reflection
I'm not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Riddle #27: Tricky Windows
I have cities without houses, forests without trees, and rivers without water. What am I?
Riddle #28: The Pencil Riddle
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?
Riddle #29: The Complex Challenge
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Riddle #30: The Animal Riddle
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
The father is 40 years old, and the son is 10 years old.
The Odd One Out
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Riddle #1: The Odd One Out
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Riddle #2: The Footstep Riddle
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Riddle #3: The Weightless Mystery
What is always coming but never arrives?
Riddle #4: The Multiplication Mystery
If eight men can build eight walls in eight hours, how many men could build four walls in four hours?
Riddle #5: The Number Problem
I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is six more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
Riddle #6: The Age Puzzle
A father is 4 times as old as his son. In 20 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old are they now?
Riddle #7: The Winter Problem
Everyone has it and no one can lose it. What is it?
Riddle #8: The Growing Problem
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Riddle #9: The Letter Box
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Riddle #10: The Broken Clock
A broken clock shows the correct time twice a day, but a clock that is 5 minutes fast never shows the correct time. Why?
Riddle #11: The Sock Drawer
A drawer contains 10 blue socks and 10 red socks. Without looking, how many socks must you take out to ensure you have a matching pair?
Riddle #12: The Circle Problem
What shape has the most sides?
Riddle #13: The Impossible Escape
You are trapped in a room with three doors. One leads to a room of blazing fire, one to a room with assassins with loaded guns, and the third to a room with lions that haven't eaten in three years. Which door do you open?
Riddle #14: The Basketball Dilemma
A basketball player scores 18 points in a game. All of his shots were either 2-pointers or 3-pointers. He scored exactly twice as many 2-pointers as 3-pointers. How many 2-pointers did he score?
Riddle #15: The Rope Bridge Puzzle
Four people need to cross a rickety bridge at night. They have one flashlight and the bridge is too dangerous to cross without it. The bridge is only strong enough to support two people at a time. Not all people take the same time to cross the bridge. Times for each person: 1 min, 2 mins, 7 mins, and 10 mins. What is the shortest time needed for all four to cross the bridge?
Riddle #16: The Complex Challenge
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Riddle #17: The Wall Mystery
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Riddle #18: The Dark Room Puzzle
You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
Riddle #19: The Color Riddle
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Riddle #20: The Color Mystery
It's red, blue, purple and green. No one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?
Riddle #21: The Whisper Riddle
What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left?
Riddle #22: The Growing Mystery
What has a neck but no head?
Riddle #23: The Walking Man
A man was walking in the rain. He didn't have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Riddle #24: The Sunrise Riddle
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
Riddle #25: The Deadly Riddle
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Riddle #26: The Ancient Conundrum
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Riddle #27: The Feather Problem
What has many keys but can't open a single lock?
Riddle #28: The Poisoned Wine
A king has 1000 bottles of wine. A neighboring queen plots to kill him and has poisoned one of the bottles. The poison is so potent that even if diluted by a million, it would still kill the king. The poison takes 24 hours to take effect. The king has 10 servants. How can he determine which bottle is poisoned in just one day?
Riddle #29: The Wet Problem
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Riddle #30: The Reflection
I'm not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
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The Magic Word
What 8-letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Riddle #1: The Water Jug Problem
You have a 3-gallon jug and a 5-gallon jug. How can you measure exactly 4 gallons of water?
Riddle #2: The Thirsty Question
What gets broken without being held?
Riddle #3: The Elevator Riddle
A man lives on the 10th floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to go to work. When he returns in the evening, he takes the elevator to the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to his apartment on the 10th floor. However, on rainy days, he takes the elevator all the way to the 10th floor. Why?
Riddle #4: The Name Riddle
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Riddle #5: The Invisible Traveler
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Riddle #6: The Water Mystery
What is always coming but never arrives?
Riddle #7: The Quiet House
The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it, never uses it. The person who uses it, never sees it. What is it?
Riddle #8: Number Precision
Using only addition, add eight 8's to get the number 1,000.
Riddle #9: The Paradoxical Question
This statement is false. Is the statement true or false?
Riddle #10: The Prisoner Dilemma
You're in a prison with 2 doors. One leads to freedom, the other to execution. There are 2 guards, one by each door. One guard always tells the truth, the other always lies. You don't know which is which. You can ask one question to one guard to determine the door to freedom. What do you ask?
Riddle #11: The Mathematical Puzzle
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
Riddle #12: The Ball Mystery
Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?
Riddle #13: The Pencil Riddle
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?
Riddle #14: The Riddle of Knowledge
What grows the more it is shared?
Riddle #15: The Walking Man
A man was walking in the rain. He didn't have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Riddle #16: The Ancient Scroll
I'm not a bird, but I can fly. I'm not a river, but I flow. I'm not alive, but I grow. What am I?
Riddle #17: The Letter Riddle
What English letter flies, sings, and stings?
Riddle #18: The Bridge Battle
You have a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain. You need to cross a river in a small boat that can only hold you and one other item. If left alone, the fox will eat the chicken, and the chicken will eat the grain. How do you get all three across safely?
Riddle #19: The Forest Problem
What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?
Riddle #20: The Drowning Riddle
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Riddle #21: The Matching Problem
I am taken from a mine, and shut in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Riddle #22: The Burning Rope Problem
You have two identical ropes that burn irregularly. Each rope takes exactly 60 minutes to burn completely. How can you measure 45 minutes?
Riddle #23: The Sword in the Stone
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Riddle #24: The Weight Puzzle
Which is heavier: a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?
Riddle #25: The Playing Card Riddle
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?
Riddle #26: The Deadly Riddle
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Riddle #27: The Feather Problem
What has many keys but can't open a single lock?
Riddle #28: The Library Riddle
What building has the most stories?
Riddle #29: The Age Puzzle
A father is 4 times as old as his son. In 20 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old are they now?
Riddle #30: The King’s Choice
What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?
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