Ready to Challenge Your Brain? Dive Into These Hard Riddles!
Are you the kind of person who loves a hard riddle? So are we! There’s something irresistibly intriguing about brain teasers that gets our neurons firing and ignites our competitive spirit, so what better way to keep the whole family entertained?
If you think you’re a pro at solving the hardest riddles and tricky questions , you might change your mind after today.
As avid fans of challenging puzzles and table games, we couldn’t resist the urge to compile a collection of the internet’s most mind-bending, hard riddles for adults! Our handpicked selection includes everything from brain teasers to logical puzzles that will perplex even the most seasoned riddle enthusiasts.
We’re aware that some of these difficult riddles might have you stumped (we were, too!), so we’ve kindly provided the answers to each one below. Just remember, no peeking until you’ve given it your best shot! Take your time, savor the journey, and hopefully, these hard riddles with answers will feed your brain!
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
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This thing all things devours: birds, beasts, trees, flowers; gnaws iron, bites steel; grinds hard stones to meal; slays king, ruins town, and beats high mountain down.
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First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?
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Mike and Pat are in a desert. They both have packs on. Pat is dead. Mike, who is alive, has his pack open. Pat has his pack closed. What is in the packs?
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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
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If you have it and you show it to other people, I’m gone. What am I?
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What spends all the time on the floor but never gets dirty?
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Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly?
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What has four fingers and thumb, but it is not living?
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You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
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It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, ends life, kills laughter.
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What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?
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A bus driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes the cops, but they don’t stop him. Why?
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You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?
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A rooster lays an egg at the very top of a slanted roof. Which side is the egg going to roll off on?
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What is it that no one wants, but no one wants to lose?
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What gets wet while drying?
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Take away the whole, and some remain. What is it?
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What can’t be burned in a fire nor drowned in the water?
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A box without hinges, key or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
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Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
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This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
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Stronger than iron, crueler than death, sweeter than springtime it lives beyond breath.
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Without a bridle or a saddle, across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see. What am I?
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Who lives in a house with one bedroom, 50 hallways, and ghosts lurking everywhere?
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I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
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A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
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I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
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What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up?
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How can you drop a raw egg from a height onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
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What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?
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What can be given and can be accepted, is worth a great deal but costs nothing yet has no monetary value?
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Three different doctors said that Paul is their brother yet Paul claims he has no brothers. Who is lying?
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What is full of holes but still holds a lot of water?
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A man goes out in heavy rain with nothing to protect him from it. His hair doesn’t get wet. How does he do that?
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What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up, up it goes, and yet, never grows?
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What has leaves but no branches?
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What’s black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you’re all through with it?
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My thunder comes before the lightning. My lightning comes before the clouds. My rain dries all the land it touches.
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What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
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What always ends everything?
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Where can you finish a book without finishing a sentence?
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What is it that given one, you’ll have either two or none?
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I am something people celebrate or resist. I change people’s thoughts and lives. I am obvious to some people but, to others, I am a mystery. What am I?
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Hands she has but does not hold, teeth she has but does not bite, feet she has but they are cold, eyes she has but without sight.
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What has fifteen diamonds but isn’t rich?
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Why is it that when you have lost something, it’s always in the last place you look?
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What has no beginning, middle or end?
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I stick so strongly, yet I am not sticky in the slightest. What am I?
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You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
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What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
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What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
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What English word has three consecutive double letters?
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What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
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How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
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First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
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What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
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How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
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What word starts with E and ends with E but only has one letter in it?
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The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
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A word I know, six letters it contains, removes one letter, and twelve remains. What am I?
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You see a boat filled with people. You look again, but this time you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
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What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
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There are two sisters. One gives birth to the other, and she, in turn, gives birth to the first. Who are the two sisters?
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It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?
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I’m full of holes but strong as steel. What am I?
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Alive without breath, as cold as death, never thirsty, ever drinking, all in mail never clinking.
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A barrel of water weighs 60 pounds. What must you put in it for it to weigh 40 pounds?
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Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?
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What can cut like a knife, sting like a bee, bite like a lion. Carry truth and lies but never move or speak.
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There is an old saying that goes, ‘Even a stopped clock is right twice a day’! What type of clock is right only once a day?
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What is always coming but never arrives?
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I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
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You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
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How can the number four be half of five?
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I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
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How many letters are in the alphabet?
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A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
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It’s shorter than the rest, but when you’re happy, you raise it like it’s the best. What is it?
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My rings are not of gold, but I get more as I get old. What am I?
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What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
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What can fill an entire room without taking up any space?
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Gift of a raven, sharp as a blade, black is its burdain, wisdom its trade.
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White bird, featherless. Flying out of paradise. Flying over sea and land. Dying in my hand. What is it?
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