Questions tagged [riddle]

This is NOT a general tag for all puzzles that are somehow indirect. A riddle gives indirect clues about an unnamed object or concept to be identified, often in a poem format.

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The unknown country

Which country and person am I thinking of? "And here I am, sitting on a rock in the mountains, just us 3, looking at the stars, the sky so clear. The Sugarcanes are visible from here. "Do ...
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Mysterious Magical Donuts

When hungry, I like to make friends. After eating a donut, I become terribly violent. After eating two, I might punch you, or I might befriend you. Who am I, and what are these donuts made of? Big ...
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Riddle: I am a mollusc

I am a mollusc Remove my first, and I'll make you quite fast Now remove my second, and you won't feel best Now remove my third, and you'll get a square seven Now remove my fourth, and it's lost What ...
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Romantic? Old? Get rid of me or give me hell

I'm not generally romantic, but Show me a couple and I'm broken. Two couples and I'm gone completely. You might think I'm very old: Unlucky, like paper, Or a little further on, like metal. All right, ...
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Where Is My Home?

I am not from where you're from, But you've seen my home before. It's smaller than you're used to, With weather you can't ignore. In the morning you see it, And in the evening it's there, But if you ...
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There is no going back!

I live my life on the top floor, Yet still aiming to get from where I am to something more, An upgrade if you will, Just by climbing the hill, For glory to my possessor! I usually take baby steps ...
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The First Gate: Why So Tense?

Greetings fellow puzzlers and puzzled alike! I’ve concocted a little puzzle for you all... Well little may be an understatement, but I'll come back to that. Before starting, you should know that the ...
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There are four brothers

The first brother sings and sings, but never runs out of breath, The second brother runs and runs, but never tires, The third brother eats and eats, but is never full, The fourth brother drinks and ...
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I have keys, but no locks and rooms [duplicate]

I have keys, but no locks and rooms. You can enter, but you can't go outside. What am I?
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Can you figure out my name?

I can be mad, I can be wrong, Both my lines are equally long, With out I cancel a mistake, With up I fake, I have a green opposite, And a hollow opponent when you see me in a game, Can you figure out ...
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A simple "scientific test..."

I hold every single day, in my lovely picture frame. I look a hundred years old, but I was built on the spot. You might say I'm weak, and I'm four times over the hill. Sometimes I take the elevator ...
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How can this be?

I was driving on the highway and saw a car with the following sign: "Caution: blind driver". I checked and the sign was describing true events. How can this be possible?
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Just a little Riddle

A one word riddle About a group of people Starts with an animal Ends with an animal And Metals in the Middle A one word Riddle
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Her upper body is his lower body

He and she are the opposite. But her upper body is his lower body. If the upper body is him, the lower body is her. When they cross the sea, the two become humans with the same tail. Who are they? ...
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Is this another affix-riddle to Really Bore You?

My ‘prefix’ is a ‘prime’ My ‘infix’ is a combination of ‘primes’ My ‘suffix’ is found between ‘primes’ My whole is often found at the origin of a very long sequence! What am I? Small hint: Moderate ...
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We have legs but can never stand alone [closed]

One we are, a pair are we. We have legs but can never stand alone. What am I? 5 letters
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Mathematicians Death Bed Password

A famous mathematician was found on his deathbed this evening, leaving behind his life's work trapped away on his computer. Protected by a password, it is believed this computer contains many ...
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Six-sevenths of a million this sum I’ll maintain. How is this possible?

To a thousand add one, twice fifty and ten, Six-sevenths of a million this sum I’ll maintain. The above puzzle appeared in the book, “Rational amusement for winter evenings” (1821) by John Jackson.
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An easy positive riddle

A window with no glass A student with no class A sea in any season An epistle? No, a threesome
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How does half a dozen remain?

If from six you take nine, and from nine you take ten, (You youths, now the mystery explain;) And if fifty from forty be taken, there then Shall just half a dozen remain. The above puzzle appeared ...
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So Familiar, Yet So Misunderstood

Anna says: You have those I ask for size Though not everything inside Completing the order of queue That's how I acquire you Alex says: Number of queues I cannot count Joined to pose you, a new ...
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Daily Life of Mr.X

18 to 21: Search around internet like a blitz. 21 to 24: Exercise, both physically and mentally. 0 to 3: Direct and amplify a searchlight. 3 to 6: Forecast about cyclones twice. 6 to 9: Watch the ...
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Special birthday

I made this challenge. Aica will celebrate her birthday next week. When she wrote the date format of her birthday in the form of M/D/YYYY, she noticed that her birthday will fall in a quarter of a ...
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Riding in the mountains, swimming in the seas

Riding in the mountains, swimming in the seas, traveling to the farlands, yet staying home and eating cheese. Could it be a mouse, or could it be rat? Perhaps we'll never know, or perhaps you'll find ...
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The missing part

As time passes, I often ask myself how life came to be? Brute force? Randomization? Strict rules of the natural world? We sequenced the genome and are reading now the story of humanity. Not the ...
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The Interesting Army

One day I was exploring the world of puzzling and stumbled across an interesting army. Each of the lead generals were followed by exactly three soldiers. All of the other generals were trailed by five ...
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Cubing in the year 2024

Why do Rubik's Cube fans love the year 2024? Happy New Year everyone!
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What pill is this? [closed]

This guy I know bought a toy electronic lizard that worked with an app on his phone. He had fun making the lizard run around the house. But after a few days it didn't work any more. I told him there ...
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A new riddle I came up with: What is yours without a question? [closed]

What is yours without a question?
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The null, quotes, and the completeness

Here's a riddle: There are three base things: The null, Quotation marks (or simply, quotes), and the completeness. The quotes inside destroy the null, and convert to quotes, and the quotes will let ...
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A classic "What am I?"

Used to remove or to choose, remove a letter for a better shot or used on string physical I can be yet also cannot add a letter for a description, or remove the first one to act used every day by ...
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A puzzling QR code

What common phrase is encoded in the QR code below? Hint 1: Hint 2: Note: I realized that the original puzzle was only really solvable for me due to my search history in constructing the puzzle. ...
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When I said I used sugar in coffee, I was asked, "For tea, too?"

My road is filled with answers, and my body has the hints, but it is in my head where the question sits. My shoes are brand new, hence their tags. Can you end my walk down this road with an answer-...
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An Homage to "The World's Hardest Riddle"

This is an homage to The World's Hardest Riddle. This riddle will make more sense if you check it out first. I apparently am not smarter than a kindergartener, but here's my version of the riddle to ...
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I can be seen but never touched [closed]

I can be seen but never touched, In dreams and thoughts, I'm often clutched. A window to worlds unseen, what am I?
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I can’t figure this riddle out… [closed]

My friend said this riddle and I can’t solve it whatsoever. It goes like: Rice Rice Rice. I’m going to make some rice. Good Rice Bad Rice. I’m going to make some rice Then we have to answer if the ...
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A Seemingly Geographic Riddle

Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey. Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey. Yassıhüyük, Ankara Province, Turkey. Sart, Manisa Province, Turkey. ??? İzmir, İzmir Province, Turkey. Atalanti, Phthiotis, Greece. ...
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A man is very depressed because he has lost all his money. He went to the river to commit suicide. But he didn’t. Why? [closed]

A man is very depressed because he has lost all his money. He went to the river to commit suicide. But he didn’t. Why? a) He remembered he had an important appointment b) Somebody persuaded him not to ...
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Looking for a place

Seems overwhelming but pretty simple. clue.txt http://junewi.000webhostapp.com/testing/clue.txt tdHCR6ieFHNqUv1zQHE0KRiAfypNTApKi2xlN4CMYK2beP3M1u2mgUvRvDmx0M8heyKebUVEsGcbHrnymUIeviUN/...
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Relative of a Glue

If zero plus six is a relative of a glue and four plus two is one who rides around and two plus two (or four) can harm or heal you, then what plus what equals a chemical compound? Looking for the ...
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Python Conundrum 3: A Dwarven Vault

Python Conundrum: The Series. While exploring an abandoned dwarven fortress, your party notices a faint glow on the wall. You put your torch on the wall and decide to look around: A massive stone ...
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Build-an-Animal Workshop

If I wear a canine head, I’ll become hard like a rock. But if I wear a cervid head, I’ll be almost as soft as a sock. If I wear a fish tail, I’ll be dead and rotting on a plain. But if I wear a ...
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Golden Ape Peculiarity

In the wild he reigns, a colossal beast, From Skull Island, his power unleashed. Climbing skyscrapers, a towering sight, This mighty ape, a legendary might. What is very similar between the ape from ...
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Alive in the morning, dead at night. What am I?

Each morning, I am given life by my master I work for my master all day long, and sometimes get heatstroke But, after a nap, I am back to work At night, before bed My master kills me Only to wake me ...
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A Full Spread of Vowelburgers™

Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle I ordered some Vowelburgers™ abroad, but every menu had a printing error, so the restaurant just got rid of them. Regardless, they had something for everyone, ...
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What was I supposed to get again?

My friend was in quite the predicament and he needed me to grab him something. Knowing secrecy was of the utmost importance, I never wrote down the item, but encrypted the situation. Seemed like a ...
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I have keys but no locks

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no walls. You can enter, but you can't leave. What am I?
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First Cryptography Puzzle

When adam and eve sinned, apple was the key. Lies of the Serpent, they both believed. Alternate: 56 108 87 97 119 53 97 43 57 49 68 105 66 51 121 115 84 54 120 51 81 65 61 61 I'm looking for just ...
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Three people sit down for a meal in France, who is the time traveller?

As the time traveller and the two others sit down at a table to eat and drink, they discuss who they are (but without giving their names). Then one of the three says, "We are all..." And ...
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If Weird Al Yankovic Wrote Riddles

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