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- On his way home, the farmer came to the bank of a river and rented a boat. But in crossing the river by boat, the farmer could carry only himself and a single one of his purchases: the fox, the goose, or the bag of beans. Hard Mythology Riddle There...
- Take your time and really think about the words used in the riddle. Frequently, riddles are hard because they include unnecessary or additional information. Stop, think, and ask yourself what is really being called for in the way of intuitive...
- What can fill an entire room without taking up any space? What exists when one person has it but ceases to exist when another person gets it? A secret. Bennett pushed his car into a hotel and lost his fortune. He was playing the game Monopoly. One knight, a ninja, and a pirate are on a boat. The boat crashes. The pirate jumps of first, the ninja jumps off second, and who jumps off third? The knight. What am I? An onion. If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have?
- One, as that is the only one you took away and that is all that you have. The rest still remain where there were. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. I have one letter, but my name is spelled with eight. An envelope. What flowers can be found between the nose and the chin? Tulips — get it? Test your smarts on this collection of hard riddles. What is at the beginning of eternity and at the end of time, is in every race, but is always last in line? The letter E. When you need me, you throw me away. An anchor. A lawsuit. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.
- What are they? What is it? A coffin. Say my name and I am no more. A man is driving along and sees three doors: a diamond door, a ruby door, and an emerald door. Which does he open first? His car door. Each day many people from all over the world come and visit me, however, they usually only stay for a couple of minutes. I am considered by many to be very dirty, yet few people would want to live without me. And, whenever people come to see me, they show a part of themselves that they rarely show to others. A toilet. First I threw away the outside.
- Then, I cooked the inside. And, then I ate the outside and threw away the inside. The letter B. I have keys that open no locks and space but no room. A keyboard. What can you hold in your left hand but not your right? Your right elbow. These funny hard riddles should accomplish that. What is brown and sticky? A stick. How many apples grow on a tree? All apples grow on trees. What ancient invention still used in parts of the world today enables people to see through walls? A window. Complicated Sticklers What word in the English language satisfies this? The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman? At the end of his trip, he discovered that one of his tires had been punctured. How was he able to make the drive? What kind of fruit can you use as a straw? A strawberry!
- Think long and hard before you answer. These hard riddles are difficult for a reason. Most of the time, the first answer that comes to mind is wrong. This is called misdirection. So, pause, and consider alternatives before blurting out your answer. Practice by solving many hard riddles. Much like the repetitive use of your muscles helps us to build muscle, putting your brain to work frequently on solving riddles and puzzles will help your lateral thinking and problem-solving abilities. Look for patterns. The answer: The letter M. Or, What is at the end of a rainbow? Answer: The letter W. One got off on Washington. Two got on at Main Street, and three exited on Lincoln. Conundrums incorporate puns and word double meanings into the riddle and the solution, or sometimes both. Answer: They stand next to the fans. Understanding these patterns will help you tremendously as many hard riddles are similar in structure and approach.
- Break down the riddle question into parts. Sometimes it helps to break down multi-sentence, hard riddles into parts: beginning, middle, and end. Listening intently may help you solve it. Consider a wide selection of possible answers. Be careful about assumptions. Many hard riddles play to stereotypes. For example, only men are doctors. Question everything, and you just might get to the solution! For hard riddles, it helps to see the riddle in writing. Look for clues everywhere.
30 Impossible Riddles That Are Extremely Hard To Solve (with Answers)
Which part of a boat, does a shopaholic like the most? The sail. Name a 7 letter word, from which if you take out 4 letters, you will have 1 left? It melts instead of burning in a fire and it floats in water. If you are running a race, and you pass the person in second, what place are you in? Second place. John walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender then shoots the ceiling with a gun. John says thank you and walk out.- Why did John want the water? He had the hiccups. The bartender used the surprise method to shock him out of his hiccups. Hard Riddles with Simple Answers Be patient when answering these hard questions and the answers might just come to you. What can fill an entire room without taking up any space? What exists when one person has it but ceases to exist when another person gets it? A secret. Bennett pushed his car into a hotel and lost his fortune. He was playing the game Monopoly. One knight, a ninja, and a pirate are on a boat. The boat crashes. The pirate jumps of first, the ninja jumps off second, and who jumps off third? The knight. What am I? An onion.
- If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have? One, as that is the only one you took away and that is all that you have. The rest still remain where there were. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. I have one letter, but my name is spelled with eight. An envelope. What flowers can be found between the nose and the chin? Tulips — get it? Test your smarts on this collection of hard riddles. What is at the beginning of eternity and at the end of time, is in every race, but is always last in line? The letter E. When you need me, you throw me away. An anchor. A lawsuit. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they? What is it? A coffin. Say my name and I am no more.
- A man is driving along and sees three doors: a diamond door, a ruby door, and an emerald door. Which does he open first? His car door. Each day many people from all over the world come and visit me, however, they usually only stay for a couple of minutes. I am considered by many to be very dirty, yet few people would want to live without me. And, whenever people come to see me, they show a part of themselves that they rarely show to others. A toilet. First I threw away the outside. Then, I cooked the inside.
- And, then I ate the outside and threw away the inside. The letter B. I have keys that open no locks and space but no room. A keyboard. What can you hold in your left hand but not your right? Your right elbow. These funny hard riddles should accomplish that. What is brown and sticky? A stick. How many apples grow on a tree? All apples grow on trees. What ancient invention still used in parts of the world today enables people to see through walls? A window. Complicated Sticklers What word in the English language satisfies this? The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman? At the end of his trip, he discovered that one of his tires had been punctured. How was he able to make the drive? What kind of fruit can you use as a straw? A strawberry! Think long and hard before you answer.
- These hard riddles are difficult for a reason. Most of the time, the first answer that comes to mind is wrong. This is called misdirection. So, pause, and consider alternatives before blurting out your answer. Practice by solving many hard riddles. Much like the repetitive use of your muscles helps us to build muscle, putting your brain to work frequently on solving riddles and puzzles will help your lateral thinking and problem-solving abilities. Look for patterns. The answer: The letter M. Or, What is at the end of a rainbow? Answer: The letter W. One got off on Washington. Two got on at Main Street, and three exited on Lincoln. Conundrums incorporate puns and word double meanings into the riddle and the solution, or sometimes both. Answer: They stand next to the fans. Understanding these patterns will help you tremendously as many hard riddles are similar in structure and approach. Break down the riddle question into parts. Sometimes it helps to break down multi-sentence, hard riddles into parts: beginning, middle, and end.
- Listening intently may help you solve it. Consider a wide selection of possible answers. Be careful about assumptions. Many hard riddles play to stereotypes. For example, only men are doctors. Question everything, and you just might get to the solution! For hard riddles, it helps to see the riddle in writing. Look for clues everywhere.
- These riddles are best for those with keen math skills, science skills, and a general IQ of 90 to These will be more fitting—and maybe even fun—for adults who want to elevate their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Start off with the tricky riddles and then ease into the more challenging riddles.
- The more difficult puzzles have a clue or a hint to help solve the answer. Get started by trying to solve the first riddle and puzzle below. Tricky Riddles Riddle: Mr. Taylor has four daughters and each has a brother. In total, how many children does Mr. Taylor have? Answer: Five children because all of his daughters have the same brother. Riddle: I possess a halo of water, walls of stone, and a tongue of wood. Long I have stood; what am I? Answer: Castle. Riddle: What can run but never walk, have a mouth but never talk, have a head that never weeps, and a bed that never sleeps?
- Answer: A river. Riddle: If an electric train is moving north at 55 mph and the winds blowing east at 70 mph, which way does the smoke blow? Riddle: How many letters are in the alphabet? Riddle: How can you throw a ball as hard as you can only to have it come back to you without it bouncing off of anything? Answer: Throw the ball straight into the air. Riddle: I am the beginning of the end of time and space that surrounds everything and every place. What am I? He tries to find her but has no luck. A few weeks later, he kills his sister. Why does he kill his sister? Answer: He kills his sister in hopes of seeing the woman at her funeral. Riddle: People in poverty have this. If you eat this you will die. What is it? Answer: Nothing. Riddle: A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C.
- C is the father of D. How is D related to A? Riddle: There is a single-story blue house where everything is blue; the doors, windows, couch, television, kitchen, etc. What color is the carpet on the stairs in this house? Riddle: A woman shoots her husband and then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him but right after, they enjoy a nice dinner together. How is this possible? Answer: She took a photo of her husband and then developed it in her darkroom before dinner. Riddle: What has roots that no one sees and looms much taller than trees? Up it goes but yet it never grows; what is it? Answer: Mountain. Riddle: I am laced twice in eternity and always within sight. What could I be? Riddle: Two fathers and two sons come home from the mall. Yet when they arrive home, only three people get out of the car.
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Answer: They are a grandfather, father, and son. Riddle: What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up? Answer: An umbrella. Which room should he choose? In the room with you is a light, a mirror, and a log of wood. How do you get out? Answer: You turn on the light and look into the mirror. In the mirror, you see what you saw so, take the saw and cut the log in half. From there, two halves make a w hole and you can use that hole to climb out. Riddle: What jumps when walking and sits when standing? Answer: A kangaroo. Riddle: If you eat me, my sender will eat you. Answer: Fishhook.- Riddle: Steve was murdered on Saturday afternoon. His wife said she was reading. The doorman said he was in the shower. The chef said he was making breakfast. The gardener was pruning hedges. From the information given, who committed the murder? Riddle: A man is trapped in a room that contains only two exits. The first exit is constructed of magnifying glasses that fry anything that walks through when the sun is out and blazing hot. The second exit includes a fire breathing dragon that is bound and determined to kill. How does the man escape? Answer: He waits until nighttime and then runs through the first exit. Riddle: I can shave every day but my beard never changes. Answer: A barber. Answer: The two girls are a part of a set of triplets. Riddle: Three different doctors said that Paul is their brother yet Paul claims he has no brothers.
- Who is lying? Riddle: If a plane came crashing down on the border between Canada and America, where are the survivors buried? Riddle: How is it possible to drop an egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it? Riddle: I exemplify a rare case where today comes before yesterday. Answer: A dictionary. Riddle: Which word has three consecutive double letters? Answer: Bookkeeper. Riddle: I am born tall and grow short with age. Answer: A pencil. Riddle: The person who makes it and the person who buys it have no use for it and the person who uses it never sees it or feels it.
- Answer: Coffin. Riddle: My buddies and I were inseparable mates until one by one we were split. My teacher then gave me a smack on the head so off in the corner I sit. Answer: A staple. Riddle: The more these are taken, the more they are left behind. What are they? Answer: Footsteps. Riddle: I eat to live and drink to die. Answer: Fire.
- Answer: The man in the picture is his son. Riddle: I promise, I offend, I direct, and I fight. Answer: A hand. Riddle: I am a five-letter word. I sound the same when you remove my first letter. I sound the same when you remove my third letter.
- Amrita Paul May 27, Riddles are a simple way to really irritate our friends. That quizzical look on their face, them pleading for hints and on discovering that the answer was so simple…threatening to end your friendship. The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it? A coffin. Can you write cow in 13 letters? See o double you 3. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
- Your name. I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I? A tree 5. I never was but always will be. No one ever saw me but everyone knows I exist. I give people the motivation to better themselves every day. Tomorrow 6. I am lighter than air but a hundred people cannot lift me. Careful, I am fragile. A bubble 7. How can you drop a raw egg from a height onto a concrete floor without cracking it? Concrete floors are very hard to crack 8. What part of the Turkey has the most feathers? The outside. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? A stamp. What has a head and a tail, but no body?
- A coin. What has keys but no locks. Space but no room. A Candle What loses its head in the morning and regains it at night? A pillow What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Which word in the dictionary is spelt incorrectly? He has married many women but has never been married. Who is he? A priest. What has one eye but cannot see? A needle. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
- The C. It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. The moon. A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it? I can be liquid or solid, sometimes I bubble up and you can find me in every home. A soap. With pointed fangs I sit and wait. With piercing force I crunch out fate, grabbing victims, proclaiming might, physically joining with a single bite. A stapler. What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on? A coat of paint. What word becomes smaller when you add 2 letters to it? How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you? You both must be standing back to back. Without it, I'm dead. If I'm not, then then I'm behind. Why was the chef embarrassed? Because he saw the salad dressing. In British Columbia, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg.
- A taxi driver is going the wrong way down a one-way street. He passes four police officers, yet none of them stop him. The taxi driver was on foot. Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh? GIFs: Giphy, Tumblr.
- So here, we offer 30 hard riddles that we hope will trip you up and sharpen your focus. Getting personal Riddle: This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it. Wooden delivery Riddle: I come from a mine and am surrounded by wood. I help others to express themselves. What am I? Answer: Pencil lead Riddle: Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly? The answer is right there in the question. Where in the world Riddle: I have cities, but not houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have coasts, but no sand. Answer: A map 5.
- Read all about it Riddle: What English word has three consecutive double letters? The answer to this actually refers to someone who themselves loves numbers. Hard to see Riddle: You're 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? This one is obvious when you know what to look for. Answer: The match 7. An illuminating question Riddle: You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. The wind is my enemy.
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Answer: A candle 8. Sail away Riddle: You see a boat filled with people. Answer: All the people were married. Good luck digging yourself out of this one. Answer: A hole To have and to hold Riddle: What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left? The answer is right there in front of you. Answer: Your left hand Key question Riddle: I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. Answer: A coat of paint The trick here is that this answer has nothing to do with the time of year when the months fall, but the words themselves. Violent imagery Riddle: A woman shoots her husband. She plunges him underwater for several minutes, then hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. What happened? Answer: She took a picture of him and developed it in her dark room. Family time Riddle: 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? A good cut Riddle: A butcher stands six feet and one inch tall and wears size 12 shoes. What does he weigh?- A filthy question Riddle: How much dirt is in a hole that measures four feet by four feet by five feet? Answer: None Looking for inspiration Riddle: What word in the English language fulfills all the following criteria: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. Think Wonder Woman… Some find it blissful Riddle: What disappears the moment you say its name? I hear that Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. Answer: An echo Riddle: What are the next three letters in this combination? To figure this one out, think less about letters than numbers. Answer: ENT. Each letter is the first letter of a number beginning with One.
- So what comes after six and seven? Eight, nine, and ten. Number crunching Riddle: How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten? Answer: Seven is the only one with two syllables. Time is on my side Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Think less about the meaning of the words than the words themselves. If you share me, you don't have me. Answer: A secret Riddle: I have only two words but thousands of letters. Answer: Post office Eat or be eaten Riddle: First you eat me, then you get eaten. The "you" in this instance is an animal. Answer: A fishhook Numerous possibilities Riddle: Turn me on my side, and I am everything.
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