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The Hardest Riddles Ever To Test Your Brain Power
Are you looking for hardest riddles? Check out our list of the best hardest riddles of all time with answers for all ages. Some are easy, and some are perfect riddles. Others, however, are hard riddles and may require you to think outside the box and to be intelligent as well. Many are plays on letters and words, so keep going if you’re undeterred. We even through in some funny riddles to keep you going. Now, if you make it toward the end, you can try the rest, but beware: The hard riddles will put you to the test!
Hardest Riddles Ever – Best Funny Teasers
Math Riddles:
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What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two and three
Riddles for Kids:
riddles for kids
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret
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Riddles for Kids:
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It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
Riddles for Kids:
riddles for kids
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
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Easy Riddles:
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A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29.
Math Riddles:
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If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
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Math Riddles:
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Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters.
Easy Riddles:
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What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
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Math Riddles:
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I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
Word Riddles:
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The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin
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Riddles for Kids:
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What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
Funny Riddles:
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What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin
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Funny Riddles:
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What has hands, but can’t clap?
A clock
Easy Riddles:
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You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
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Funny Riddles:
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It stalks the countryside with ears that can’t hear. What is it?
Corn
Riddles for Kids:
riddles for kids
I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Yarn
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Word Riddles:
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What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
Funny Riddles:
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What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table
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Word Riddles:
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What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
Word Riddles:
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What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
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Word Riddles:
riddles with answers
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
Funny Riddles:
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What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
A comb
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Word Riddles:
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I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire
Word Riddles:
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You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter “e”
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Math Riddles:
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A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
Three: A blonde, a brunette and a redhead
Easy Riddles:
easy riddles
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
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Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
Chicago
Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
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Easy Riddles:
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What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
I am a word that begins with the letter “i.” If you add the letter “a” to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
Isle (add “a” to make “aisle”)
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Word Riddles:
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English Word: 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?
Heroine
Math Riddles:
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The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
December 31; today is January 1.
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Funny Riddles:
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What building has the most stories?
The library
Funny Riddles:
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What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs
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Math Riddles:
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Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither—they both weigh a ton.
Easy Riddles:
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What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
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Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
The river was frozen.
Easy Riddles:
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I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
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Word Riddles:
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I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map
Math Riddles:
math riddles
A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?
Three
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Easy Riddles:
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What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
Riddles for Kids:
riddles for kids
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It’s lid
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Riddles for Kids:
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David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
Funny Riddles:
funny riddles
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
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Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
A key
Funny Riddles:
funny riddles
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A stamp
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Easy Riddles:
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What gets wet while drying?
A towel
Math Riddles:
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Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
Five—each daughter has the same brother.
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Riddles for Kids:
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If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place
Math Riddles:
math riddles
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
You have two apples.
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Easy Riddles:
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
Funny Riddles:
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What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?
A Christmas tree
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Riddles for Kids:
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Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
Funny Riddles:
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What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck
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Funny Riddles:
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What has words, but never speaks?
A book
Word Riddles:
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I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?
Also the letter “e”
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Funny Riddles:
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What has one eye, but can’t see?
A needle
Word Riddles:
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With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
A stapler
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Easy Riddles:
easy riddles
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
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Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
Stone
Easy Riddles:
easy riddles
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
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Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror
Easy Riddles:
easy riddles
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
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Funny Riddles:
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What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold
Word Riddles:
riddles with answers
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
An envelope
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Word Riddles:
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What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
Nothing
Word Riddles:
riddles with answers
What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
The letter “o”
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Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence.
Easy Riddles:
easy riddles
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
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Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
The word “not”
Funny Riddles:
funny riddles
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
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Riddles for Kids:
riddles for kids
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
What is the end of everything?
The letter “g”
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Funny Riddles:
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What has one head, one foot and four legs?
A bed
Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day, and night
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Easy Riddles:
easy riddles
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
Answer: He was bald.
Funny Riddles:
funny riddles
What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
A deck of cards
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Funny Riddles:
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What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue
Word Riddles:
riddles with answers
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?
The letter “r”
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Riddles for Kids:
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What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
Funny Riddles:
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What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
A potato
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Word Riddles:
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What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A road
Math Riddles:
math riddles
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?
Four sisters and three brothers
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Easy Riddles:
easy riddles
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
Easy Riddles:
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You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
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Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Money
Word Riddles:
riddles for adults
I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I?
Few
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Riddles for Kids:
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I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Your shadow
Funny Riddles:
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What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
A deck of cards
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Math Riddles:
math riddles
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.
Funny Riddles:
funny riddles
Where does one wall meet the other wall?
On the corner
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Word Riddles:
riddles with answers
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON
Easy Riddles:
easy riddles
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
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Easy Riddles:
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The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
Riddles for Kids:
riddles for kids
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase
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Funny Riddles:
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What kind of coat is best put on wet?
A coat of paint
Riddles for Kids:
riddles for kids
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
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Funny Riddles:
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What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?
A glove
Word Riddles:
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A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
The man’s son
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Riddles for Kids:
riddles for kids
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
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