riddles
Puzzles with answers
Riddles are puzzles posed as questions or statements requiring clever interpretation to solve.
The classic riddle demands lateral thinking: What has hands but can't clap?
A clock.
Riddle also means to pierce with many holes: riddled with bullets.
Something riddled with problems or contradictions is full of them.
To riddle can also mean to sift through a coarse screen.
Mysterious, unreadable person
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- BilboSlim dueling sword
- SamsonBiblical figure with hair-bound might
- OedipusTragic Greek king
Gollum · trickster · bard · storytelling · ancient · traditional · rhyming · nursery
Challenging mental puzzle
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
sphinx · rebus · cryptic · cipher · maze · labyrinth · whodunit · brainteaser
Wordplay using double meanings
- anagramReshuffled letter word
- palindromeReversible letter sequence
- homophoneIdentically pronounced, differently spelled word
- double-entendreWords with suggestive second meaning
spoonerism · tongue-twister · acrostic · cryptogram · innuendo · ambiguity · play-on-words · malapropism
Puzzling and obscure
secrets · inscrutable · arcane · esoteric · mystique · ambiguous · shrouded · occult
Mental quickness and skill
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- humorAmusing quality
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
astuteness · wordsmith · slyness · quick-thinking · intellect · shrewdness · acumen · repartee
sphinx
Mysterious, unreadable person
Gollum · Oedipus · trickster · bard · storytelling · ancient · traditional · rhyming · nursery · children's
brain-teaser
Challenging mental puzzle
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
mystery · sphinx · rebus · cryptic · cipher · maze · labyrinth · whodunit · brainteaser · mind-boggler
pun
Wordplay using double meanings
- anagramReshuffled letter word
- palindromeReversible letter sequence
- homophoneIdentically pronounced, differently spelled word
double-entendre · spoonerism · tongue-twister · acrostic · cryptogram · innuendo · ambiguity · play-on-words · malapropism · oxymoron
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
hidden · secrets · inscrutable · arcane · esoteric · mystique · ambiguous · shrouded · occult · unfathomable
cleverness
Mental quickness and skill
sharpness · astuteness · wordsmith · slyness · quick-thinking · intellect · shrewdness · acumen · repartee · trickery
- problem-solvingproblem solving, puzzles, logic, solutions, answers
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- riddlesconundrums, conundrum, enigmas, enigma, brainteasers
- brain gamesbrainteasers, brain teasers, logic puzzles, puzzles, crossword puzzles
- folk collectionsfolk tales, folk songs, folk music, folk art, folk costumes
riddlesself-evident truths
Claims accepted without argument
clarifications · elucidations · expositions · revelations · disclosures
- speaking in riddles
- Tom Riddle
- word riddlesGames of linguistic deduction
- math riddlesProblems requiring numerical reasoning
- riddle wrapped in an enigmaUtterly baffling matter
riddle, riddled, riddler, riddling, unriddle, unriddled, riddlers, unriddling