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Mar 27 RIDDLES

Close-up of hands cleaning mud with a towel indoors, showing detailed cleaning action.

What gets wet while drying?

Carl Wyndham

Riddle: What gets wet while drying?Answer: A towel...

Mar 27 RIDDLES

A close-up of a smiling senior woman holding an envelope indoors on a sunny day.

What can be opened many times, but sealed only once?

Carl Wyndham

Riddle: What can be opened many times, but sealed only once?Answer: An envelope...

Mar 27 RIDDLES

What works only after it’s been broken?

Carl Wyndham

Riddle: What works only after it’s been broken?Answer: An egg...

Mar 23 RIDDLES

What has a beginning but no end, and an end but no beginning?

Carl Wyndham

Riddle: What has a beginning but no end, and an end but no beginning?Answer: A circle ...

Mar 23 RIDDLES

closeup photo of woman wearing black top

What can exist without being seen, can be felt without being touched, and disappears the moment you focus on it?

Carl Wyndham

Riddle: What can exist without being seen, can be felt without being touched, and disappears the moment you focus on it?Answer: Your breath...

Mar 23 RIDDLES

Egret (?) feather, Harangi Reservoir, Coorg, Karnataka, India

I’m easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?

Carl Wyndham

Riddle: I’m easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?Answer: A feather ...

Mar 13 RIDDLES

What can you keep after giving it to someone?

Carl Wyndham

RIDDLE: What can you keep after giving it to someone?ANSWER: A promise...

Mar 13 RIDDLES

I’m taken from a mine, locked inside a wooden case, and used by almost everyone. What am I?

Carl Wyndham

RIDDLE: I’m taken from a mine, locked inside a wooden case, and used by almost everyone. What am I?ANSWER: Pencil lead (graphite)...

Mar 12 RIDDLES

golf ball on green grass field during daytime

What can be driven, but has no wheels, and can be sliced yet remain whole?

Samantha Henman

Riddle: What can be driven, but has no wheels, and can be sliced yet remain whole?Answer: A golf ball. ...

Mar 12 RIDDLES

I grow in the dark and shine in the light. The paler I am, the more I am liked. My maker never gets paid, but never goes on strike. What am I?

Samantha Henman

Riddle: I grow in the dark and shine in the light. The paler I am, the more I am liked. My maker never gets paid, but never goes on strike. What am I?Answer: A pearl. ...

Mar 12 RIDDLES

brown wooden cross on brown wooden dock during daytime

What do you throw out to use and bring in when you're done?

Samantha Henman

Riddle: What do you throw out to use and bring in when you're done?Answer: An anchor. ...

Mar 12 RIDDLES

Alive without breath, as cold as death. Never thirsty, ever drinking. Clad in mail, never clinking. What am I?

Samantha Henman

Riddle: Alive without breath, as cold as death. Never thirsty, ever drinking. Clad in mail, never clinking. What am I?Answer: A fish. ...

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