Today's Riddles

Challenge yourself with riddles at every difficulty level — easy, normal, and challenging. New brain teasers added daily with answers and community voting.

I am named after something that swings from the trees. When you have me, squeezing nuts is a breeze.

normal

I am a mother's child, a father's child, but nobody's son. What am I?

food

You throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What am I?

easy

I can't see you, but you can see me. Stare at me too long and you'll get lazy. I have to be paid for so I'm not for free. What am I?

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weather

I fall but never get hurt. I rise but never use my legs. What am I?

challenging

X is a beast that is nimble and sly. Y is a shout to make projectiles fly. XY, a glow in the woods in the night. YX, a way to arrive at a site.

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normal

What word in the English language does the following: 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?

easy

What’s white, then brown, but can’t be found?

normal

What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

normal

What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

easy

What is made of water but if you put it in water it dies?

easy

What can be big, white, dirty, and wicked?

normal

What begins with P, ends with E, and has thousands of letters?

household

Today's Riddles

What is red and smells like blue paint?

I am named after something that swings from the trees. When you have me, squeezing nuts is a breeze.

I am a mother's child, a father's child, but nobody's son. What am I?

You throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What am I?

I can't see you, but you can see me. Stare at me too long and you'll get lazy. I have to be paid for so I'm not for free. What am I?

I fall but never get hurt. I rise but never use my legs. What am I?

X is a beast that is nimble and sly. Y is a shout to make projectiles fly. XY, a glow in the woods in the night. YX, a way to arrive at a site.

What word in the English language does the following: 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?

What’s white, then brown, but can’t be found?

What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

What is made of water but if you put it in water it dies?

What can be big, white, dirty, and wicked?

What begins with P, ends with E, and has thousands of letters?

I have a neck but no head, two arms but no hands. What am I?