Today's Riddles

8

What lies on the ground, is wet but dry, is soft but coarse?

84

Break me and I'm better, set me and I'm harder to break again. What am I?

9

Made from something that is now dead, but I'm still able to birth things only in your head. What am I?

19

Most for the palate, some for the eye, A gift to say "sorry", "congrats", and "goodbye", I'm cotton, a name, and halloween, too. Taken with planning, or on the fly.

9

I am the longest word in the dictionary but I have only one letter. What am I?

5

When bound I make you peasant, or perhaps I make you king. When freed I speak of pain, and foretell suffering. When bound I rise in fury, or flee and leave you pale. When freed I fall and fade, and thus I mark the trail. When bound life may yet flourish, and you may yet draw breath. When freed I bring you closer to or lead you to your death.

7

A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Then she hangs him. But five minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner. How?

10

What has a bank but no money?

8

I follow you all day long, but when the night comes I am gone. What am I?

5

What do these words all have in common? Mean, stupid, allergic, tired, timid, healing, content.

15

I am heard but never seen or touched. You cannot hold me but you can break me. What am I?

12

What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

11

I visit you often, I blink and I wink. No matter how charming, I'll make the girl shrink. What am I?

7

With a breath, I live. From my captor, I flee. Without feathers, I fly. But when freed, I die. What am I?

10

What occurs once in life, twice in a moment, but never in one hundred years?