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Tricky Riddles With Answers: Riddles are a fun way to test how well you can think. They make your brain work in surprising ways. Some are tricky, some are funny, and some will leave you guessing for a while. These riddles are a perfect timepass while exercising your brain. From parties and lunch conversations to chill days with friends and family time, these riddles are perfect to spend time and have fun with close ones. Here is a list of over 75 tricky riddles that are perfect for adults to strengthen their thinking skills. Try to solve them all and no peeking at the answers!

List Of 75+ Tricky Riddles With Answers For Adults: 

75+ Tricky Riddles: 

  1. What is harder to catch, the faster you run?
  2. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
  3. What flowers are kissable?
  4. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
  5. Where does today come before yesterday?
  6. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
  7. What can go up but can't go down?
  8. What has a head and a tail but no body?
  9. What can't be touched but can be broken?
  10. What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
  11. What runs, but never walks, murmurs but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never eats?
  12. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
  13. Forwards, I am heavy, backwards, I am not. What am I?
  14. I have cities, but no houses. Mountains, but no trees. Water, but no fish. What am I?
  15. If you eat it, you’ll still be hungry. What is it?
  16. No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
  17. People make me, save me, change me, and raise me. What am I?
  18. Melissa has four daughters, and each daughter has a brother. How many children does Melissa have?
  19. What can fill a room but take up no space?
  20. You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
  21. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in 1,000 years?
  22. What runs around a whole yard without moving?
  23. Which fish costs the most?
  24. What has a neck but no head?
  25. What has hands but cannot clap?
  26. What has to be broken before you can use it?
  27. What gets shorter as it grows older?
  28. What can you catch but never throw?
  29. What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
  30. What can you put in a bucket to make it weigh less?
  31. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
  32. The person who makes it does not need 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?
  33. What’s always found on the ground but never gets dirty?
  34. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
  35. A man walks into a room with three doors — one with fire, one with lions who haven’t eaten in years, and one with electric eels. Which door does he pick to survive?
  36. What has teeth but cannot bite?
  37. What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
  38. How do you spell "cow" in thirteen letters?
  39. What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
  40. What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
  41. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and left on Friday. How?
  42. What can go up a chimney down but not down a chimney up?
  43. What is full of holes but still holds water?
  44. What has many teeth but cannot bite?
  45. What comes once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a day?
  46. What has branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves?
  47. I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?
  48. What gets wetter the more it dries?
  49. A plane crashes on the border between two countries. Where do you bury the survivors?
  50. What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?
  51. What comes down but never goes up?
  52. If you drop me from a tall building, I’ll be fine, but put me in water and I die. What am I?
  53. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
  54. What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
  55. What is at the end of a rainbow?
  56. What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don’t want to use it?
  57. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
  58. What gets bigger the more you take away?
  59. If you have one, you want to share it. But once you share it, you don’t have it anymore. What is it?
  60. If your uncle’s sister is not your aunt, what is she?
  61. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
  62. What starts with “e,” ends with “e,” and only contains one letter?
  63. What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
  64. What has four wheels and flies?
  65. A man was born in 1990 and died in 1950. How is this possible?
  66. What goes up but never comes down?
  67. The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?
  68. A girl fell off a 30-foot ladder but didn’t get hurt. How?
  69. What gets sharper the more you use it?
  70. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
  71. What comes at the end of everything?
  72. What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
  73. What begins with an “E” but only has one letter in it?
  74. Which month has 28 days?
  75. A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he's bankrupt. Why?
  76. What can you hold without ever touching it?
  77. What flies without wings?
  78. What has one eye but can’t see?
  79. What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
  80. What moves faster — heat or cold?

Answers To Tricky Riddles: 

  1. Your breath
  2. The letter C
  3. Tulips (two lips)
  4. A piano
  5. In the dictionary
  6. Short
  7. Age
  8. A coin
  9. A promise
  10. A staircase
  11. A river
  12. Silence
  13. Ton
  14. A map
  15. Nothing
  16. A calendar
  17. Money
  18. Five (four daughters, one brother)
  19. Light
  20. The letter E
  21. The letter M
  22. A fence
  23. A goldfish
  24. A bottle
  25. A clock
  26. An egg
  27. A candle
  28. A cold
  29. A bed
  30. A hole
  31. Nine
  32. A coffin
  33. A shadow
  34. A road
  35. The room with lions (they’re dead)
  36. A comb
  37. SWIMS
  38. C-O-W (SEE O DOUBLE YOU)
  39. Queue
  40. A human
  41. His horse was named Friday
  42. An umbrella
  43. A sponge
  44. A zipper
  45. The letter E
  46. A bank
  47. A barber
  48. A towel
  49. You don’t bury survivors
  50. Your name
  51. Rain
  52. Paper
  53. A table
  54. An echo
  55. The letter W
  56. An anchor
  57. The future
  58. A hole
  59. A secret
  60. Your mother
  61. Footsteps
  62. An envelope
  63. A chalkboard
  64. A garbage truck
  65. He was born in room 1990 and died in room 1950
  66. Your age
  67. Darkness
  68. She fell off the bottom rung
  69. Your brain
  70. A stamp
  71. The letter G
  72. A coat of paint
  73. An envelope
  74. All months have 28 days
  75. He was playing Monopoly
  76. Your breath
  77. Time
  78. A needle
  79. A joke
  80. Heat — because you can catch a cold

Riddles immensely help to keep your brain sharp and active. They’re also great to share with friends and family. However, the best thing to know is, riddles are not about getting most of them right or not; the fun is in the guessing. Keep playing with riddles. Remember, you will get better and faster with time.