Riddles exercise the brain and help develop different and more flexible ways of thinking. Some are easy, some are difficult, but all of them will give your brain a fun workout.
We collected the 10 best riddles for you to keep you entertained and get their brains working.
Try them out below!
1.
What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
2
What does man love more than life,
Fear more than death or mortal strife.
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire.
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves,
And all men carry to their graves?
3
It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
4
At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet.
At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep.
5
I build up castles, I tear down mountains.
I make some men blind, I help others to see.
6
Reaching stiffly for the sky, I bare my fingers when it’s cold.
In warmth, I wear an emerald glove, and in between, I dress in gold.
7
Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not.
8
You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see.
9
Say my name and I disappear.
10.
Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
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1. A clock.
2.Nothing
3. Your name.
4. Music
5. Sand
6. Tree
7. Counterfeit money
8. Reflection
9. Silence
10. The word “short.”
