Short Riddles

Riddle: Muchas lamparitas muy bien colgaditas, siempre encandiladas y nadie las atiza.

Answer: Las estrellas

Rating: 100%

Riddle: My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer's cramp.

Answer: Hyphen. The first two lines yield high-fen. A hyphen is used by a writer to tie (or cramp) two words together

Rating: 100%

Riddle: A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one and twelve remains

Answer: The word Dozens

Rating: 75%

Riddle: Ayer estuve, hoy estuve, pero mañana no estaré. ¿Quién soy?

Answer: La letra Y

Rating: 67%

Riddle: One word in this sentence is misspelled. What word is it?

Answer: It isn't spelled wrong, the one word in this sentence misspelled is “misspelled.“

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Only two backbones and thousands of ribs.

Answer: Railroad

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Captain is to Private as Master is to

Answer: Slave

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Cargadas van, Cargadas vienen, Y en el camino No se detienen.

Answer: Las hormigas

Rating: 67%

Riddle: Cartas van, cartas vienen, y en el aire se detienen.

Answer: Las nubes

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Doce señoritas en un corredor: Todas tienen medias, Pero zapatos, no

Answer: Las horas

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Does the law allow a man to marry his widow's sister?

Answer: Of course not. If he has a widow then he's dead. And dead people can't get married

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What fastens two people yet touches only one?

Answer: A wedding ring

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two more letters?

Answer: Short

Rating: 67%

Riddle: What goes into the water red and comes out black?

Answer: A red-hot poker

Rating: 100%

Riddle: what is a triangle with 2 sides?

Answer: no such thing

Rating: 50%

Riddle: How many animals did Moses take on the arc with him?

Answer: None. Noah went on the arc, not Moses.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Forward I’m heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?

Answer: Ton

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Goes over all the hills and hollows. Bites hard, but never swallows.

Answer: Frost

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What has 13 hearts but none beats?

Answer: A deck of cards.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Hard to catch, easy to hold. Can't be seen, unless it's cold.

Answer: Breath

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How do surfers greet each other?

Answer: They wave.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How many letters are in the alphabet?

Answer: There are 11 letters in “THE ALPHABET.”Did you say 26?

Rating: 100%

Riddle: People walk on me day and night. I never sleep...... Who am I?

Answer: A sidewalk

Rating: 100%

Riddle: ¡Pobrecito, pobrecito!, todo el día sin parar y no sale de su sitio.

Answer: El reloj

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Pregnant every time you see her, yet she never will give birth.

Answer: Moon

Rating: 100%

Riddle: ¿Quiénes fueron los que primero vieron el mar?

Answer: Los ojos

Rating: 67%

Riddle: Sobre una piel bien tensada, dos bailarines saltaban

Answer: El tambor

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What goes through a door but never goes in. And never comes out?

Answer: Keyhole

Rating: 75%

Riddle: ¿Qué cosa y cosa Una vieja monstruosa, Debajo de la tierra Anda comiendo y royendo?

Answer: El topo

Rating: 100%

Riddle: ¿Que es lo que con solo nombrarlo se rompe

Answer: El silencio.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: ¿Qué es lo que se hace de noche, que no se puede hacer de día?

Answer: Trasnocharse

Rating: 100%

Riddle: ¿Que es lo que se puede guardar pero nunca sacar?

Answer: El silencio

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb!

Answer: Water

Rating: 100%

Riddle: If you are a velophile, what is it that you love?

Answer: Bicycle

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Se alegran los del campo Si me ven llorar, Y se ponen tristes Los de la ciudad.

Answer: La lluvia

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Where on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?

Answer: The North Pole

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I crawl on the earth. And rise on a pillar.

Answer: Shadow

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Scythe of darkness, Shadow’s light. Guiding eye of thirteenth sight.

Answer: Moon

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Twigs and spheres and poles and plates. Join and bind to reason make.

Answer: Skeleton

Rating: 100%

Riddle: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

Answer: Wet

Rating: 60%

Riddle: Siempre mirando al sol y no soy un caracol. Giro y giro sin fin y no soy un bailarín.

Answer: El girasol

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night.

Answer: Frog

Rating: 100%

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

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