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The best riddles are enigmas wrapped up in a puzzle and shrouded in mystery. It is up to you to unravel the secret and solve the riddles until that “A-ha!” moment that leaves you feeling so satisfied.  The best riddles are the ones that challenge your mind and require your ability to look beyond the words and if the riddle stumps your friends that’s a bonus! We are always adding intriguing new riddles so check back often!

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What Word Contains All Of The Twenty Six Letters

Riddle: What word contains all of the twenty six letters?
Answer: Alphabet.
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Two Numbers Riddle

Riddle: Take two numbers, such that the square of the first, plus the square of the second, shall equal 8; while the first, plus the product of the first and second, shall equal 6. What are the two numbers?
Answer: 2 and 2.
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A Time When They Are Green A Time When They're Brown

Riddle: A time when they are green, a time when they're brown, but both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, They're perfect and yellow and cause me to smile! What am I talking about here?
Answer: Bananas.
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Eight Letter Words

Riddle: What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer: The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.  Cool,huh?

Take It And Leave It

Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"
Answer: Footsteps.

Heads Or Tails

Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A Penny.

Rice Krispies

Riddle: David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
Answer: David.

Riddled For Days

Riddle: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Answer: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

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Echoes Of Worlds

Riddle: I hold a thousand voices, yet not one sound I make. I open doors to worlds though I never roam or break. In lines I travel paths, but never take a step— When you seek new places, I am the map you’ve kept. What am I?
Answer: A Book.

Bad Luck & Black Cat

Riddle: Is it true that we'll have bad luck if we encounter a black cat?
Answer: It depends on whether we're human or a mouse!

Peculiar Creature

Riddle: What creature walks on four legs when young, two legs when grown, and sometimes three legs when old?
Answer: A human.

Increases And Never Decreases

Riddle: What place is this... where its participants wear uniforms, and the number of participants always increases and never decreases?
Answer: A cemetery

One Plus One

Riddle: If 1 + 1 = 2, what's the other answer?
Answer: Any other answer is wrong!

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One Plus One

Riddle: If 1 + 1 = 2, what's the other answer?
Answer: Any other answer is wrong!

Vegetables!

Riddle: Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
Answer: Asparagus and rhubarb.

You Walk Up To A Mountain That Has Two Paths

Riddle: You walk up to a mountain that has two paths. One leads to the other side of the mountain, and the other will get you lost forever. Two twins know the path that leads to the other side. You can ask them only one question. Except! One lies and one tells the truth, and you don't know which is which. So, What do you ask?
Answer: You ask one twin,  "Are you twins?". If he says "Yes", he is telling the truth.  Therefore, you ask the other twin which way to go and go the opposite way because he is lying. If he says "No", he is the liar and you ask the other twin which way to go because he is telling the truth.

What 8 Letter Word Can Have A Letter Taken Away And It Still Makes A Word

Riddle: What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer: The word is "starting". Remove the middle "T" and you have "staring", Remove the "A" and you get "string", remove the "R" then you have "sting", remove the "T" and you get "sing". Remove the "G", and you get "sin", remove the "S" and you're left with "in",  and finally, remove the "N" and you're left with "I".

What Can You Hold In Your Right Hand But Not In Your Left

Riddle: What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left?
Answer: Your left hand!

Rebus Puzzles

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #3a Series 1

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Answer: Lucky days are here again.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #15 Series 1

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Answer: Don't call us, We'll call you.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #32 Series 1

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Answer: Take it or leave it.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #41 Series 1

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Answer: Home on the range.
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