Riddle: What has six faces but does not wear makeup and has twenty-one eyes but cannot see?
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A die (dice).
Hard riddles
Really hard riddles with answers
If you’re too smart for our fun easy riddles and our riddles for kids, then try these really hard riddles instead! You’re sure to find them more challenging!
What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?
Riddle: What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?
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A pillow.
A man fell off a 20-foot ladder but he wasn’t hurt. How?
Riddle: A man fell off a 20-foot ladder but he wasn’t hurt. How?
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He fell off the bottom rung of the ladder.
What can be long or short or heavy or light but only one at a time?
Riddle: What can be long or short or heavy or light but only one at a time?
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Wait / weight.
You’re in a house with four walls facing south, you step outside and see a bear. What color is the bear?
You’re in a house with four walls facing south, you step outside and see a bear. What color is the bear?
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White. If all 4 walls are facing south then they’re at the North Pole.
What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
Riddle: What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
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A map.
I have no means to fly nor flee, so a fire is the end of me. When the fire is done and o’er, I get my old name back once more.
Riddle: I have no means to fly nor flee, so a fire is the end of me. When the fire is done and o’er, I get my old name back once more.
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Ash.
You do not want me to be permanent but to avoid me is a mistake. You can let me help you but precious time it will take.
Riddle: You do not want me to be permanent but to avoid me is a mistake. You can let me help you but precious time it will take.
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Sleep.
Gain a lot of me and you’ll be heavy. Earn a lot of me and you’ll be rich.
Riddle: Gain a lot of me and you’ll be heavy. Earn a lot of me and you’ll be rich.
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Pounds.
If you’re given one you’ll have either two or none. What is it?
Riddle: If you’re given one you’ll have either two or none. What is it?
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A choice.
What has a neck but no head and two arms but no hands?
Riddle: What has a neck but no head and two arms but no hands?
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A shirt.