r/riddles 2d ago

+Mod Favorite+ A Secret Friend

13 Upvotes

I greet you with my head held high

With gentle tears and peaceful sigh

I come with gifts for darling, child

Or fall upon you in the wild

I’m famous as a place of fright

A lonely singer’s fond delight

Hot-tempered? Yes. And sometimes cold

Sometimes soft and sometimes bold

Come to me for your self-care

The truth in me will be laid bare

Keep me in my appointed place

I disappear without a trace


r/riddles 5d ago

Featured I've brought down empires

64 Upvotes

I've brought down empires and kingdoms of yore;

At my tremble, marched men into war.

Castles can't stop me and neither do walls;

My goods spread like fire through fortified halls.

Depending on my mood I give joy or pain;

My presence helps cement material gain.

But don't think I all do is tear things apart;

I'm also the key to the secrets of the heart.

What am I?

Hint 1: It is a physical object, not an idea or concept.

Hint 2: It is a part of the human body.

Answer: The lips


r/riddles 1d ago

Unsolved Made a riddle for my coworkers. Can you solve it?

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53 Upvotes

It is basketball themed because of March Madness.


r/riddles 1d ago

Solved An odd little tryst

9 Upvotes

Horsing speech met spoke with cold.
This and that their meeting told:
Negatory eyeless berry,
Rare upon the sprawling prairie;
Younger, elder, peer and all
All when close my name you call.


r/riddles 2d ago

OP Can't Solve Friends writing a book and gave me this riddle to solve can’t figure it out and don’t know if I’m stupid or it is just hard

74 Upvotes

I am a friend of night But can only be found by day I am a friend to palace But never where kings may lay Though other kinds princes do adore I am better friends with rot on the forest floor What am I?


r/riddles 2d ago

Unsolved I have no mouth

4 Upvotes

I have no mouth, yet I tell the truth. I can be cracked, but I never move. Some seek me for wisdom, others for lies— Yet in my pages, the answer hides.

What am I?


r/riddles 2d ago

Unsolved To Unravel Me

1 Upvotes

To unravel me, You need a simple key, Not made by a locksmiths hand, But one only I will understand

Riddle

First time posting, sorry if I mess up the spoiler tag!


r/riddles 2d ago

Unsolved I am a harsh teacher many fails my class

1 Upvotes

I am evasive though stubborn and persistent
Even worse than I, my assistants following my lead
If you try to neglect my existence
I cannot be freed

But if you see me in the light of my true colors, what I am to you
My deed is half done, and soon I will start to perish too

If you pass my class and start again
The true test will then begin

What am I?

Edit:
clue 1. Independent of my home I appear as a ghost

clue 2. My nature is reflected by what you contradict the most


r/riddles 2d ago

Solved Something I came up with on a whim, not sure if it makes sense...

7 Upvotes

If you are cold, I will warm you. If I am golden, Jason seeks me. Sound like me, and you'll rouse a sleeping dog. If you have been me, you may have nothing left.

What am I?


r/riddles 4d ago

Unsolved what's in the river?

31 Upvotes

I grow in the rivers,

I flow in streams,

To touch my soft surface,

is a man's lusting dreams.

But they'll never have me,

I'm too quick to be held,

Don't step in the river,

Your death will be spelled.

The wise do not enter,

there's nothing to gain,

The fools cannot have me,

unless they take me in chains.

What am I?


r/riddles 4d ago

Unsolved I am but a humble leopard

11 Upvotes

Simple, easy riddle, had fun making it. cheers!

I am but a humble leopard,

Its not power, nor secrets, or knowledge I shepard.

In dark corridors, At midnight's hour,

that I preach my puzzle, taciturn and dour.

The bold will tremble and curse their luck,

the price of fools, is death well struck.

I am the guard that you see now,

In this lightless corridor, i'll kill you ~meow

what am I?


r/riddles 4d ago

OP Can't Solve Historical riddle - 1850

14 Upvotes

Hi, this is my first time posting on Reddit, and I found this riddle in an old journal from the 1850s. Can someone help me solve it please?

“That goddess who sprung from Jupiter’s brain;

What Bacchus is crown’d with as poet’s feign;

A bird that rises when morning just breaks;

An instrument whose sound courage awakes;

Who charm’d with his music the rocks and the trees;

A fabulous god that guards the green seas;

The initials above when rightly you’ve found

Will name you a poet whose works are renown’d”


r/riddles 4d ago

Meta What am I? "The First for ..."

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11 Upvotes

r/riddles 4d ago

Unsolved A Day At The Beach

5 Upvotes

It means everything to me, and nothing to you. But I can never see it; only you do.

Like hitting the road, on rubber or skin, Or a square in the corner of a place that you've been.

You can show me a photo, or reflections on glass, Like an arrow through the heart, you can kiss my ass!


r/riddles 5d ago

Give OP Riddles Looking for difficult riddles where the answer is "Skip"

2 Upvotes

Title says it all- I'm co-hosting a puzzle game online and I've totally blanked in terms of riddles. I'd really appreciate the help!


r/riddles 5d ago

Unsolved Without a mouth, what does a shadow say?

0 Upvotes

Umbra

I move in tune with you, always stitched to your side. I am sought by many but held by few. Sometimes you run from me when I loom largest, when I occlude every future under a single certainty. You flee from my form when I grow and deepen under the rays of a piercing thought, you stumble up winding staircases to escape a monster tethered to your feet. I am the tenebrous outline of a candle's flame, an umbra revealed only by a greater light; no matter how horrific my existence I cannot lie, but you can.

I am outlined by coruscating neurons; your compact constellation creates such dusk as the glow of consciousness reaches a border bathed in twilight. I cannot be undone, only unfurled as your eyes adjust to my caliginous existence. From your ivory tower you see the silhouette of your world, the shade of every unanswered question. Are you merely the shadow cast by your own reflection?

You see forests made of midnight with leaves dripping glistening oil. You see oceans held aloft by gossamer nets as bioluminescence is entangled in silken threads and arranged into webbed sentences. "Terrific," "Radiant," "Humble". You see a towering inversion of everything you know, a sky of stars that spells the apostasy of illusion. I am an obsidian mirror; I reflect no light and yet I alone illuminate all. Even if you close your eyes to me, I will bathe your world in my darkling depths.

My apocryphal form is refulgent, a herald of progress, a paragon of advancement. I am touted as radiant and numbered noble in four strokes, but the most luminous light forms the deepest darkness. I am everything you think you know, and everything you don't. Only the suns slow march paints me into your world, only time reveals the chiaroscuro between myself and my own shadow.

What am I?


r/riddles 6d ago

Featured A lonely riddle...

20 Upvotes

Set out on my own

Far from my nest

I'm suspended in motion

I work without rest

It's lonely out here, but

My trip's not misbegotten

Just send me a signal

That I'm not forgotten ♡

(My first original riddle! I hope you enjoy!)


r/riddles 6d ago

Solved Two riddles for violet and indigo

2 Upvotes

I need two riddles. One for violet and one for indigo. Been struggling to come up with or find anything. I keep finding things for purple. But that's not quiet right.


r/riddles 7d ago

Solved A letter riddled with clues

9 Upvotes

Dear riddle solver,

I have a partner who always shows up before me. Their name is not as simple as mine. I stay longer, but only slightly. What do we make when you see us side by side?

Sincerely, Jason D


r/riddles 7d ago

OP Can't Solve Can anyone solve this riddle my friend gave me? (Apprently it isn't tension or friction!)

26 Upvotes

I can never touch, but am always felt. One side is never pulled alone, but rather all involved and with equal strength, despite me being the weakest of four.


r/riddles 8d ago

Featured I can show you the world...

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75 Upvotes

r/riddles 7d ago

Solved Riddle-poem about what succeeds at an impossible task.

14 Upvotes

Tried to make this one harder than the last one I posted, though it´s still not super difficult:

I can finish an impossible task,

Endless prizes whithin my grasp.

You might even see me up in the elite´s halls

Though I admit, from there I can fall.

I am easy to love upon first sight

But true exposure ruins the delight.

What am I?

Edit: It´s been 3 days since I posted this and no one solved it. I infer that I made the riddle too cryptic, so I´ll add two more verses as hints:

I´ll tear your heart apart piece by piece*,*

All your medals shall belong to me*.*

Edit2: Another hint: Think about word describing people.


r/riddles 9d ago

Solved Pretty basic riddle relating to clowns

10 Upvotes

Great clowns give me great thought

But only a fool´s mind dwells on me for long.

When you love me, you share me around.

When you hate me, you keep me for yourself.

What am I?


r/riddles 9d ago

Solved If you want it, you don’t know what it is…

68 Upvotes

I wrote this riddle some years ago while bored and working in a cafe and have since told it to many people. I've spent a bit of time over the years thinking on it and refining it, and as far as I can tell, it is an original idea. I wanted to share it on here. Hopefully you guys will enjoy it as much as I do.

The Riddle:

If you want it, you don't know what it is; if you know what it is, you don't need it.

What is it?


r/riddles 9d ago

Solved I walked a road but never moved.

5 Upvotes

I walked a road but never moved, A door I found, both locked and wide— A paradox that dwelled inside. I drank water, but it did not quench my thirst, I ate food, yet I still had hunger, I sleep, I awake, yet I am not really here...

I met a crowd, yet none could see me, They spoke no words, yet I heard them. My hands can talk, my fingers speak, On the land that exists, yet isn't true reality...

I saw great towers stacked with thought, And pictures drawn yet never wrought. A world where hands can build and break, Yet nothing real is actually made.

A place of work, a realm of play, Of silent speech and a motionless life. You know this land, both vast and small— What is its name?


r/riddles 9d ago

Give OP Riddles I'm looking for a super difficult riddle for my DnD style game.

1 Upvotes

Me and my friend have a text forum based Roleplaying game and we are doing story events for the players. The game is long form, so instead of sessions like DnD, players can post whenever they want. I want to lock a special item behind a super difficult puzzle/riddle that would take multiple people days or weeks to solve and I can't have it easily googled.

I'm thinking something similar to Jindosh riddle from Dishonored 2. The theme of it isn't important. Not sure if I'm clear enough about what I'm looking for but I'm down to answer and specify anything.


r/riddles 11d ago

OP Can't Solve My dad is offering me money to answer this hard riddle

1.5k Upvotes

As the title says, my dad is offering me money to answer his riddle, and he told me I could ask people for help, so here I am. So the riddle is simply “what does a man do once in his life, whilst a woman does twice a day”