Looking for short hard riddles with the answers to challenge your brain? Welcome to this collection of hard riddles for adults (some of them are also OK for kids) that will make you look smarter in front of your friends and family – if you never tell them you had to read the answers, of course.
I love to learn new things in a funny and entertaining way. During some years, I used to teach kids, and playing games was the most effective way they learn. Also in adult life, when you are having a good time you will retain the information longer.
So, wanna start learning in a riddle-culously funny way? Let’s see how many of these brain teasers you can answer correctly!
For entertainment purposes, we hide the answer to riddles. Just click the button and the answer will show so can check if you were right.
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Riddles for adults
Starting with short riddles for adults that are quite easy. The level will be increasing with your scrolling, so let’s see how many of them you can answer right. Ready?
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What begins with T,
finishes with T,
and hast T i in?
I’m as hard as a rock, but I melt immediately in hot water. What am I?
What starts with a P, ends with an E and has thousand letters?
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
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What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
What is the name of the writing system used by people who are visually impaired which uses raised dots to express words?
What occurs once in a minute,
twice in a moment,
and never in a thousand years?
In what year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon?
Easy riddles
These easy riddles are here to build your self-esteem (or your knowledge if you fail, do not get discouraged if you do not know the riddle answers).
Read: easy and hard riddles for kids
I am black when you buy me and red when you use me.
When I turn gray, you know it’s time to throw me away.
What am I?
I am hot and I live in the sky.
Who am I?
Four legs up, four legs down, soft in the middle, hard all around.
Does the fire move faster moving up or down?
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I add lots of flavors and have many layers,
but if you get close I’ll make you cry.
What am I?
Which gender of mosquito bites humans? (Males/ Females)
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What has teeth but cannot bite?
Tricky riddles with answers
Our brains always appreciate a bit of exercise. In addition, the tricky riddles with answers are an exceptional hobby for adults. Don’t be shy, share it with your office friends and see how many of them can get the answers correctly.
I touch the Earth, I touch the Sky
But if I touch you once,you’ll surely die.
What am I?
There was a plane crash in which every single person was killed. Yet there were 12 survivors. How?
What is Australia’s capital?
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
I make two people out of one. What am I?
What is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
Funny riddles in English with answers
Humor and riddles are even better! Don’t you think? That is why I wanted to add some funny hard riddles that you can share.
What is the name of the deepest blue hole in the world?
When things go wrong, what can you always count on?
What goes up and down without moving?
Are all goldfish actually gold?
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What catch phrase is most commonly associated with the actor Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Can you actually see a black hole?
What movie is this quote from:
You have forgotten who you are and also have forgotten me…
You are more than what you have become.
I am seven letter word. I am very heavy.
Take away two letters from me and you will get 8.
Take away one letter and you will get 80. Who am I?
Which Michael Jackson song is Zayn’s favorite song of all time?
Hard riddles with simple answers
Let’s go to more complicated really hard riddles… Even though the answers might be simple, you’ll have to use your brain.
I drive men mad for love of me, easily beaten, never free.
What continent was Algebra discovered in?
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What kind of frequencies are too hight to be heard by humans?
Why is there a hole in airplane windows?
What country named their national capital after US president Monroe?
While rabbits have a nearly 360º vision, where is their optical blind stop?
True or false: Tidal Waves and Tsunamis are the same thing.
What city installed the first electric traffic light in the world?
What Shakespearean play is Lion King based on?
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Approximately, what percent of volcanic activity world wide occurs underwater?
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
What is the tallest building in the world?
Who stated this quote:
“It’s not the years in your life that counts. It’s the life in your years.”
What is the name of the stone that helped decode Egyptian Hieroglyphics?
Super hard riddles
Already done all the riddles and looking for a harder challenge? Here you go, try our insanely hard riddles.
If you sum every positive number (integers), what does it equal?
1+2+3+4+5+6+7…
How long is a full year around earth (precisely)?
What is the probability of finding a 4 leaf clover?
What’s the largest species of jellyfish known to humans at this time?
What is the smallest number that can be divided by each of the numbers from 1 to 10 without any remainder?
What’s the name of the volcano famously erupting “blue” lava?
What Caribbean island holds the shortest runway in the world?
What is the name of a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses?
Find the unknown values in the following image
How fast do humans sneeze? (Mph or km/h)
What is the academic study of the form, meaning, and use of words?
A person who does stats for a career is called a…
Which whole number can’t be written with Roman Numerals?
What’s the name of the northernmost region of Canada?
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What academic discipline deals with the study of “structure of music”?
The first two letters signify a male,
the first three letters signify a female,
the first four letters signify a great,
while the entire world signifies a great woman.
What is the word?
I have five letters.
I sound the same when you remove my first letter.
I sound the same when you remove my third letter.
I sound the same when my last letter is removed and I sound the same when all three are removed.
What word am I?
Summary
Did you enjoy the riddles that are hard? Personally, solving these hard riddles in a group is more enjoyable, you could compete to see who can guess the solution first. If you want to look smarter in front of a new group, you could learn the tricky riddles answers by heart and then challenge whoever you want to solve them. Always a good way to find new (smart) friends, don’t you think?
How many of these riddles did you solve correctly? Do you have a favorite one yet? Tell us in the comment section below!
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