#death

86 riddles found
Medium Logic

A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. There is no furniture in the room.…

#animals#death#logic#medium#water
Medium Logic

A man is sentenced to death. He is given a choice between two rooms. One room is full of raging fire, the other is full of assassi…

#death#fire#indoor#logic#medium
Medium Logic

A man is lying dead in an empty field. There is an unopened package next to him. No other person or animal was involved. How did h…

#animals#death#logic#medium
Medium Logic

A man is found dead in a cabin in the woods. The cabin is not a building. How did he die?

#death#indoor#logic#medium#transport
Medium Logic

The music stopped. A woman died. What happened?

#death#logic#medium#optical
Medium Logic

At a party, everyone who drank the punch died. But the woman who drank the most punch survived. How?

#death#food#ice#logic#medium
Hard Mystery

A cabin in the woods has two dead people inside. There are no footprints in the snow leading to or from the cabin. How did they ge…

#death#hard#ice#mystery#transport
Hard Mystery

Three people are stranded on a desert island. One of them is found dead with a broken match in his hand. The other two are alive a…

#death#hard#mystery#outdoor#sports
Medium Logic

A man is found dead, hanging from the ceiling in an otherwise empty room. There is a puddle of water beneath him. How did he die?

#death#ice#logic#medium#water
Hard Mystery

A woman is found dead in her apartment. The only witness is her parrot, but the parrot never says anything useful to the police. H…

#crime#death#hard#mystery#wordplay
Hard Mystery

A man gets into an elevator on the 30th floor. When the elevator reaches the ground floor, the man is dead. The elevator worked pe…

#death#hard#indoor#mystery
Hard Mystery

A cabin is found burned on a mountainside. Inside are several dead bodies. No one set the fire deliberately. What happened?

#death#fire#hard#mystery#transport
Hard Mystery

Police find a dead body in the trunk of a car at an airport parking lot. The car belongs to the dead person. There is no foul play…

#crime#death#hard#mystery#transport
Hard Mystery

A blind beggar had a brother who died. But the dead man had no brother. How is this possible?

#death#family#hard#mystery#optical
Hard Mystery

A farmer has 17 sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?

#death#hard#math#mystery
Easy People

A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. How did he die?

#animals#death#easy#people#water
Hard Mystery

A man is found dead in the middle of the desert. He is wearing a backpack. There are no footprints around him. How did he die?

#death#hard#mystery#outdoor#transport
Hard Mystery

A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. How did he die?

#animals#death#hard#mystery#water
Medium Nature

A man finds an animal lying perfectly still on the road, tongue out, eyes glazed, not breathing. He assumes it's dead. Thirty minu…

#animals#death#medium#nature
Medium Logic

A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and broken glass on the floor. There is no furniture in the room. How …

#death#indoor#logic#medium#water
Medium Logic

A prisoner must choose between two doors. One leads to freedom, the other to death. Each door has a guard. One guard always tells …

#death#indoor#logic#medium#prison
Medium Logic

At a party, everyone drinks from the same punch bowl. All guests who arrived early are fine, but all guests who arrived late died …

#death#food#ice#logic#medium
Medium Logic

A man receives a letter in the mail. The envelope has his address written correctly, proper postage, and a return address. He open…

#crime#death#logic#medium#wordplay
Hard Logic

A man is found dead in a field with an unopened package next to him. No one else is around. How did he die?

#death#hard#logic
Hard Logic

A prisoner must choose between three rooms: one full of fire, one full of assassins with loaded guns, and one full of lions that h…

#death#fire#hard#indoor#logic
Hard Logic

A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?

#death#hard#logic
Hard Logic

You find a cabin in the woods. Everyone inside is dead, but there is no sign of violence. The doors and windows are intact. What h…

#death#hard#logic#transport
Medium Mystery

A man is found dead in a locked room. The only clue is a puddle of water on the floor. What happened?

#death#ice#medium#mystery#water
Medium Mystery

A man dies in his own home. Police find fifty-three bicycles outside. The bicycles have nothing to do with his death. How did he d…

#crime#death#medium#mystery#outdoor
Medium People

An actor dies on stage every night but shows up to work the next morning. Is he a ghost?

#death#medium#people#time#work
Hard Mystery

A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a puddle of water on the floor and broken glass. No weapon, no intruder. What happe…

#danger#death#hard#mystery#water
Hard Mystery

A man is found dead in the middle of a desert wearing a backpack. The backpack is unopened. What happened?

#death#hard#mystery#outdoor#transport
Hard Mystery

Two people are found dead inside a cabin in the woods. The cabin is destroyed but no one else was around. What happened?

#death#hard#mystery#transport
Hard Mystery

The music stopped. She died. Explain.

#death#hard#mystery
Hard Mystery

A scuba diver is found dead in a burnt forest far from any water. How did he get there?

#death#fire#hard#mystery#water
Hard Mystery

A lighthouse keeper is found dead. The lighthouse light was off all night and a ship crashed on the rocks. But the keeper didn't f…

#death#hard#mystery#optical#transport
Hard Mystery

A doctor walks into a hospital room and sees a patient she has never met. She immediately says 'I'm sorry for your loss' before an…

#death#hard#indoor#medicine#mystery
Hard Mystery

A woman is found dead in her home, and the cause of death is drowning. There is no water anywhere in the house. Was she murdered?

#death#hard#mystery#time#water
Medium crime

A man is found dead in a field. He is wearing a backpack. The backpack is empty. There are no footprints or tracks around him. How…

#crime#death#medium
Hard Mystery

A man opens a music box, listens to it play, and then dies. No poison, no weapon, no illness. The music itself caused his death. H…

#danger#death#hard#mystery#relationships
Hard crime

Two people drink from the same poisoned punch bowl at a party. One dies. One survives. The survivor drank more. How?

#crime#death#food#hard#ice
Hard crime

A man is arrested for knowing too much about a crime he claims he did not commit. He is not psychic, and nobody told him the detai…

#crime#death#family#hard
Hard death

A woman looks at a photograph and says, 'I have no sisters or brothers, but this person's mother is my mother's daughter.' The per…

#childhood#crime#death#family#hard
Medium social

One hundred people attend a party. By midnight, zero people have left. By 1 AM, zero people have left. Yet by 2 AM only one person…

#death#math#medium#social#transport
Medium death

Two planes collide mid-air over the ocean. All passengers on one plane survive. All passengers on the other plane die. The crash w…

#death#medium#transport#water
Medium Logic

A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not ill, and nothing is wrong with his eyes. Why?

#death#logic#medium#optical#wordplay
Hard Mystery

A man hears a song on the radio, pulls over his car, and shoots himself. Why?

#death#hard#mystery#optical#transport
Medium Mystery

A woman is found dead in a field. She has a pack on her back, but it is unopened. What happened?

#death#medium#mystery#transport
Medium Mystery

A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a music player on the table and a pool of blood on the floor. What happened?

#death#indoor#medium#mystery
Hard Mystery

A man goes to a restaurant and orders turtle soup. He eats it, then goes home, calls his wife, and kills himself. Why?

#death#food#hard#mystery#transport
Medium Mystery

A woman dials a wrong number and ends up saving a stranger's life. How?

#death#math#medium#mystery
Medium Logic

A man is found dead in a locked room. He is holding the shortest match. Did he cause his own death?

#death#ice#indoor#logic#medium
Medium crime

A man reads a newspaper and immediately knows that someone has been murdered. He was not at the scene, and the newspaper does not …

#crime#death#medium#time#wordplay
Medium Logic

A man is arrested for murder. The murder weapon is a gun. The gun has never been fired. Is the man guilty?

#danger#death#logic#medium
Hard Mystery

A woman receives a phone call from her husband who died three years ago. Is she dreaming or mentally ill?

#death#hard#mystery#relationships#time
Hard crime

A body is found in the middle of a field. There are no footprints leading to or from the body. The man died of a fall. Was he push…

#crime#death#hard
Hard Mystery

A man is trapped with two doors. Behind one door is freedom; behind the other is death. Two guards stand before the doors — one al…

#death#hard#indoor#mystery#prison
Medium crime

A man is found dead in an open field. He is wearing a pack on his back. The pack was never opened. There are no footprints anywher…

#crime#death#medium
Hard crime

A man receives a phone call and immediately hangs up. He then goes to his room and shoots himself. Why?

#crime#death#hard#indoor#technology
Medium social

A woman's husband dies. She is happy. Why?

#death#emotions#medium#relationships#social
Hard Logic

A man knows for certain that he will die in exactly one hour. He smiles and feels at peace. He is not suicidal, terminally ill, or…

#death#emotions#hard#logic#time
Easy Nature

I thrive without water, but if you give me water, I die. What am I?

#death#easy#fire#nature#water
Medium crime

A detective arrives at a crime scene. The victim's body is at the bottom of a lake. Without entering the water or using any equipm…

#crime#death#medium#transport#water
Hard crime

A man is found dead in an open field. He is surrounded by straw, and there is a small piece of cloth nearby. No one else was in th…

#crime#death#hard
Hard Mystery

At her mother's funeral, a woman meets a man she has never seen before and falls in love. A week later, she kills her own sister. …

#death#family#hard#mystery
Hard crime

A man is found dead inside a small wooden cabin in the woods. There are no windows. The only door is locked from the inside, and t…

#crime#death#fire#hard#transport
Hard crime

A man is found dead inside a locked phone booth. There are no marks on his body and no weapons inside. The glass is unbroken. How …

#crime#death#hard#indoor#technology
Medium Nature

I am born in water but I cannot swim. I live in water but I die when it rains. What am I?

#childhood#death#medium#nature#water
Easy wordplay

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

#death#easy#wordplay
Medium Mystery

A man is found dead in a field. He is wearing a backpack and surrounded by no one. There are no footprints leading to or from the …

#death#medium#mystery#transport
Medium Nature

A tree kills every other plant that grows near it. It does not release any poison. It is not blocking sunlight. The tree is perfec…

#death#medium#nature
Hard crime

A man is accused of murder committed at noon. He says he was watching a sunset at the time. Three witnesses confirm he was watchin…

#crime#death#hard#time#transport
Medium crime

A detective finds a man dead next to a locked safe. The safe is still locked and undamaged. The man died alone and no one else was…

#crime#death#indoor#medium
Hard Mystery

A man was officially declared dead at 9 am. At noon the same day, he signed a legal document. Neither declaration was wrong. How?

#death#hard#mystery#time
Medium Nature

A single tree caused an entire forest to die. The tree itself survived. No disease, fire, or human was involved. How?

#death#fire#medium#nature#time
Medium crime

A man was convicted of murder. The victim's body was found and the man had motive and opportunity. Yet he was completely innocent.…

#crime#death#medium#prison
Easy wordplay

A newspaper published a story about its own death. This was not a mistake or satire. The story was accurate. How?

#death#easy#media#wordplay#work
Medium Logic

A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not ill and nothing is wrong with his eyes. Why?

#death#logic#medium#optical#wordplay
Hard crime

A detective receives a phone call from a murder victim. The victim has been dead for three days. The detective uses this call to i…

#crime#death#hard#technology
Hard Mystery

At her mother's funeral, a woman meets a man she has never seen before. She falls deeply in love with him but never gets his numbe…

#death#family#hard#math#mystery
Medium Mystery

A man is found dead in a cabin on a mountain. There are no windows, no doors, and no damage to the walls or roof. He is holding a …

#death#medium#mystery#time#transport
Medium Mystery

A woman hears a piece of music and immediately runs home. When she gets there, she finds her husband drowned. How did she know?

#death#medium#money#mystery#time
Medium crime

A man is found dead in a room with 53 bicycles. There is a gun nearby. How did he die?

#crime#danger#death#indoor#medium
Medium Nature

All the fish in a lake die, but no one is worried. There is no pollution. The water is fine. Why is nobody concerned?

#animals#death#medium#nature#water
Hard dark

A hiker pitches his tent in the middle of a forest. He wakes up at 3 a.m. and hears something outside. He unzips the tent and is i…

#dark#death#hard#outdoor#water
Hard crime

A wealthy man dies. His will states that his fortune goes to his only living child. He has two children. Only one can inherit. The…

#childhood#crime#death#hard