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Solve this riddle!

A 1500 year old battle With infinite outcomes, Where the cavalry pivots, And the King cowers

2 Comments
2024/05/03
01:26 UTC

10

A convict on the loose

A convict on the loose.

His crime was to seduce

One into stealing.

With a fluid that can freeze

And an oil for disease

That does no healing.

Dangerous, not armed.

Never truly charmed.

A wave-like motion.

From the garden banned,

With its belly to the land.

Then to the ocean.

9 Comments
2024/05/02
21:25 UTC

1

A riddle from St Patrick's Day

I couldn't post it at the time, but better late than never!

My first: a deliberate fake.

My second: St Peter is he.

Together the two pieces make

A whole that is made up of three.

(Hints available on request.)

1 Comment
2024/05/01
19:07 UTC

1

I am wanted by only one, yet all have grieved my passing.

What am I?

1 Comment
2024/05/02
07:01 UTC

3

Need help with this riddle riddlers about Bananas

Beneath the canopy where shadows play, a troop of climbers hold the sway. Their secret key, when backward casts. Reverses whispers of the past. Entwined with gold that curls and bends, A secret message that transcends.

1 Comment
2024/05/02
09:55 UTC

1

What am I

You can feel me but I'm not here, I am everywhere but nowhere near, And when you look I disappear, What am I?

(Feedback would be appreciated it's the first riddle I made up)

1 Comment
2024/05/02
14:48 UTC

20

Knowledge destroys me, ignorance preserves me, and two heads are better than three.

Joy, heartbreak, love, betrayal, all of these things I can be.

What am I?

21 Comments
2024/05/02
16:52 UTC

6

Hi Guys! Can anyone help?

Hi All, need some help with this riddle i came across!

I'm the product of two primes, a curious sight, neither too small nor too grand, just right.

Divide me by my smaller brother in the prime lot, the result?! A single digit, no more, no jot.

I'm a pair of digits, neither big nor small, a sum of quirks, but not that tall. A dance of numbers, a curious blend, add me to six, and you'll find a trend.

I'm the sum of triumphs, the tally of tests, In victories grand and in feats that impress. Count me up high, in numbers aligned, in the heart of the challenge, my value defined.

8 Comments
2024/05/01
10:37 UTC

1

Three Emotions

I have three emotions ever day

Sometimes I’m open and let you through to me

Sometimes I’m closed and block you way

Sometimes I’m feeling mixed and between my emotions

Sometimes I make people happy, sometimes I make them mad

Someimes I am looked up to, sometimes im ignored

Any guesses?

2 Comments
2024/05/01
00:44 UTC

1

Riddle me this: You can't get any, unless you have any.

What am I?

2 Comments
2024/04/30
22:25 UTC

1

Along the rails, I dash and dart, but off my track I cannot start

What am I

3 Comments
2024/04/30
18:26 UTC

0

Riddle me this

So our local radio is doing a soundfx contest, people have been guessing for months now, the pot is getting pretty nuts and nobody can get it so they dropped a hint yesterday. Can anyone help decipher this?

Hint #1: "We've all hummed and hawwed at what this sound could be, how quick it would go we would have to wait and see, we can't wait to celebrate your big cash win, with an oversized large cheque in hand, let's see that grin."

Hint #2: "We can't wait to celebrate with you and hand over the bills, awarding a jackpot just gives us chills, now like mom may have said, don't blow it all in one place, but you do you, there's no need for dignity or grace."

12 Comments
2024/04/30
14:47 UTC

0

A Spotify playlist is 16 hours long.

It contains 11 tracks. How is this possible?

2 Comments
2024/04/30
14:16 UTC

1

Along my path, I dash and dart,Away from it, I cannot start.What am I?

Give it your best

1 Comment
2024/04/30
04:07 UTC

1

What's a riddle where the answer is "yellow"

I've created a dnd puzzle where I'm not sure if players will pick up on the clues. so i need a riddle with the answer yellow to guide them in the right direction.

3 Comments
2024/04/29
23:50 UTC

2

Help me

Easy to look at, impossible to see;

An eight's and eight,

A three's an E,

And a E's a three to me.

What am I?

2 Comments
2024/04/29
11:55 UTC

2

Riddle me this:

  1. Alive without breath

As cold as death. Never thirsty, ever drinking. Clad in mail, never clinking.

  1. Greater than God, worse than the devil

The rich need it, the poor have it If you eat it, you’ll die.

  1. Six letters do my name compound;

Among the aged oft I'm found; The shepherd also, by the brook, Hears me when leaning on his crook; But in the middle me divide, And take the half on either side, Each backward read, a liquor tell, Ev'ry gay toper knows it well

2 Comments
2024/04/28
16:15 UTC

2

I can always see you, but I have no eyes. I am always honest, but I have no mouth.

What am I?

4 Comments
2024/04/28
10:40 UTC

2

Feared

I'm often feared, yet hold no power.

When I arrive, fortunes sour.

Debts pile high, dreams start to sink.

In my wake, financial woes brink.

What am I?

2 Comments
2024/04/28
03:28 UTC

1

Solve me!

I'm often feared, yet hold no power, When I arrive, fortunes sour. Debts pile high, dreams start to sink, In my wake, financial woes brink.

1 Comment
2024/04/28
03:13 UTC

1

Help. I'm looking for 2 riddles. One with the answer "quarter" and one with the answer "master". TIA

"Quarter" & "Master"

1 Comment
2024/04/28
00:16 UTC

1

I need help to decipher

I'm neither young nor old, but always in between, A symbol of infinity, an endless scene. I'm two circles in unity, forever intertwined, I'm a number with significance, a concept of the mind. What am I?

2 Comments
2024/04/26
16:46 UTC

2

I am always coming but never arrive, I have a head, but never weep, I have a bed, but never sleep, I have a mouth, but never speak. What am I?

Will post answer later Xo

1 Comment
2024/04/26
14:34 UTC

2

What is it which is made just to get broken by the same person or by someone else

Since no one answered this riddle I'll answer it on my own

This answer to this riddle is

! A record !<

1 Comment
2024/04/26
08:39 UTC

1

Need help making a riddle about a park bench.

Any ideas?

1 Comment
2024/04/26
06:36 UTC

1

When you have me, you have nothing…

When you have me, you have nothing When you don’t have me, you have something But if you never have me, you never have anything

2 Comments
2024/04/26
05:15 UTC

1

Help! I’ve been pondering for days!

Where the wind blows, I cannot go My true name, No one knows If you plant me, I will grow

1 Comment
2024/04/26
00:28 UTC

1

Riddles for a surprise trip to Scotland

I’m taking my best friend to Scotland for a week as a surprise (she’s always wanted to go but could never afford it).

Please give me your best, most difficult riddles for:

  1. Water

  2. Train (as in the method of transport)

  3. Mountain

  4. Coast

  5. Whisky

  6. Cottage

I’ll give her these riddles to help her guess where we’re going :)

1 Comment
2024/04/25
22:51 UTC

1

Let's give it a try

I am found on a diamond. I can be taken but not stolen. What am I?

1 Comment
2024/04/25
04:19 UTC

1

Valuable

I am the most valuable thing you possess, but you never own me for long. What am I?

1 Comment
2024/04/23
21:14 UTC

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