the hardest riddles
1. I come to you every night, yet you never see me arrive. I leave in the morning, but you never watch me go. Who am I?
Answer: Sleep
6. The moment you say my name, I no longer hold meaning. What am I?
Answer: A secret
12. The more you shatter me, the more I reflect you. What am I?
Answer: A mirror
16. No one can ever defeat me, but everyone tries. What am I?
Answer: Time
21. I exist in the past but can shape the future. What am I?
Answer: A memory
2. I disappear the moment you mention my name. What am I?
Answer: Silence
8. I look just like you but can never be touched. Who am I?
Answer: Your reflection
13. I follow you everywhere but can’t go indoors. What am I?
Answer: Your shadow
18. I can move without legs and fly without wings. What am I?
Answer: Time
22. I tell stories but have no voice. I can take you places without moving. What am I?
Answer: A book
3. I have weight but you can’t hold me. I follow you but never lead. What am I?
Answer: A shadow
9. I can be stolen but never truly owned. I vanish in a second but can last forever. What am I?
Answer: A moment
14. The more I take, the bigger I get. But if I am empty, I disappear. What am I?
Answer: A hole
19. I am not alive, yet I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Answer: Fire
23. The more you warm me, the smaller I get. What am I?
Answer: An ice cube
4. I speak without a voice and listen without ears. I repeat your words, yet I’m not real. What am I?
Answer: An echo.
10. I have a mouth but never eat. I run but never tire. What am I?
Answer: A river
7. I start on four legs, then walk on two, but by the end of the day, I need three. What am I?
Answer: A human (baby crawls, adult walks, elderly use a cane)
17. I only exist in your head but can shape your reality. What am I?
Answer: A thought
24. I live in a tiny room but can travel the world. What am I?
Answer: A letter in an envelope
5. I’m always coming but never arrive. What am I?
Answer: Tomorrow
11. You can open me, but never close me. I can reveal truths, but also hide lies. What am I?
Answer: Your eyes
15. I am odd but when you remove one letter, I become even. What am I?
Answer: Seven (remove “s” → “even”)
20. I start full but am always shrinking. You can never refill me. What am I?
Answer: Time (or an hourglass)
25. The more you seek me, the more lost you become. What am I?
Answer: A maze