Challenging word puzzles are an excellent method to prepare our minds for those difficult situations where things are not always as they seem. Your intellect is really amazing if you can answer the majority of the 15 on this list; these are considerably trickier problems than they first appear to be. Even if you can solve 1 hard riddle from this list, you can pat yourself on the back
Riddle 1
I’m often running yet I have no legs. You need me but I don’t need you. What am I?
Answer: Water
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Riddle 2
You can’t see me, but I can see through you. What am I?
Answer: An X-Ray
Riddle 3
What connects two people but only touches one?
Answer: A Wedding Ring
Riddle 4
How can a girl go 26 days without any sleep?
Answer: She sleeps at night
Riddle 5
Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
Answer: The number 8
Riddle 6
At a café, there is: The 19-year-old waitress. A 24-year-old lady and her baby. A 33-year-old pregnant woman. And a couple in their 40s. Who is the youngest?
Answer: The baby of the pregnant woman
Riddle 7
Under pressure is the only way I work, and by myself is the only way I’m hurt. What am I?
Answer: A Diamond
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Riddle 8
I lose my head in the morning and get it back at night. What am I?
Answer: A pillow
Riddle 9
How can I get 23 using only the number 2?
Answer: 23 can be written with only 2’s as “22 + 2/2”
Riddle 10
I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood. Everyone uses me. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead
Riddle 11
What five-letter English word stays the same when you take away the first, third, and last letter?
Answer: EMPTY
Riddle 12
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Answer: The letter ‘R’
Riddle 13
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?
Answer: Chicago
Riddle 14
I have a head and a tail but no arms and legs. What am I?
Answer: A Coin
Riddle 15
I have a tongue and though I can’t walk, I’m known to get around. What am I?
Answer: A shoe
So how many of them did you get correct? Let us know in the comments below! Rest assured, even we were left quite stumped by several of the word puzzles on this list, as seen on Brightside.
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