Riddles come in all shapes and sizes, even if size doesn’t matter. Just check these short riddles and see for yourself. While it’s true that hard riddles often sport longer texts, short enigmas are not to be disdained. To make up for their size, they normally employ some wordplay or tricky associations that catch the player by surprise. Solving them is less about interpreting the text and more about thinking outside the box. Why don’t you give them a go and try for yourself?
Short Riddles
Riddle: A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within.
Answer: Egg
Rating: 100%
Riddle: A hundred feet in the air, but it's back is on the ground. What is it?
Answer: A centipede flipped over
Rating: 100%
Riddle: A house full, a yard full, a chimney full, no one can get a spoonful.
Answer: Smoke
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Although my cow is dead, I still beat her. What a racket she makes.
Answer: Drum
Rating: 100%
Riddle: De siete hermanos que vamos a cazar, uno se queda para contarlos ya
Answer: El viento
Rating: 100%
Riddle: A dragon's tooth in a mortal's hand, I kill, I maim, I divide the land.
Answer: Sword
Rating: 100%
Riddle: En el mar no me mojo, en las brasas no me quemo, en el aire no me caigo y me tienes en los labios.
Answer: La letra «a»
Rating: 100%
Riddle: What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?
Answer: Death
Rating: 100%
Riddle: A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I.
Answer: I'm their daughter
Rating: 67%
Riddle: Alrededor del agua me verás bailar, pero dentro del agua no me podrás encontrar
Answer: La sombra
Rating: 67%
Answer: Manzana
Rating: 100%
Riddle: A man lay dead in a room with 51 bicycles around him. What happened?
Answer: The man was playing a poker game and cheated. The bicycles are a type of card.
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Break it and it is better, immediately set and harder to break again.
Answer: Record
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Bright as diamonds, Loud as thunder, Never still, A thing of wonder.
Answer: Waterfall
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Doy al cielo resplandores cuando deja de llover. Abanicos de colores que nunca podrás coger.
Answer: El arcoiris
Rating: 100%
Riddle: En el campo me críe, atada con verdes lazos, y aquel que llora por mí me está partiendo en pedazos
Answer: La cebolla
Rating: 100%
Answer: La sombra
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Cuatro patas tiene, así como un asiento. De ella me levanto y en ella me siento.
Answer: La silla
Rating: 67%
Riddle: Entre dos hermanos siempre estoy, aunque nunca nos tocamos ni nos vemos jamás.
Answer: La letra "R"
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Un platito de avellanas que de día se recogen y de noche se desparraman.
Answer: Las estrellas
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Cógeme con cuidado, pues soy muy chiquita. Cuando me siembras me transformo en plantita
Answer: La semilla
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Como el algodón suelo en el aire flotar. A veces traigo lluvia y otras solo humedad.
Answer: Las nubes
Rating: 67%
Riddle: Como la piedra son duros, para el perro, un manjar. Sin ellos no podrías ni saltar ni caminar.
Answer: Huesos
Rating: 100%
Riddle: David's father has three sons : Snap, Krackel, and _____ ?
Answer: David. (remember it's Davids father)
Rating: 100%
Riddle: Blanco fué mi nacimiento, Después, de verde vestí, Y ahora que estoy de luto Hacen aprecio de mí.
Answer: La aceituna
Rating: 67%
Riddle: Van cien damas en un camino, que no levantan polvo, ni remolino.
Answer: Hormigas
Rating: 100%
Answer: Ojos
Rating: 100%
Riddle: A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done.
Answer: Potato
Rating: 100%
Riddle: En medio del cielo estoy, Ni soy luna ni soy sol. Adivíname quién soy.
Answer: La letra "E"
Rating: 67%
Answer: Pies
Rating: 100%
Answer: El fósforo
Rating: 100%
Short riddles and easy riddles are often bundled together, but even if they greatly overlap, they are not the same. It is true that simple and short sentences indeed tend to result in simpler word puzzles. However, the difficulty of a riddle is not measured by how much text it employs, but rather by how tricky and challenging it is for the brain. Check out our collection of hard riddles and you might be surprised to find many short ones there. Or you can keep solving the riddles in this category. Even if the easy ones might give you a run for your money.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
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