40+ Complicated Riddles for Sharp Minds | MindYourLogic Riddles

Here are 40+ complicated riddles that will put your brain to the test! These challenging puzzles are designed to make you think deeply and creatively. Perfect for those who love a good mental challenge, these riddles will keep you engaged and entertained. See if you can crack them and prove your problem-solving skills!

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

2. You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.

3. What English word has three consecutive double letters?

4. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

5. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

6. I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?

7. I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?

8. A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?

9. What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS

10. First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?

11. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

12. What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up?

13. I have many faces, expressions, and emotions, and I am usually right at your fingertips. What am I?

14. A barrel of water weighed 60 pounds. Someone put something in it and now it weighs 40 pounds. What did the person add?

15. I am something people celebrate or resist. I change people’s thoughts and lives. I am obvious to some people but, to others, I am a mystery. What am I?

16. Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

17. They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?

18. I love to dance and twist. I shake my tail as I sail away. When I fly wingless into the sky. What am I?

19. I can fly but have no wings. I cry but have no eyes. What am I?

20. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

21. What has roots that no one sees and looms much taller than trees? Up it goes but yet it never grows; what is it?

22. Humans purchase me to eat but then never eat me. What am I?

23. We hurt without moving and poison without touching. We bear truth and lies but are no judged by size. What are we?

24. What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?

25. What two whole, positive numbers have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?

26. Green but not a lizard, white without being snow, and bearded without being a man.

27. If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have?

28. What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

29. What has green hair, a round red head and a long thin white beard?

30. What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?

31. You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?

32. Under pressure is the only way I work, and by myself is the only way I’m hurt. What am I?

33. Turn me on my side and I’m everything. Cut me in half and I’m nothing. What am I?

34. I’m usually under you. Take away my first letter and I’m above you. Take away my first two letters and you can’t see me. What am I?

35. Poor people have me. If you eat me you will slowly die. What am I?

36. I’m flat as a leaf, round as a ring. I have two eyes, but I can’t see a thing. What am I?

37. Some see me red, some see me green. Some play me, some spray me. What am I?

38. You would feel me if I was low, but if I’m high you may get annoyed. What am I?

39. The more there is, the less you see. What am I?

40. I’m full of holes but strong as steel. What am I?