Short Riddles

Short riddles with answers are most often just one or two sentences long. But don’t be fooled, these short riddles could be very tricky as well.

Spelled Incorrectly

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

Unlike Joe, I was lying when I denied arguing against scrapping the proposal. Was Joe in favor of or against the proposal?

A farmer has 10 rabbits, 20 horses, and 40 pigs. If we assume all of his horses are pigs, how many horses does the farmer have?

What gets whiter the dirtier it gets?

A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine died. How many sheep does he have left?