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.

Unusual Words

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

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A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one field?

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In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?

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I have skin, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done. What am I?

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Never ahead, ever behind, yet flying swiftly past; for a child, I last forever; for an adult, I’m gone too fast. What am I?

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