Hard Riddles

How to play

These riddles point your thinking in the wrong direction on purpose, so the answer only looks obvious once you have it. The game opens on the Hard category. The goal is a long streak: every riddle you solve in a row adds one, and your record sits right next to it.

1. Read the riddle slowly, every word of it.
2. Type an answer and press Check. Misses are free, so test each idea you have.
3. Still stuck? Hint gives one clue and leaves your streak alone.
4. Press Next riddle once you solve it. Pressing it before then, or pressing Show answer, sends the streak back to zero.

Controls

• Category starts on Hard. Logic and Math hold the letter, word and number puzzles, and Mixed has everything.
• Check tests your guess. On a keyboard, Enter checks, and after a right answer Enter again takes you to the next riddle.
• Hint shows one clue per riddle. Show answer gives up.
• Streak is your current run and Best is your record.
• Pass the phone switches to a points game for 2 to 6 players.

Tips

• Read each word as literally as you can. If a riddle says something has a face or teeth, ask what else that word can mean.
• Check whether the riddle is about a word instead of a thing. Some hinge on spelling, letters or how a word sounds.
• Question your first assumption. A name, a day or a number in the riddle may not be what it seems.
• The answer is usually something ordinary: a household object, a body part, a place, an idea. Try the everyday meaning before anything rare.
• Protect a long run by taking the Hint first. It costs nothing, while Show answer starts you over.

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