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76 Great Riddles For Adults (Hard & Easy)

It seems we never outgrow our love of riddles, especially when they are perfect for an adult audience. In this article, we share some easy riddles for adults to get you started. Then we tickle your funny bone with some funny adult riddles. You’ll enjoy challenging your friends and family with our “What Am I?” riddles for adults. Then, after you get warmed up, we have some hard riddles for adults, some of which are very tricky. This article closes with some Christmas riddles for adults perfect for enlivening your holiday party. Riddle away!

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Easy Riddles for Adults

Our easy riddles for adults are perfect to refresh your ability to solve riddles. It is possible you haven’t riddled since you were much younger, and may have forgotten the type of creative thinking necessary to figure out riddle answers. We have included many old favorites you will probably remember, as well as some easy new riddles for you.

Funny Riddles for Adults

“What Am I?” Riddles for Adults

“What am I?” riddles are some of the most popular and fun riddles, because they often make you think of something totally different than the actual answer. They are also relatively easy to remember, so you can have fun sharing them with others. Most of these “What am I?” riddles take some serious thinking, and some seem rather raunchy at first, so be careful!

Hard Riddles for Adults

Now you should be ready to solve some tricky hard riddles for adults. Take your time and really think about the words used in the riddle. Frequently, riddles are hard because they include unnecessary or additional information. Stop, think, and ask yourself what is really being called for in the way of intuitive thinking. After you figure them out, use our hard riddles to stump your friends and family.

Christmas Riddles for Adults

Nothing makes a holiday more fun than laughter and you will find our Christmas riddles for adults tickle your funny bone and stump your friends. You can even use these Christmas riddles for a team game; see which team can answer the most riddles correctly.

Well, there you have it. A comprehensive selection of riddles for adults. We hope you have found some old favorites, tested your brain with some really difficult riddles, and laughed a great deal, either alone or with friends. If you want to make up your own riddles, it is not that difficult. The best way to do so is to start with an object – the answer to your riddle. Then think of characteristics that might apply to that object as well as several others. Finally, write out your riddle, starting with a characteristic that applies to your object as well as many others. Give it a try; it’s fun! Start riddling!

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Susan majored in English with a double minor in Humanities and Business at Arizona State University and earned a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Liberty University. She taught grades four through twelve in both public and private schools. Subjects included English, U.S. and world history and geography, math, earth and physical science, Bible, information technologies, and creative writing.

Susan has been freelance writing for over ten years, during which time she has written and edited books, newspaper articles, biographies, book reviews, guidelines, neighborhood descriptions for realtors, Power Point presentations, resumes, and numerous other projects.