Riddle: I prod at the eart, and tickle the sky. Should I touch you, you're bound to die. What am I? (9 letters)
Hint 1: A force of nature.
Hint 2: Seen during storms.
Solution: L I G H T N I N G / LIGHTNING

Riddle: In life I shaved every day but my beard remained long. What am I? (6 letters)
Hint 1: Who is someone who cuts hair and beards?
Hint 2: It is a profession.
Solution: B A R B E R / BARBER

Riddle: It has lakes without water, houses without stones, hills with no height, and graves without bones. What is it? (3 letters)
Hint 1: This thing is representative of all of the listed objects.
Hint 2: It is drawn.
Solution: M AE P / MAP

Riddle: When someone stole all the lamps in my room, I may have looked glum and full of gloom. But how do you think I felt? (9 letters)
Hint 1: It is not what you think at all. The word does not end with -less or -ful, it won't rhyme.
Hint 2: It's a pun. What do you call someone whose lights have been removed?
Solution: D E L I G H T ED / DELIGHTED

Riddle: When you have me, you want to share me. When you share me, you no longer have me. What am I? (6 letters)
Hint 1: The more people know of me, the less likely I am to be
Hint 2: You can keep a promise, and you can keep me, but will you?
Solution: S E C R E T / SECRET

Riddle: Here's a riddle from one long dead. What has a neck but never a head? Should you wish another clue, it has no hands but arms has two... (5 letters)
Hint 1: It is an inanimate object that can be put on your body.
Hint 2: It is an item of clothing.
Solution: S H I R T / SHIRT

Riddle: Hold, traveller, and answer me. The more there is of this, the less you see. (7 letters)
Hint 1: The opposite of light.
Solution: D A R K N E S S/ DARKNESS

Riddle: What starts with T, is filled with T and ends in T? (6 letters)
Hint 1: The word starts and ends with the letter "T", the other half of the riddle is more conceptual.
Hint 2: Think hot beverage.
Solution: T E A P O T / TEAPOT

Riddle: I'm needed by the rich and owned by the poor. You'll die if you eat me, that's for sure. What am I? (7 letters)
Hint 1: The "you'll die" part happens from starvation in this context.
Hint 2: If the rich have everything then they need...
Solution:N O T H I N G / NOTHING

Riddle: If there are five juicy maggots and you take away three juicy maggots, how many juicy maggots do you have? (5 letters)
Hint 1: Consider the wording. Who do the starting maggots belong to?
Solution: T H R E E / THREE

Riddle: I trust you'll answer this with ease. Which colour is it grows on trees? (6 letters)
Hint 1: The colour of a fruit.
Hint 2: The name of the fruit is also the name of the colour.
Solution:O R A N G E / ORANGE

Riddle: Pity this poor soul and answer me directly. Which word is it you always spell incorrectly? (11 letters)
Hint 1: This is a trick question
Solution: I N C O R R E C T L Y / INCORRECTLY

Riddle: I'm black when you get me, red when you use me, and grey when you cast me away. What am I? (4 letters)
Hint 1: This thing can burn.
Hint 2: It will stain your hands black, or burn them while "red".
Solution: C O A L / COAL

Riddle: A troubadour comes to a bridge carrying three bars of gold. The bridge can only bear his weight and the weight of two gold bars, one in each hand. It is too far to swim or to throw the bars across. How does he cross the bridge with all three bars in one trip? (4 letters)
Hint 1: How could you possibly ensure you only ever have two bars in your hands?
Hint 2: Maybe the third one will always be mid-air.
Solution: J U G G G L E S / JUGGLES

Riddle: If you hurl me from a window, you'll leave a mornful wife, but put me in the middle of a door, you could save a life. What am I? (1 letter)
Hint 1: Think letters, not concepts.
Hint 2: Remove a letter from one word, and put it into the other.
Solution: N

Riddle: As I was going to the bonehouses, I met a group of ogres coming the other way. Each ogre was carrying seven gnomes and each gnome had fifteen imps in a sack. How many creatures were going to the bonehouses? (3 letters)
Hint 1: Pay attention to the wording. Who is going where?
Solution: O N E / ONE

Riddle: Speak my name and I'm gone. What am I? (7 letters)
Hint 1: The opposite of noisy.
Solution: S I L E N C E / SILENCE

Riddle: You will see me once in every minute and twice in every moment, yet never in a hundred years. (1 letter)
Hint 1: Think letters, not concepts.
Solution: M

Riddle: In life I was a butcher who wore boots twice the size of other men and stood almost seven feet high. What did I weigh? (4 letters)
Hint 1: The answer is not abouth the weight of the butcher.
Solution: M E A T / MEAT

Riddle: I am four times the age that you were when I was the same age as you. If I am forty years old today, then tell me... how old are you? (10 letters)
Hint 1: ???
Solution: T W E N T Y F I V E / TWENTYFIVE

Riddle: I once knew a man called Silas. If the son of Silas was my son's father, what is Silas to me? (6 letters)
Hint 1: ???
Solution: F A T H E R / FATHER

Riddle: Four fishing rats catch four fish in four minutes. But answer me this... how many fishing rats will take to catch one hundred fish in one hundred minutes? (4 letters)
Hint 1: ???
Solution: F O U R / FOUR

Riddle: Solve my riddle and end my plight. What has many teeth but cannot bite? (4 letters)
Hint 1: It is an inanimate object.
Hint 2: You could also call those "teeth" bristles or prongs.
Solution: C O M B / COMB

Riddle: Answer this riddle and free my poor soul. What can you never eat for breakfast?(5 letters)
Hint 1: It is not a food.
Hint 2: Think about the meals you have each day.
Solution: L U N C H / LUNCH

Riddle: The one who makes is, has no need for it. The one who buys it has no use for it. The one who uses it, neither sees nor feels it. What is it? (6 letters)
Hint 1: This is an object made by a professional for a client, to be used "for" someone else.
Hint 2: It is a sort of... container.
Solution: C O F F I N / COFFIN

Riddle: I am made of water, of water made am I, but if you put me into water, then I will surely die. (3 letters)
Hint 1: This thing melts when put into water.
Solution: I C E / ICE

Riddle: You took me from my home, before the world could wake me. But now you have a need for me, you'll first have to break me. (3 letters)
Hint 1: ???
Solution: E G G / EGG

Riddle: I'm a helpful fellow, I pose no threat. But the more I dry, the wetter I get. (5 letters)
Hint 1: I get wetter because I am something that is used to try other things.
Solution: T O W E L / TOWEL

Riddle: What is it that has a bottom at the top? (3 letters)
Hint 1: Bottom in this context is a synonym for "butt"
Solution: L E G / LEG

Riddle: I keep back the darkness. I fight with the cold. I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. (6 letters)
Hint 1: This is an object that is lit up
Solution: C A N D L E / CANDLE

Riddle: What is it that can be full of holes but still hold water? (6 letters)
Hint 1: This object sucks up water
Solution: S P O N G E / SPONGE

Riddle: It's never behind you, wherever you've been. It's always in front of you, and yet can't be seen. (6 letters)
Hint 1: ???
Solution: F U T U R E / FUTURE

Riddle: I'll make it quick, I'll keep it clean, I don't intend to bore. What is it that belongs to you yet others use it more? (4 letters)
Hint 1: You are called by this.
Solution: N A M E / NAME

Riddle: Faster and faster you run, but harder and harder it is to catch. What is it? (6 letters)
Hint 1: You run out of it when you run a lot.
Solution: B R E A T H / BREATH

Riddle: I hope you have a head for maths... Now tell me, how much dirt is in a hole that's two feet by three feet? (4 letters)
Hint 1: It is a hole. Consider that.
Solution: N O N E / NONE

Riddle: Pity a poor soul and answer my riddle. You can break this thing many times, but every time you break it, it gets harder to break the next tim. What is it? (6 letters)
Hint 1: ???
Solution: R E C O R D / RECORD

Riddle: What could it be that starts with an E and ends with an E, but only has one letter in it? (8 letters)
Hint 1: The one letter is the written kind.
Solution: E N V E L O P E / ENVELOPE

Riddle: Oh, help me, strangers and solve my riddle! A wizard claims he can throw a ball as hard as he can and it will return to his hand without bouncing. Where does he throw it? (2 letters)
Hint 1: ???
Solution: U P / UP

Riddle: If you like riddles, try this one for size; what do you call a magician without any eyes? (6 letters)
Hint 1: ???
Solution: M A G C A N / MAGCAN

Riddle: Linger, stranger, lend an ear. I beg you don't refuse me. What am I if you throw me out, each time you want to use me?
Hint 1: ???
Hint 2: ???
Solution: A N C H O R / ANCHOR

Riddle: What side of the chicken has the most feathers?
Hint 1: ???
Hint 2: ???
Solution: O U T S I D E / OUTSIDE

Riddle: Riddle me this, what invention lets you look right through a wall? (1 letter)
Hint 1: It is part of a house.
Hint 2: It is transparent.
Solution: W I N D O W / WINDOW

Riddle: What sort of room is a room with no doors or windows? (8 letters)
Hint 1: The word ends with "room".
Hint 2: It is not an actual room, this is a wordplay.
Solution: M U S H R O O M / MUSHROOM