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How to make a riddle for the answer "tree"?

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My feet are long, and I have green hair. My favorite color is brown, and that's all I wear. Who am I?

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Here's a tricky riddle: What goes up but never comes down?

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Your age!

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Mary's dad has five daughters. Tina, Lina, Lilo, and Nina. Who is the fifth?

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It is Mary. Tina, Lina, Lilo, and Nina are her sisters, they have the same dad.

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What is a riddle for the word meditating?

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Bound am I to rest, this immortal test. Only just a piece of advise, these movements are a form of exercise.

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Eleven men walking by, eleven pears hanging high. Each takes a single pear, and leave eleven hanging there. How is this possible?

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Because when it says 'eleven pears hanging high', pears has double meaning and means pairs, and the eleven men take one leaving eleven pears there.

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How do I make a Christmas riddle?

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Try to think about a smaller category that goes with Christmas: religion, gifts, tree, etc. Then make up a riddle for that.

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I have a dial that you can't turn. What am I?

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The answer is a sundial. It is itself a dial, but the only thing that can make it seem like it is turning is the sun.

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What is a riddle that the answer would be "love"?

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What do people crave when they are lonely, and causes tears when it has ended? Or, What makes people make a fool of themselves in pursuit of an unseeable thing?

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How do I make a good and solvable riddle?

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Be smart. You have to think about what you're saying. Have an answer and think of a word that describes it or have a word that is spelled different but sounds the same.

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How can I make a Christmas tree riddle?

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Think about elements of a tree and write the riddle about that.

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What is a good riddle for a back massage?

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Q "What has ten legs and is about to walk all over your back?" A "These hands."

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How could make a riddle with the word tumble?

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Try to think up something about, "what would this make you do?" with the answer being tumble.

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What is a riddle with "rice" for the solution?

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"I'm small, but have many siblings; I can be brown or white, and I reflect the world around me." Rice is small, but is served with many other grains of it, there's both white and brown rice, and it tastes like whatever you put on it.

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What's a riddle with the answer "me"?

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Look in the mirror, and I am seen, I watch your thoughts and live your dreams.

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What is a riddle whose answer would be volcano?

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"I spew fire but often keep my calm. I'm often disguised and a surprise to all."

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Can I write a riddle about an aquarium?

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Yes! An aquarium sounds like a great theme for a riddle.

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How do I make up a good riddle for a building?

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Think about the building in question. What is it used for, what are its characteristics? Is it tall, or short? What is it made of?

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Can I make a very difficult riddle?

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Yes.

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How do I make a riddle for the word "style"?

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"It comes, often with envy. It goes, often with contempt. It stays away for a long time, but almost always comes back."

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How can I make a riddle with "thumbless"?

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You could use: "I am thumbless but am alive. No one cut me, but I won't survive." Answer: I am a cat.

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What are the functions of a riddle?

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To make you think, and use your brain power to figure out the answer.

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What is a riddle with the answer, "a shadow"?

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What is as large as an elephant, but doesn't even weigh an ounce?

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What is a riddle with the Answer "Gold"?

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I am very small, and it's very hard to find me. What am I?

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I start off as a cane but am not used for walking. You use me all the time. My flavor does the talking. What am I?

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A candy cane.

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There are three doors. One of them with a gun, the second door with poison ivy, and the last door with a lion which hasn't eaten for three years. Which door can you escape through?

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The door with the lion. The lion would be dead if it hasn't eaten for three years.

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You can control me but you can never touch me. What am I?

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The possible the answer is thoughts or a thought. Since you can control what you think but you can't actually touch it.

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How do I create a riddle about a trip to Naples?

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If you have been on that trip, what were some things you liked about it? If you liked the oceans, describe it as an endless idyllic landscape fillings eyes with blue (or something like that). Describe your favorite and least favorite parts.

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How can I make a riddle which is tricky?

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It's best to keep the answer really simple like a bed or a tree. People generally overthink the answer so keeping it easy should make the riddle hard. Maybe try and use big, but not complex, words to try and confuse them.

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How do I create a riddle for the word ”fairy” in such a way that people can't tell it means fairy?

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What is beautiful, mystic, and shy? Something you may not touch, see or hear? Something only you can define?

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What goes up but never comes down?

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It is your age. Age always goes up, but you can never become younger again.

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