Riddle of the Day
One riddle a day, picked for a satisfying "of course" in under two minutes. Read it over breakfast, send it to the family chat, or put it on the board before class and reveal the answer at the bell. The riddle changes at midnight wherever you are.
Every daily riddle went through the same blind test as the rest of the site: a second solver tried it without the answer, and any riddle with a second answer that fit was rewritten or dropped. A few days each month feature a riddle quoted from a book printed in the 1800s, credited with its title and year.
You bring me home from a long flight, but I'm not in your suitcase. I keep you wide awake at 3 a.m. and yawning at lunchtime for days. What am I?
How to use a daily riddle
Teachers tend to write it on the board as a bell-ringer: students read it while they settle, guess on a sticky note, and the answer goes up five minutes in. At home it works as a dinner-table question, with one rule worth keeping: nobody who has already peeked gets to hint.
If you want more than one a day, the full lists are a tap away: all riddles, hard riddles and riddles for kids.
Tips for solving
- Read every line as literally as you can. Most riddles hide the answer in a word with two meanings.
- When a clue sounds impossible (a mouth that never eats), ask what object has a part with that name.
- Check your guess against every clue before you flip. One clue that doesn't fit means a better answer exists.