Riddle
noun
A question or statement meant to puzzle someone.
She told a riddle that had everyone thinking.
Often appears as...
- pose a riddle
- solve a riddle
verb
To make many holes in something, especially with bullets.
The gangster's car was riddled with bullets.
Often appears as...
- riddled with bullets
- riddled with holes
noun
A large sieve used for separating something, such as dirt from gravel or coal.
She used a riddle to separate the gravel from the dirt in her garden.
Often appears as...
- use a riddle
- riddle handle
verb
To be full of or pervaded by something unpleasant or negative.
His speech was riddled with lies.
Often appears as...
- riddled with guilt
- riddled with doubt
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A question or statement meant to puzzle someone.
She told a riddle that had everyone thinking.
Often appears as...
- pose a riddle
- solve a riddle
verb
To make many holes in something, especially with bullets.
The gangster's car was riddled with bullets.
Often appears as...
- riddled with bullets
- riddled with holes
noun
A large sieve used for separating something, such as dirt from gravel or coal.
She used a riddle to separate the gravel from the dirt in her garden.
Often appears as...
- use a riddle
- riddle handle
verb
To be full of or pervaded by something unpleasant or negative.
His speech was riddled with lies.
Often appears as...
- riddled with guilt
- riddled with doubt
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Brain Teaser
Riddles are often used for fun brain exercise or ice-breakers during gatherings.
At the party, we took turns asking each other riddles.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Play
Many riddles depend on multiple meanings of words or puns.
I couldn't solve the riddle because I didn't catch the play on words.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Some riddles might include cultural references, making them harder for non-natives to understand.
The riddle mentioned a character from American folklore I didn't know.
Pro Tip 1/3Brain Teaser
Riddles are often used for fun brain exercise or ice-breakers during gatherings.
At the party, we took turns asking each other riddles.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Play
Many riddles depend on multiple meanings of words or puns.
I couldn't solve the riddle because I didn't catch the play on words.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Some riddles might include cultural references, making them harder for non-natives to understand.
The riddle mentioned a character from American folklore I didn't know.
Pro Tip 1/3Brain Teaser
Riddles are often used for fun brain exercise or ice-breakers during gatherings.
At the party, we took turns asking each other riddles.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Play
Many riddles depend on multiple meanings of words or puns.
I couldn't solve the riddle because I didn't catch the play on words.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Some riddles might include cultural references, making them harder for non-natives to understand.
The riddle mentioned a character from American folklore I didn't know.
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Mind Blown - Hangout to...
the pattern but it often does so erroneously you often miss key details from the world and from the information you're receiving because you're very quickly just trying to find a pattern as efficiently as possible in complete pattern so here's a riddle that that uses that idea and and so what we'll do is we'll ask you the question and then
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Kayvon Tehranian: How...
relationships, sense of self, are all often more mediated through our digital contexts than our physical ones. Yet, Barlow's riddle has remained vexingly unsolved. Concepts like property and ownership -- ideas that have been with us for centuries in the physical world --
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Can you solve...
by devising a complex riddle involving this list of clues. Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one of the smartest people in history? Let's give it a shot. The world's rarest fish has been stolen from the city aquarium.
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Why isn't the world...
have considerable ecological importance. For one, they serve as secondary seed dispersers. Dung from monkeys, wild pigs, and other animals is riddled with seeds from the fruits they eat. When beetles bury their dung balls,
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Advocating for gender...
some riddled with ambition some just riddled whatever that means but miraculously in a process totally lacking in transparency where most of the world didn't even know that the position existed let alone was open one
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Addiction is a disease....
I had a good job at a well-respected academic institution. I dressed well, of course. But my insides were rotting away. You see, I grew up in a family riddled with addiction, and as a kid, I also struggled
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Can you solve the locker...
He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you forever. So he is banking on the fact that he taught you everything you need to know about riddles.
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The case of the missing...
uncontrollably ballooning like an overindulgent birthday clown. After infinity pinches, flimflam, there it Finite area, but infinite perimeter. Now that is a piece of work. "Oh, you're good. Riddle
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Bob Thurman: We can be...
totally intolerable that we sit here in comfort and in pleasure and enjoying the life of the mind or whatever it is, and there are people who are absolutely riddled with disease
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What makes a hero? -...
and enters the special world and adventure. We're not in Kansas anymore. Trials Being a hero is hard our hero solves a riddle, slays a monster, escapes from a trap.
Video examples
Mind Blown - Hangout to...
the pattern but it often does so erroneously you often miss key details from the world and from the information you're receiving because you're very quickly just trying to find a pattern as efficiently as possible in complete pattern so here's a riddle that that uses that idea and and so what we'll do is we'll ask you the question and then
Video examples
Kayvon Tehranian: How...
relationships, sense of self, are all often more mediated through our digital contexts than our physical ones. Yet, Barlow's riddle has remained vexingly unsolved. Concepts like property and ownership -- ideas that have been with us for centuries in the physical world --
Video examples
Can you solve...
by devising a complex riddle involving this list of clues. Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one of the smartest people in history? Let's give it a shot. The world's rarest fish has been stolen from the city aquarium.
Video examples
Why isn't the world...
have considerable ecological importance. For one, they serve as secondary seed dispersers. Dung from monkeys, wild pigs, and other animals is riddled with seeds from the fruits they eat. When beetles bury their dung balls,
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
some riddled with ambition some just riddled whatever that means but miraculously in a process totally lacking in transparency where most of the world didn't even know that the position existed let alone was open one
Video examples
Addiction is a disease....
I had a good job at a well-respected academic institution. I dressed well, of course. But my insides were rotting away. You see, I grew up in a family riddled with addiction, and as a kid, I also struggled
Video examples
Can you solve the locker...
He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you forever. So he is banking on the fact that he taught you everything you need to know about riddles.
Video examples
The case of the missing...
uncontrollably ballooning like an overindulgent birthday clown. After infinity pinches, flimflam, there it Finite area, but infinite perimeter. Now that is a piece of work. "Oh, you're good. Riddle
Video examples
Bob Thurman: We can be...
totally intolerable that we sit here in comfort and in pleasure and enjoying the life of the mind or whatever it is, and there are people who are absolutely riddled with disease
Video examples
What makes a hero? -...
and enters the special world and adventure. We're not in Kansas anymore. Trials Being a hero is hard our hero solves a riddle, slays a monster, escapes from a trap.
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Quote examples
Elise Broach
American Writer
Mysteries always have the potential for interesting connections between the elements. I'm also most interested in the relationship between the characters. As in 'Masterpiece,' I'm trying to create characters who not only are solving a mystery but are solving the riddle of their own personal relationships.
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Bob Casey, Jr.
American Politician
The most direct path to success is a good job, but the road to employment for those with criminal records is often riddled with barriers. Removing those barriers would allow those with records to leave the past behind, support their families, make a positive future - and improve our economy.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be solved - is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.
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Alex Pareene
American Writer
Cable boxes are, almost without exception, awful. They're under-powered computers running very badly designed software. Their channel guides are slow, poorly laid out, and usually riddled with ads.
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Kathy Burke
English Actress
Imagine being the kids that don't get the job - you're just not beautiful enough I'm afraid, my darling, now off you pop and be riddled with insecurities for the rest of your life.
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Natasha Rothwell
American Actress
My social media is riddled with me speaking out on stuff that matters because silence is a petri dish for hate. For me, it's important to speak out.
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David Lagercrantz
Swedish Journalist
All great characters, great icons, in literature are a bit of a riddle, and that's the reason we go back to them over and over.
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Steve Martin
American Comedian
You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.
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James Brolin
American Actor
I was raised in a family where no one had a serious bone in their body and every answer was a riddle, a joke, or a prank.
Quote examples
Elise Broach
American Writer
Mysteries always have the potential for interesting connections between the elements. I'm also most interested in the relationship between the characters. As in 'Masterpiece,' I'm trying to create characters who not only are solving a mystery but are solving the riddle of their own personal relationships.
Quote examples
Bob Casey, Jr.
American Politician
The most direct path to success is a good job, but the road to employment for those with criminal records is often riddled with barriers. Removing those barriers would allow those with records to leave the past behind, support their families, make a positive future - and improve our economy.
Quote examples
Tom Robbins
American Author
Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be solved - is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.
Quote examples
Elon Musk
South African Businessman
Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.
Quote examples
Alex Pareene
American Writer
Cable boxes are, almost without exception, awful. They're under-powered computers running very badly designed software. Their channel guides are slow, poorly laid out, and usually riddled with ads.
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Kathy Burke
English Actress
Imagine being the kids that don't get the job - you're just not beautiful enough I'm afraid, my darling, now off you pop and be riddled with insecurities for the rest of your life.
Quote examples
Natasha Rothwell
American Actress
My social media is riddled with me speaking out on stuff that matters because silence is a petri dish for hate. For me, it's important to speak out.
Quote examples
David Lagercrantz
Swedish Journalist
All great characters, great icons, in literature are a bit of a riddle, and that's the reason we go back to them over and over.
Quote examples
Steve Martin
American Comedian
You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.
Quote examples
James Brolin
American Actor
I was raised in a family where no one had a serious bone in their body and every answer was a riddle, a joke, or a prank.
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