Riddle

Statement with a double meaning used as a puzzle Attic red-figure kylix c. 470 BCE: Oedipus ponders the riddle of the Sphinx, with the fate of Thebes at stake Part of a series onPuzzles Types Guessing Riddle Situation Logic Dissection Induction Logic grid Self-reference Mechanical Combination Disentanglement Lock Go problems Folding Stick Tiling Tour Sliding Chess Maze (Logic maze) Word and Number Crossword Sudoku Puzzle video games Metapuzzles Topics Brain teaser Dilemma Joke Optical illusion Packing problems Paradox Problem solving Puzzlehunt Syllogism Tale Lists Impossible puzzles Maze video games Nikoli puzzle types Puzzle video games Puzzle topics vte A riddle is a statement, question, or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundrums, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the answer. Archer Taylor says that "we can probably say that riddling is a universal art" and cites riddles from hundreds of different cultur