The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring.

The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring.

Other Difficult Riddles

Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take.

View Answer

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

View Answer

You can hold it without using your hands or your arms. What is it?

View Answer

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down.

View Answer

A mile from end to end, yet as close to as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, but shared among children most of all.

View Answer

Riddle of the Day

Mar 14, 2025

Break me and I am better immediately set and harder to be broken again.

👀 Reveal Answer