What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows.

What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows.

Other Difficult Riddles

You should keep it as straight as can be, yet very few do. Most of the time it's slightly bent or curved. Your sadness usually causes it to bend further, but don’t bend it for too long or it may never be able to fully straighten out again. What is it?

View Answer

Hold the tail, while I fish for you.

View Answer

You heart it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung.

View Answer

What has wings, but can not fly. Is enclosed, but can outside also lie. Can open itself up, or close itself away. Is the place of kings and queens and doggerel of every means. What is it upon which I stand? Which can lead us to different lands.

View Answer

Kills the bad ones and the sad ones. Tightens to fit, so one size fits.

View Answer

Riddle of the Day

Jan 09, 2026

I am your mother's brother's only brother in law. Who am I?

👀 Reveal Answer