- 1a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer, that you ask someone as a game Stop talking in riddles (= saying things that are confusing) —say what you mean. to solve the riddle of the Sphinx
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- 2a mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain synonym mystery the riddle of her husband's murder
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