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Friday
Friday
Friday
A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent one night in town, and left on Friday. How do you account for this?
80%
3 min.
3/10
Nov 2023
A fratricide
A fratricide
A fratricide
A man kills his brother in front of a crowd of people. However, no one reports him.
79%
8 min.
3/10
Mar 2018
Chicken gun
Chicken gun
Chicken gun
In the 1950s in America there was invented a chicken gun. What for?
78%
26 min.
6/10
Feb 2018
The birdwatcher
The birdwatcher
The birdwatcher
An avid birdwatcher sees an unexpected bird. Soon he’s dead. How come?
78%
7 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
The dancing dead
The dancing dead
The dancing dead
A couple of dancers die around a dance competition.
78%
5 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
The king
The king
The king
Alexander shot at the king, but no one condemned him. Why?
75%
8 min.
2/10
May 2023
Healthy people
Healthy people
Healthy people
A hospital director recently confirmed that many that many of people admitted to his hospital were not ill at all. They were perfectly healthy, yet were given hospital care and treatment.
73%
10 min.
4/10
Feb 2018
Dressed to die
Dressed to die
Dressed to die
A woman finishes getting dressed and dies.
73%
15 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Splish, splash!
Splish, splash!
Splish, splash!
Tim is sailing his boat when his watch falls overboard. He is a great diver. However, he does not manage to retrieve the watch.
72%
17 min.
6/10
Jan 2018
Bait
Bait
Bait
In the middle of the ocean is a yacht. Several corpses are floating in the water nearby.
72%
17 min.
4/10
Aug 2019
Piece of Paper on the Cactus
Piece of Paper on the Cactus
Piece of Paper on the Cactus
A man walks up to a cactus, looks at a piece of paper pinned there, and kills himself.
71%
11 min.
4/10
Jan 2018
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Here we have collected all the short situation puzzles (also known as lateral thinking puzzles) with answers. Short intricate stories will keep your brain busy on the go or when travelling. Fill in time nice and profitably with these short riddles. You can sort these puzzles by rating or complexity level.