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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?
84%
3 min.
3/10
Nov 2023
Rich couple
Rich couple
Rich couple
A man and a woman got married. After the wedding they abandoned all their activities, that were bringing them money, and only had fun. As a result, in three years they became millionaires.
80%
6 min.
4/10
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
The Locked Room
The Locked Room
The Locked Room
A man is found dead in a puddle of blood and water on the floor of an otherwise empty
locked room with no windows. How could this happen?
54%
3 min.
4/10
Mar 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.
72%
11 min.
4/10
Jan 2018
Jumping from a 6th floor
Jumping from a 6th floor
Jumping from a 6th floor
A woman jumps from a windowshell, on a 6th floor. However, she is not injured in any way.
51%
13 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Cry, baby, cry
Cry, baby, cry
Cry, baby, cry
Cindy is amongst a crowd of people when she is murdered. However, nobody notices her cries.
72%
6 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
An uncommon man
An uncommon man
An uncommon man
A man lives on the 10th floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator to the ground floor to go to work. Upon returning from work he goes up always to floor 7th in the elevator. Then he goes upstairs the 3 remaining floors.
86%
9 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
I am here!
I am here!
I am here!
Michael manages to get shot; in doing so he saves his own life.
56%
20 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Employee of the Month
Employee of the Month
Employee of the Month
Francis dies of a heart attack at work. His colleagues are there when it happens. However, they do not call for help until Francis dies.
85%
7 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Unopened package
Unopened package
Unopened package
A man is found dead in a filed. Lying next to him is an unopened package.
86%
9 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Dressed to die
Dressed to die
Dressed to die
A woman finishes getting dressed and dies.
73%
15 min.
4/10
Mar 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.