Riddle

Noun

 * 1) A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature, such as "It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?"
 * 2) A sieve.

Verb

 * 1) to fill with holes
 * 2) to fill or spread throughout; to pervade
 * 3) to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question
 * 4) to put something through a sieve

Adjectives for Riddle
fustian; psychological; diplomatic; puzzling; insoluble; unread; inscrutable; miserable; torturing.

Verbs for Riddle
compose—; construct—; contrive—; couch in—s; desire—; dissolve—; evolve—; guess—; interpret—; propose-; propound—; record—; resolve—; solve—; speak in—s; weave—; —amuses; —diverts; —perplexes; —puzzles; —torments; —vexes; —yields; accept—; enjoy—; extend—; gain—; hasten—; invite for—; promise—; solicit—; terminate—; thumb—; —bores; —delights; — refreshes; —thrills; —tires; —wearies; — diverts.

Thesaurus
quandary, quarantine, question, raddle, rank, ravel, ravel out, ream, ream out, rebus, refiner, refinery, resolve, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, rocker, run through, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, screen, screening, seal, sealed book, seam, seclude, segregate, separate, set apart, set aside, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, shoot to death, shotgun, sieve, sievelikeness, sift, sifter, silence, size, skewer, snipe, solve, sort, sort out, sorter, speak in tongues, spear, speck, speckle, spike, spit, splotch, sponge, spot, spread, stab, stab to death, stain, stamp, stew, stick, stigmatize, stone, stone to death, strainer, streak, striate, strike, strike dead, stripe, subordinate, take a potshot, talk double Dutch, tap, tattoo, terra incognita, texture, the incalculable, the strange, the unfamiliar, the unknowable, the unknown, thrash, thresh, tick, tick off, tissue, torpedo, trace, tracery, transfix, transpierce, trellis, trelliswork, trepan, trephine, unassuredness, underline, underscore, undo, unexplored ground, unexplored territory, unknown quantity, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, upset, vaporize, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, why, wicker, wickerwork, winnow, winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machine, work, work out, x, z; Chinese puzzle, anagram, answer, arabesque, assort, auger, babble, baffle, bafflement, basketry, basketwork, be Greek to, be beyond one, be too deep, beat one, bewilderment, bite, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, blow to pieces, blow up, bolt, bolter, bore, bother, bottom, brain, brand, bring down, broach, burn to death, cancellation, categorize, chalk, chalk up, charade, charge, check, check off, cicatrize, clarifier, classify, clear up, cock, colander, collate, confoundment, confusion, conundrum, cordon, cordon off, countersink, crack, cradle, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, cross-hatching, crossing-out, cull out, cut down, cut to pieces, dapple, dark horse, dash, deal a deathblow, debug, decipher, decode, define, delimit, demarcate, detonate, dilemma, discharge, discolor, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disentangle, disintegrate, disturbance, divide, divine, do, dope, dope out, dot, drill, drop, eject, embarrassment, empierce, engrave, enigma, escape one, explain, fathom, fell, figure out, filigree, fill, filter, find out, find the answer, find the solution, fire, fire off, fix, fleck, frag, freckle, fret, fretwork, frontier, frontiers of knowledge, gash, get, get right, ghettoize, gibber, gin, gore, gouge, gouge out, gradate, grade, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, group, guess, guess right, gun, gun down, gun for, hachure, hatch, hatching, have it, hit, hit it, hole, honeycomb, impale, impress, imprint, incinerate, infect, infest, insulate, interlacement, interpret, intertexture, intertwinement, isolate, jam, jugulate, keep apart, keep aside, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lance, lapidate, lattice, latticework, lay aside, lay low, let fly, let off, line, lixiviator, load, logogriph, lose one, make a mark, make out, mark, mark off, mark out, matter of ignorance, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mottle, mystery, mystification, n, need explanation, needle, net, netting, network, nick, nonplus, not make sense, not penetrate, notch, open the lock, pass comprehension, pelt, pencil, penetrate, pepper, percolator, perforate, permeate, perplex, perplexity, perturbation, pervade, pick off, pick out, pickle, pierce, pink, pistol, plexure, plexus, plight, plug, plumb, point, poleax, porosity, porousness, poser, pot, pother, potshoot, potshot, predicament, prick, prime, print, problem, psych, psych out, punch, punctuate, puncture, purifier, put aside, puzzle, puzzle out, puzzlement,

Etymology 1
redel:, redels:, from rædels:, rædelse:, from. Akin to rādisli ( raadsel),  rādisle ( Rätsel "riddle"),  rǣdan "to read, advise, interpret"

Etymology 2
From riddil, ridelle "sieve" from  hriddel "sieve", alteration of earlier hridder, hrīder from  from  from. Akin to Reiter "sieve",  hreinn "pure, clean",  hreini "pure, clean",  hrains "clean, pure". More at rinse

Synonyms

 * enigma
 * conundrum
 * brain-teaser

Derived terms

 * riddler
 * riddle stick
 * a riddle wrapped up in an enigma

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese: 燈謎
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: mõistatus
 * Finnish: arvoitus
 * French: énigme, devinette , devinaille
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: rejtély, talány / rejtvény
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, , gioco ad incastro
 * Japanese: なぞなぞ


 * Korean:
 * Latvian: mīkla
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: enigma, charada , adivinhas
 * Romanian: ghicitoare, cimilitură
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: (pahelī)

Noun

 * Finnish: siivilä
 * Italian: scolino, setaccio
 * Polish: rzeszoto


 * Portuguese:
 * Swahili: mafumbo

Verb

 * Dutch: doorzeven
 * Finnish: rei'ittää, puhkoa
 * French: cribler


 * German: durchlöchern
 * Italian: crivellare, forare
 * Swahili: mafumbo


 * Dutch:, doorspekt
 * Finnish: vilistä
 * French: cribler


 * Italian: cospargere, riempire
 * Swahili: mafumbo


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: arvata
 * German: enträtseln


 * Italian: risolvere, spiegare
 * Swahili: mafumbo


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: siivilöidä
 * French: cribler


 * Italian: setacciare
 * Swahili: mafumbo

Anagrams

 * dreidl