Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
(OED) 1. a. A question or statement intentionally worded in a dark or puzzling manner, and propounded in order that it may be guessed or answered, esp. as a form of pastime; an enigma; a dark saying.
A device to infuriate your players and fill out half of the second session, possibly involving a chess puzzle.
"What's green and has thirteen assholes? Answer: The wardroom.
a question or statement that requires a creative imagination to answer or understand
a clever puzzle asked as a question or something that can't be explained
a game in which something is described very obscurely, often in rhyme, where the thing described has to be guessed
a general term for any puzzling question
a mental and verbal puzzle
a misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed
a puzzle and not at all what I believe Jesus wanted to leave for his followers to remember from his ministry
a puzzle, consisting of text with a question to answer
a question designed to test ingenuity or give amusement
a question that is a puzzle or a joke
a traditional verbal expression which contains
a word game in which someone must guess something
A riddle is a form of word puzzle designed to test someone's ingenuity and lateral thinking in arriving at a solution. More generally, a riddle is any puzzling question.