The exciting world of riddle types

The world is colourful and varied, and that is exactly what makes it such a joy to discover. The riddles you can write about it are just as varied. Some are known to everyone, others you may meet for the first time on one of our tours. Here are the riddle types we like to work with most at CityRiddler.

The classics

Everyone knows them: the good old crossword puzzles. They make us think of our parents or grandparents reaching for the newspaper during an afternoon break and solving a crossword, a small but pleasant brain workout.

Word riddles

Word riddles are a form we love to use. As much as we value the classics, we would rather hide riddles in sentences and rhymes, or combine them with a bit of arithmetic or a search for symbols.

Search riddles

Any riddle can be made easier or harder, but with hardly any form is that as simple as with search riddles. You can describe the most hidden things so well that they are easy to find, or make the most obvious ones so tricky that people walk straight past them. There are next to no rules, and with a few simple tricks you can push even experienced riddle fans to their limits. Only one thing matters: it should be fun.

On our tours the answer is always hidden in the place itself, so it pays to look closely.

Number and arithmetic riddles

Numbers are a world of their own, and in that world the possibilities are endless. A simple addition can lead to the answer. You can also replace letters with numbers and combine that with an addition or a multiplication, which leaves quite a few people deep in thought. And it feels great to have the numbers under control.

Sequence riddles

From school you know maths exercises where the first result has to be right before you can solve the next one. Our tours have riddles like that too. Sometimes a clue is so obvious that it would not be tricky enough on its own. But if it leads to a second riddle that can only be found once the first clue is cracked, the whole thing becomes really exciting. That is also a good way to work in a figure, a building or a date that matters to you.