The definition of a riddle is a problem that is difficult to solve or that has no clear answer.
(noun)See riddle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME ridil < OE rædels, akin to rædan, to guess, read
intransitive verb
noun
Origin: ME ridil < OE hriddel, earlier hridder < base of hridrian, to sift, winnow, akin to Ger reiter < IE base *(s)ker-, to cut, separate > harvest
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transitive verb rid·dled, rid·dling, rid·dles
Origin:
Origin: Middle English ridelen, to sift
Origin: , from riddil, sieve
Origin: , from Old English hriddel; see krei- in Indo-European roots
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English redels
Origin: , from Old English rǣdels; see ar- in Indo-European roots
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