Picture + Letter
🌊 + VE = ?
Hint: Think about a rolling motion of water.
Answer
WAVE
🌊 (ocean wave) + VE → WAVE
Puzzle library
Rebuses, riddles, logic challenges and visual puzzles. Click Show answer when you're ready to check your solution.
The More You Take
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Hint: Think about walking.
Answer
FOOTSTEPS
Each step you take leaves another footstep behind you.
The Three Switches
You are outside a room with three light switches. Inside there is one bulb. You can enter the room only once. How do you find which switch controls the bulb?
Hint: Light bulbs produce something other than light.
Answer
Use heat as a clue
Turn on switch 1 for 10 minutes, turn it off. Turn on switch 2. Enter the room: if the bulb is warm and off → switch 1. If it's on → switch 2. If it's cold and off → switch 3.
Symbol Code
🌞 + SHINE – SHI = ?
Hint: A positive feeling.
Answer
SUNSHINE
SUN + SHINE = SUNSHINE. Remove SHI from SUNSHINE? No — this is 🌞 (SUN) + SHINE = SUNSHINE.
Count the Triangles
In a large triangle divided into 4 smaller triangles (one pointing down in the middle), how many triangles are there in total?
Hint: Don't forget the large shape itself.
Answer
5 triangles
4 small triangles + 1 large outer triangle = 5 total.
Morning Riddle
I have cities, but no houses live there. I have mountains, but no trees grow there. I have water, but no fish swim there. What am I?
Hint: You might unfold me on a road trip.
Answer
A MAP
A map represents real things but contains none of them.
Forward and Back
I am a word of 5 letters. Take away my first letter and I am a country's name. Take away my last and I am a woman's name. What word am I?
Hint: Think of European countries.
Answer
SPAIN
SPAIN → PAIN (remove S) → wait, let's use FRANC: FRANC → FRAN (name) → RANC? Better: answer is SPAIN: remove S = PAIN; remove N = SPAI? A well-known variant: FRANCE → RANCE / FRANC. The classic answer here is SPAIN: PAIN (remove S) is a word; SPA (remove IN) is a word too.
The Number Sequence
What comes next? 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, __
Hint: Look at the differences between each number.
Answer
42
Differences: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. Each step increases by 2. So 30 + 12 = 42. Also: n×(n+1) → 1×2, 2×3, 3×4, 4×5, 5×6, 6×7 = 42.
Hidden Word
🔑 + BOARD = ?
Hint: You're likely using one right now.
Answer
KEYBOARD
🔑 = KEY + BOARD = KEYBOARD.
More puzzles coming soon
The full Rebusarium library is in preparation. New puzzles are added regularly — check back often or read about the project in the meantime.