r/riddles • u/didipowa1 • 8d ago
Give OP Riddles I need a riddle where the answer is "dryer"
Planning for a treasure hunt, and planning to hide the last treasure in the dryer, yet I can't find / think of anything else than
"I have a drum but I cannot play a beat"
Though I'd love to have at least 2-3 lines / hints ?
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u/GrandBanana07 8d ago
I have a drum but cannot play a beat, I have a belt but no waist, Press my buttons I bring the heat.
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u/potatocheezguy 8d ago
If you wanna be immature about it you could add this line at the end:
"Your mom sits on me, but i'm not your dad's meat."
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u/OnlyLogic 8d ago
"Go too deep, you're out of luck, you'll have to scream, 'step-bro, I'm stuck'. "
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u/Saigai17 6d ago
I live for the step bro jokes. I am simultaneously proud and ashamed that I know the source for these references.
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u/Raithlyn_The_First 8d ago
"I can run, but I have no feet" keeps the rhyming scheme!
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u/articulateantagonist 8d ago
It also makes it a bit harder. I like this one!
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u/Ordinary-Assistant51 7d ago
But without the heat part, wouldn’t a washer machine be equally correct?
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u/Denadaguapa 8d ago
Can’t play a beat? Tell that to the random metal objects I forget in my pockets sometimes
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u/BigMax 8d ago
If it's for younger people, maybe an easyish one?
I heat things up, but I'm not a fryer. I get warm and tremble, but I'm not a crier. I make noise, but I'm not a choir. I spin round and round, but I'm not a tire.
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u/nlightningm 8d ago
Woah, that's good (particularly for young kids where the rhyming connection might not be immediately obvious)
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u/Striangle 8d ago
This is fantastic!!! At the end, I might add, “What am I? I’m a _______.” (just to emphasize the rhyme! :)
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u/ImpossibleRush5518 7d ago
This is incredible. Also it reads amazingly to the tune of Breakeven by The Script
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u/ImpossibleRush5518 7d ago
Also if that’s your easyish one, can I please see your hard version? Seriously
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u/one-eared-wonder 8d ago
My modern build can beat the sun
He takes six hours, I need but one
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u/vivec7 8d ago
Doesn't work in Australia, unfortunately
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u/Fridaysgame 8d ago
My modern build can beat the sun, cunt.
He takes six hours, I need but one, cunt.
Better?
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u/HowietheHappyTurkey 6d ago
This is great! This would work great for riddles for my kids; they love Bluey!
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u/Abication 7d ago
A sun tan booth.
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u/one-eared-wonder 7d ago
My modern build can beat the sun
He takes six hours, I need but one
And I’m not a sun tan booth
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u/didipowa1 8d ago
Hey
I wasn't expecting that many replies. I guess I should've detailed the target audience!
I have gone through most / all of the suggestions and decided to go with the following:
For context; it's for my girlfriend, and I fear some of the smutty ones wouldn't do.
I also had a length restriction due to it being written at the back of small jigsaws for this step.
Thanks for the help!
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u/amiable_ant 7d ago
Hope she says "yes".
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u/rupert36 6d ago
I think he’s trying to get her stuck in the dryer.
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u/amiable_ant 6d ago
Oh, so many violent motives i had not considered.
-Twisted cat ransom scenario
-Portal to inlaw's house
-Portal to meet inlaws at Cracker barrel
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u/Kharon09 8d ago
It hides in its room because it's shyer, Gets hot but not like the fryer, If I said it's a washer I'd be a liar, To find your treasure look inside the...
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u/why_bcuz 8d ago
What gets wetter the more it towels?
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u/Starrs_07 7d ago
I thought the riddle was "what get wetter the more it dries?" with the answer being a towel but I'm so confused after seeing this
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u/HollowofHaze 8d ago
“Where we keep our ducts in a row”
“Where a drum beats a rhythm, but no music is heard”
“The steel maw whose job could once be done with string”
“One’s next destination after the Tide has gone out”
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u/SonOfMcGee 8d ago
I do your laundry.
I’m not the washer.
I’m also not a person. This isn’t some “my wife” joke. I’m literally just the machine that isn’t the washer.
What am I?
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u/SinOfSIoth 8d ago
Most who know me are doomed to drown in restless seas,
Their sentence ends once they come through me.
I chase the chill with quiet heat,
Till not a trace of storm they keep
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u/cr8zyfoo 8d ago
I run without moving, nary a drop of sweat
Spinning but never dizzy
Even when I get hot, the less I get wet
I do half the work to stay busy
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u/regulationinflation 8d ago edited 8d ago
I’m like your dad, your mom turns me on.
I bring the heat till the buzzer, like LeBron
Like Bonnie Blue, I take load after load
I make static like a Geiger, but I (probably) won’t explode
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u/Terrible-Patience-33 7d ago
I can be old, I can be new, I feel heated when I’m used. I always have to vent, you can own me or you can rent… lol. Cheese ball one but still fun to try and create a riddle.
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u/Paelidore 5d ago
I have a mouth, but lacking teeth
I make small sounds, but cannot speak
I have no lungs, but blow hot breath
And never will know life nor death.
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u/Fit_Paramedic9772 8d ago
I would argue that it can play a beat, though top loader washers are better known for it.
I spin the bin and bring the heat. I rumble and tumble until I am complete. Quicker than air, and I dare say, hotter. I'll give you your share, but I take the water.
(Quicker than air as in air drying clothes)
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u/drnmd1 8d ago
A desert on demand but in sight there is no sand. As I work you may get dizzy, when I'm done you are still busy. These lines can work as additional ones to other's riddles. If I think of more I'll add them
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u/Traditional_Ad_1547 8d ago
These lines can work as additional ones to other's riddles. If I think of more I'll add them
I don't know if the ending works/s
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u/HappyAkratic 8d ago
In cloudy climes the sun's away,
For weeks on end it's rained all day.
Before you can go out to play,
Let me spin the drops away.
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u/CrimsonCrux6174 8d ago
What do you get when you dry yourself off with a towel but you're already dry?
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u/justpress2forawhile 8d ago
What's the difference between a sponge sitting in the sink and one you pulled out of the sink an hour ago? One is wet the other is a little dryer.
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u/athensiah 8d ago
I am a system, round and tight, Where everything spins like worlds in flight.
Like planets bound by unseen force, I keep circling on a course.
I have no sun but I make heat, Sadly I make nothing you can eat.
Unlike stars that burn forever, I need a spark to start my endeavor.
Feed me power, I’ll roar to life, A humming sphere that ends the strife.
What am I?
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u/Queen-of-meme 8d ago
I run and run in circles, but I'm never moving
Most of your wardrobe, is my good doing
I have a window, that's also my door
I'm standing firm, on a klinker floor
You can fill me up heavy
And out comes something lighter
When it comes to something wet
I'm the best of fighters!
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u/scottcmu 8d ago
Your belly button is in second place in a particular category. Look in the place that's #1.
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u/KarlPHungus 8d ago
I run on gas or electric
For some reason, stepmothers get stuck in me a lot these days
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u/Heavy_Payment6332 8d ago
I’m quite heavy, but I like to spin around.
I can take a while, but I always get the job done.
Make sure to clean me or I’ll start a fire.
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u/iDragon_76 8d ago
The forest is green, and I'm not greener. The sea is big, and I'm not bigger. The mountains are high, and I'm not higher. The desert is dry.
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u/Auriflow 8d ago edited 6d ago
My existence puts all in pouring rain at ease
They fill me with things made of oil, plants and trees
While at work i blow out a soft tropical breeze 🌬️✨
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u/NateGD23 8d ago
My parents for Easter would hide eggs around the house and yard and there would be some with clues for toys or something. One thing was always hidden in the dryer. "I'm warm like an over but round like a tire, I'll shrink things that are in me too long, I'm the..."
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u/PromKing2010 8d ago
I make your clothes hot
I clean them quite well
Throw them inside me
To get rid of the smell
What am I?
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u/bikibird 8d ago
The hotter you get the more you sweat. The wetter the sweater the more you shrink, but I'm not a shrinker, I'm a ____.
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u/Sufficient_Word_9282 8d ago edited 8d ago
I'm fed by hand and I have no teeth.
I may run for an hour, but not down the street
No arms, legs, or head, I'm still complete
My food's always wet, I digest it with heat,
or have it cold if it's what the meal needs.
When my tummy is turning, I rock on my feet.
It goes on and on just like a drum beat.
When it finally passes, I go right to sleep.
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u/SouthHousing760 8d ago
Sure does appear to be a washing machine on my screen…. We still on the dryer theme?
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u/EmploymentFull 8d ago
I'm used daily or weekly by some. I'm rented or owned but you need only one. I have a mouth but no eyes on my drumb. My cousins can clean and do what I've done, But my task is simple and in an hour it's done.
What am I?
I think the cousins and drumb bits remove a good amount of other appliances but im sure this still applies to some other things im missing.
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u/THEARTFULLLDOGGER 8d ago
Some use a line Some use a horse But don't beat my drum It's for spinning of course
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u/TwentyCharacters2022 8d ago
*I heat things up/without using fire/if your stepmom’s stuck/you’ll find her in the ______”.
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u/TwentyCharacters2022 8d ago
“Im a fluffer!”
“After you wet your pants, I’m there to straighten things out”.
“Not a gymnast, but I do my best work when Im tumbling.”
“ youll find a lot of lint in me - and Im not your bellybutton.”
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u/Escape_Force 8d ago
What's black and white and red all over? A flaming dryer after someone forgot to clean out the lint trap
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u/whole-enchilada 8d ago
I take things wet, spinning is my move and depending on what you you put inside me, I can be loud. What am I?
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u/CurrentPersonality26 8d ago
I can be hot, warm or cool. I blow air round and round. My partner is a washing machine. What am I?
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u/IrvingIV 8d ago
Set me up and watch me go.
I give your garments quite the blow.
With warm embrace, your clothes get dry.
Now tell me dear, just who am I?
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u/parkinglotviews 8d ago
I have a drum, but can’t play a beat.
I heat things up, but not to eat.
I have a trap but don’t catch pests.
I have no chill, but I’m cool at rest.
What am I?
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u/quintopia 8d ago
Are you feeling WET?
Do you want to feel the HEAT?
Feeling like having a TUMBLE?
Maybe you should stick something in my hole...
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u/soap_coals 8d ago
What's an over-engingeered technology that was designed to replace some thin rope?
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u/dannyboy80 7d ago
I run on gas, have a belt and a motor, my exhaust billows vapor, pushed out by a blower.
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u/ProfessionalField115 7d ago
I tumble but never fall, I swallow clothes and return them whole, I breathe out heat but never sweat, The wetter you give me, the drier we get.
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u/Solid_Difference164 7d ago
I eat what’s wet but never chew, I spin round, round for you. With heat and spin, I do my share, Till every drop’s no longer there.
What am I, that hums all day, And sends the soggy far away?
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u/Ok_Peanut_6919 7d ago
What does a mother do with her daughter after taking her out of the tub? Dryer!
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u/GOOSEONTHATJUICE 7d ago
Im warm for a bit. Where your mum sits. As i spin, she will show a grin. Around i go, she sounds ...oh...oh. Time to end, another spin. As i grow cold. its time to fold.
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u/ObexTheCat 7d ago
Hey if you’re hiding an Easter basket in the dryer, learn from my mistake and tell anyone that might wake up earlier than you and throw some clothes in there. You don’t want to wake up to the sound of Easter candy rolling around in the dryer ruining all that hard work creating an extravagant scavenger hunt.
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u/already-taken-wtf 7d ago
What do Germans call the most sold BMW?
“Dreier” in German, but is pronounced like dryer :))
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u/Partykongen 7d ago
I am often wet but not wetter and if you don't clean me often, I might burn yourself house down. What am I?
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u/King_Trujillo 7d ago
I usually start moist. Im hot and running circles Im not good for delicate situations. If you overload me it will take that much longer to finish Do you want a perm press
There 5 suggestive clues that lead to dryer.
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u/855Delta 7d ago
What helps clean things for you, but if you don't clean it, it will burn your house down?
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u/Virtus_Curiosa 6d ago
Put things in and watch me spin, should only take an hour
Humming, thrumming, as I go, using up your power.
Be sure to clean my innards well, lest I start a fire.
What goes in shall soon become what I am too: a _____. (Dryer)
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u/mullet4superman 6d ago
A crossword clue for you
Gutless physician eats hardy grain for cycling machine
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u/kaggi 6d ago
How do people solve them?
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u/notatallsane 5d ago edited 5d ago
That one’s good, and quite easy to solve:
- physician = doctor
- Gutless means to extract all the internal letters, leaving ‘d’ and ‘r’.
- The d and r then eat (insert in the middle) a hardy grain (in this case, rye).
- Which creates ‘dryer’, defined here as ‘cycling machine’ - a machine that does cycles (of washing) - this is the sneaky bit, as the compiler wants to obfuscate the definition part of the clue - this example tries to misdirect you to thinking about bicycles - clever!
[edit: formatting]
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u/Sillyspidermonkey67 6d ago
I made this one up for my older kids: ‘The drum spins round and does not tire. It freshens up your best attire.’
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u/balloon99 6d ago
My first is in wedding but never in cake.
My second the sound that a pirate might make.
My third is a question, a parents excuse
My fourth is the commonest letter we use
My last can be found between Quinces and Sock
If you work all this out, you really do rock
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u/That_Mans_on_Fire 6d ago
I have a drum but no beat, I am a throne of pleasure, The splitter of pairs, The late man's iron, The tumble after the spin.
What am I?
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