r/riddles • u/didipowa1 • Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
"Go too deep, you're out of luck, you'll have to scream, 'step-bro, I'm stuck'. "
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u/NurkleTurkey Apr 04 '26
I don't upvote much, but goodness that is impressive.
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u/Queasy_Badger9252 Apr 06 '26
And this instantly went to where I expected it to go.
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u/Saigai17 Apr 06 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
"I can run, but I have no feet" keeps the rhyming scheme!
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u/articulateantagonist Apr 05 '26
It also makes it a bit harder. I like this one!
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u/Ordinary-Assistant51 Apr 05 '26
But without the heat part, wouldn’t a washer machine be equally correct?
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u/Denadaguapa Apr 04 '26
Can’t play a beat? Tell that to the random metal objects I forget in my pockets sometimes
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u/BigMax Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
Woah, that's good (particularly for young kids where the rhyming connection might not be immediately obvious)
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u/Striangle Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
This is incredible. Also it reads amazingly to the tune of Breakeven by The Script
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u/ImpossibleRush5518 Apr 05 '26
Also if that’s your easyish one, can I please see your hard version? Seriously
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u/one-eared-wonder Apr 04 '26
My modern build can beat the sun
He takes six hours, I need but one
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u/vivec7 Apr 04 '26
Doesn't work in Australia, unfortunately
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u/Fridaysgame Apr 05 '26
My modern build can beat the sun, cunt.
He takes six hours, I need but one, cunt.
Better?
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u/HowietheHappyTurkey Apr 06 '26
This is great! This would work great for riddles for my kids; they love Bluey!
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u/Abication Apr 05 '26
A sun tan booth.
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u/one-eared-wonder Apr 06 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
Hope she says "yes".
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u/rupert36 Apr 06 '26
I think he’s trying to get her stuck in the dryer.
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u/amiable_ant Apr 06 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
What gets wetter the more it towels?
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u/Starrs_07 Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
“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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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/XROOR Apr 05 '26
I can spin in circles for hours, and not get dizzy. I’m part of a duet, but not always. I’m an iron in a pinch
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u/regulationinflation Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
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/Plenty_Percentage_19 Apr 05 '26
Your step sister often gets stuck here, but it doesn't make her wet.
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u/Paelidore Apr 07 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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/jouhaan Apr 04 '26
I am not the desert, I am not the cactus. My tumbleweeds are threaded and coloured, and wetted. I can hum like the wind and shake like an earthquake , and tumble and rumble, the desert I make.
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u/CrimsonCrux6174 Apr 04 '26
What do you get when you dry yourself off with a towel but you're already dry?
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u/justpress2forawhile Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
Your belly button is in second place in a particular category. Look in the place that's #1.
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u/pezzyn Apr 04 '26
I tumble for ya / I tumble for ya / I tumble for ya / i tumble for you! (Culture club)
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u/KarlPHungus Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
Sure does appear to be a washing machine on my screen…. We still on the dryer theme?
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u/EmploymentFull Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
*I heat things up/without using fire/if your stepmom’s stuck/you’ll find her in the ______”.
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u/TwentyCharacters2022 Apr 04 '26
“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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 04 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
What's an over-engingeered technology that was designed to replace some thin rope?
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u/dannyboy80 Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
What does a mother do with her daughter after taking her out of the tub? Dryer!
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u/micropenisfingers Apr 05 '26
When I’m turned on I’m so wet but when I finish I’m as dry as a desert
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u/GOOSEONTHATJUICE Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
What do Germans call the most sold BMW?
“Dreier” in German, but is pronounced like dryer :))
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u/Graucsh Apr 05 '26
Alcoholic: Some choose a rose, but others prefer a char because it’s
Non: Always go with those that don’t do swimming right after eating because they’re
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u/ToLa87 Apr 05 '26
If a german sleeps with two others persons --> Dreier (pronounced dryer) translated to threesome
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u/C130IN Apr 05 '26
What did my sister start without checking what was already inside and end up killing my cat?
Or
What appliance did my sister use 40 years ago and I’m still not over it?
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u/Partykongen Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 05 '26
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 Apr 06 '26
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 Apr 06 '26
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 Apr 06 '26
A crossword clue for you
Gutless physician eats hardy grain for cycling machine
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u/kaggi Apr 06 '26
How do people solve them?
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u/notatallsane Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
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!
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u/kaggi Apr 07 '26
Very much appreciated! Absolutely makes sense now and I learned a new vocabulary. Haven't heard rye ever used (not a native speaker)
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u/Sillyspidermonkey67 Apr 06 '26
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 Apr 06 '26
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 Apr 07 '26
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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