This Tricky Riddle Will Follow You Everywhere! Can You Outsmart It in 10 Seconds with this Subtle Hint?

Sep 8, 2025, 10:32 IST

This challenging riddle tests your logic and creativity. Only 2% of people can solve it in 10 seconds! It describes something that dances without feet, sings without a tongue, flies without wings, and hides in the sun. You chase it by day, but it flees when you shout and won't move at night. The answer is a shadow, which fulfills all these intriguing descriptions. Engage your mind and see if you're a genius at decoding brain teasers.

Brain Teaser
Brain Teaser

Brain teaser riddles are more than just games with words, they’re little puzzles that challenge curiosity, challenge reasoning, and stimulate imagination. Rather than just another question, riddles conceal their answers in linguistic twists, playful clues, and amusing perspectives. Answering riddles typically requires both logical and creative thinking. Taking a simple riddle may require thinking beyond the obvious and using a different approach. 

The simplicity of them makes them amusing; in fact, sometimes the simplest riddles will stump a person for the longest time. Brain teaser riddles are fun for ALL - there are excellent and valuable opportunities when riddles are shared in very informal ways with each other, used to emphasize an educational point, or simply to exert your brain while waiting for a bus home from work.

 Brain teasers and riddles are useful as learning and problem-solving exercises that can make learning and being challenged fun, active and wonderfully surprising. 

Check Out: Only the Top 3% of Intelligent People Can Crack This Brain Teaser Riddle in 10 Seconds

Can You Solve this Tricky Brain Teaser Riddle within 10 Seconds?

Ready for a brain teaser that plays with light and imagination? 

This riddle isn’t about numbers or tricky words, but something you see every day, yet never truly catch.

Think carefully before you answer… here it comes!

I dance without feet, I sing without a tongue,

I fly without wings and hide in the sun.

You chase me by day, and I flee when you shout,

Catch me at night and I won’t move out.

What am I?

Hint: It follows you when the light is right, but vanishes in the dark; you can’t grab it, only block it.

Still stumped on the riddle? That's completely okay! The beauty of riddle solving is exercising your mind and seeing things from a fresh perspective. The easiest clues can sometimes be the hardest ones to figure out! But the waiting is over. It's the big reveal. Are you ready?

Three…

Two…

One…

Here comes the answer!

Answer: Can You Solve this Tricky Brain Teaser Riddle within 10 Seconds? 

A shadow is the answer.

 It fulfills every description in the riddle. A shadow "dances without feet" because you see your shadow moving on the floor or wall and it dances with you, it shifts and stretches as you move. A shadow "sings without a tongue" because a shadow does indeed speak without sound; it expresses itself through its shape and physical presence.

 A shadow "flies without wings" because when the angle of light changes, your shadow can move with great speed and sometimes may appear to be larger than you or smaller than you, almost as though it glides. 

A shadow "hides in the sun" because it stars a shadow at the top of the sky and, as a result, the shadow you cast on the ground is nearly invisible to you as it is almost directly beneath you. In the daytime, you can try to chase your own shadow but you will never catch it. At night, there is no light so it disappears altogether. This is everyday magic you never get to hold.


Ayukta Zisha
Ayukta Zisha

Content Writer

    Ayukta Zisha is a Content Writer and Published Author with a Master’s degree in English Literature. She also holds a certification in Digital Marketing from IIT Delhi. Deeply passionate about art, aesthetics, and literature, Ayukta brings a unique creative flair to her writing. A dedicated bibliophile, she continues to explore and share her love for words through engaging and insightful content. You can reach out to her at ayukta.zisha@jagrannewmedia.com

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