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22 Visual Riddles to challenge your brain

Are you looking for visual riddles to spice up your next fun event? You’ve come to the right place! Visual riddles are a fantastic way to challenge people—all while having a great time.

In this article, we’ve compiled 22 of the best visual riddles that will put your brain to the test. Ready to see if you can solve them all? Let’s dive in!

1. A tricky visual riddle: Which direction is the bus moving? Left or right?

Puzzle: Which Direction Is the Bus Moving?
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To the right because the bus is from the UK; they drive left and have their door on the left side.

2. The Famous Parking Space Riddle

The Famous Parking Space visual Riddle
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87 – Look upside down

3. Can you predict the gear’s movement? A classic brain teaser

gear’s movement riddle? A classic brain teaser
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A

4. Which piece fits? Solve this fun and tricky visual puzzle

Which piece fits? A tricky visual puzzle
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a + c + f

5. Math meets logic: Solve this number visual riddle

Math and logic: Number puzzle
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8

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6. Typical IQ test puzzle with clocks

IQ test puzzle
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A

Note: This riddle is part of the Virtual Scavenger hunt game that you can try now.

7. Navigate the maze! Only sharp minds can solve this puzzle

Maze puzzle for sharp minds
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4

8. Morse code visual riddle: Decipher like a pro

Morse code visual riddle
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WITCH

9. Think in 3D: Can you solve this pyramid perspective puzzle?

pyramid perspective visual riddle
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C

10. Another IQ test puzzle, now with umbrellas

IQ test puzzle with umbrellas
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C

11. Can you find the correct shadow? A fun visual puzzle

Find the correct shadow? A fun visual riddle
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A

12. Spoon fork exercise: a sequence visual puzzle

image sequence exercise
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B

13. Visual IQ riddle that only the smartest can answer

IQ riddle with squares to count
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13

14. An impossible pyramid logical riddle from IQ tests

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Octagon (8 sides). Each brick has a shape with the sum of sides from both bottom bricks. If the number goes over 10, then it’s reverted to 0. In our case, 2 squares (2 x 4 shapes) will give one octagon (8 sides).

15. How many cubes can you count?

Shape: count the number of boxes
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17 cubes

16. Where’s the Monkey?

Find the monkey in a crowd of minifig visual riddle
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🙈 is at C6

17. Find the intruder: Visual riddle version

Find the intruder: Snake, lion, ram, balance, man pouring water
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2. The snake isn’t part of the 12 astrological signs!

Note: Find 27 other “find-the-intruder” riddles like this on this article!

18. What’s the next dice?

visual riddle: series of dice
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Orange 3

19. Visual puzzle: A matter of point of view

A 3D shape, which perspective matches with the point of view?
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4.

20. Which key opens the padlock? A challenging visual riddle

visual riddle with a padlock and keys
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5. opens the padlock.

Note: This riddle comes from a famous French TV show called “Numbers and Letters”. For your own events, TV shows are a good source of inspiration.

21. Toughest math riddle that only mathematicians can answer

math riddle from "des chiffres et des lettres"
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( 10 x 2 + 7 ) x 8 + 3 = 219

Note: This riddle comes from a famous French TV show called “Numbers and Letters”. For your own events, TV shows are a good source of inspiration.

22. Visual puzzle: Guess the item

Plank + wooden box + string: One of the visual visual riddles
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It’s a guitar! It has a neck (plank) + a string + a body (wooden box).

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If you’re looking for more visual riddles or need advice on how to incorporate them into your event, feel free to book a discussion with me! With my expertise, I’ll help make your events even more fun and engaging.

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Some other riddles

I’ve conceived other riddles than just visual ones. Do you need some tricky logical, math, or lateral thinking puzzles? Check them out!

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