Introducing the newest addition to the DC Community Programming: Riddler Wednesdays! Every Wednesday, a new riddle will be added to this post. Your job is to get your green bowler hat on, and solve the riddle! Come back to this thread every Wednesday afternoon to play another round!
Let’s get to it…
THIS WEEK’S RIDDLE:
I have ink on my skin, but no tattoos.
A spine that cracks to keep it loose.
I can rise and fall just like the tide,
Tell the truth, and tell a lie.
What am I?
Answer
Book
Congrats to @TheBatgirlofNML @DreamingGirlWonder @Vroom @TheCosmicMoth @TheWifeOfJasonTodd @MidknightGhost20 for solving this week’s riddle!
Check out previous riddles & our weekly winners!
June 29, 2022:
From woods I came, I live no more. The Eastern wolf, he knows me well. The feel of sound, a warning cry. Protecting men from what they fell. What am I?
Answer:
Timber
Congrats to @xLOVEandDoomPatrolx for solving this week’s riddle!
July 6, 2022:
At times I’m a half, others closer to a third, but despite my value I’m also a word. Depending on how you see me I can be both cold and hot And while some may say I’m odd, I’m really not. What am I?
Answer:
Thirty.
Congrats again to @xLOVEandDoomPatrolx for winning this week’s riddle!
July 13, 2022:
I’m tough to break, and tough to shake. With one motion, I’m quick to crush…but why are you in a rush? I flow like water, and love the sun. One day, the race will be won…what am I?
Answer:
A snapping turtle. Also acceptable: tortoise, turtle.
Congrats to @Riddler and @the_Rubber_Bandit for solving this week’s riddle! 
July 20, 2022:
Everyone looks at me, though I never speak. No one touches me until I die. I am the loudest when all is silent…What am I?
Answer
A clock.
Congrats to @Riddler for solving this week’s riddle!
July 27, 2022:
I am a real beast named in the age of Homer, I am no horse…despite the misnomer. What am I?
Answer
Answer: Hippopotamus.
Congrats to @KookieSuperApe for solving this week’s riddle!
August 3, 2022:
When it’s cold, I’m still warm. When I’m sweet, it’s just a term. I can be old, gold, heavy, or youthful. When I attack, it may mean death. I get beaten more with every breath. When I take a break, it’s grievous and cruel. Follow me, and you might be a fool…What am I?
Answer
Answer: The heart.
Congrats to @Jurisdiction and @NYJt3 for solving this week’s riddle!
August 10, 2022:
When you have three of me, you have three. When you have two of me, you have two…but if you have one of me, you actually have none…what am I?
Answer
Answer: Choices (“options” is also acceptable!)
Congrats to @Jurisdiction, @NYJt3, and @danielwm (a brand new community member!) for solving this week’s riddle!
August 17, 2022:
It belongs to you, but others use it more. Some are the same, but many are different. It can be changed. It can be nicked. Shouting it loudly should do the trick…what is it?
Answer
Your Name.
Congrats to @jzars123.94681, @Detective7, @danielwm, @NYJt3 , @Lincolnfan78, @Jurisdiction, and @RyanTLippert for solving this week’s riddle!
August 24, 2022:
I spend most of my life being beaten, but don’t bleed like most men bleed.
I spend most of my life being hammered, though alcohol isn’t what I need.
I spend most of my life being punished, though I’m used to the scars that cover my face.
Thus, the gods of war come to the door of my abuser and his place…What am I?
Answer
An anvil.
Congrats to @jzars123.94681 for solving this week’s riddle!
August 31, 2022:
I can be long, I can be short, I can be a sign of peace.
I rule the USA with three.
I extend my fingers as far as I can…
Until you ask me to leave.
What am I?
Answer
A branch. Also accepted: Branches.
Congrats to @jzars123.94681, @danielwm, and @Jurisdiction for solving this week’s riddle!
September 7, 2022:
I’m hot down low,
But up high, I’m cold.
I fit your palm…
But you shouldn’t hold.
I’ll save your life when coaxed to mine,
Then take it if I’m not controlled.
What am I?
Answer
An ember/embers.
There were no correct answers this week…The Riddler is back on top! Come back next week for a chance to take him down!
September 14, 2022:
After last week’s unsolved riddle, The Riddler is on top, and very proud of it…can you take him down by solving this one?
I lose my head in the morning, But I get it back at night.
My dream is to be the caretaker, Of a tired and worn out knight.
I may still be wielded in battle, though my use is more often not to fight.
But use me right, in no daylight, and the result is sure to delight.
What am I?
Answer
A Pillow
Congrats to @Jurisdiction and @Detective7 for solving this week’s riddle!
September 21, 2022:
One of us arrives by a man in a chair
One of us is something that makes everything fair
One of us thins you out for the tomb
One of us spreads a feeling of doom.
What is the creature that binds us together?
Answer
A horse.
Congrats to @FelixLeiter for solving this week’s riddle!
September 28, 2022:
I can move twice as far, if that move is my first.
I can move forward, but those diagonal to me better beware.
I cannot be chosen in a promotion.
I am unique, but my enemy has an identical ruler.
What am I?
Answer
A King (in Chess).
This week’s riddle was not solved–The Riddler is back on top!
October 5, 2022:
I go from earth to roaring flame
I glow anew, but I remain.
Once of black, now of white,
I’ve did my job, and now I die.
…What am I?
Answer
Coal/Charcoal
Congrats to @NinjaSupes, @Row.Harper, and @Detective7 for solving this week’s riddle!
October 12, 2022:
Once, I flew. Now, I fall.
Once I wrote. Now, not at all.
…What am I?
Answer
A feather. Also accepted: quill.
Congrats to @NYJt3, @DreamingGirlWonder, @Lincolnfan78, @the_Rubber_Bandit, and @Jurisdiction for solving this week’s riddle! What a team!
October 19, 2022:
Nobody wants me, but they all want to win me.
Nobody wants to pay for me, but I might pay them instead.
It’s better to hear about me on TV than to know me in real life.
Don’t want me around? Just follow the rules.
…What am I?
Answer
A lawsuit.
Congrats to @DreamingGirlWonder, @Detective7, @the_Rubber_Bandit, and @Jurisdiction for solving this week’s riddle!
October 26, 2022:
At first, you had two of me. That was nice, but one was taken.
Now, you don’t have me at all. What am I?
Answer
A choice. Also acceptable: an option.
Congrats to @the_Rubber_Bandit, @Detective7, and @Jurisdiction for solving this week’s riddle!
November 2, 2022:
I can be clean, but sometimes I’m filthy. You rush to find me, but you get mad if I’m busy…What am I?
Answer
A bathoom/restroom.
Congrats to @the_Rubber_Bandit, @DreamingGirlWonder, and @Jurisdiction for solving this week’s riddle!
The Riddler is going to have to start coming up with harder riddles…
November 9, 2022:
I’m a place of rest, but I’m on the run.
I’m a house of meat, but my mind is gone…what am I?
This one is a toughie, but the Riddler has a hint for you: The answer isn’t as buried as you think. The solution is in the 6th.
Answer
Bedlam. (Check out episode 6 of the Batman Unburied Audio Series for the solution breakdown!)
The Riddler wins this week!
November 17, 2022:
A day late, but The Riddler is back with another riddle!
I’m built to climb the steepest and highest obstacles. No matter what you do, I remain on top of all that oppose me…what am I?
Answer
A goat.
Congrats to @Row.Harper for solving this week’s riddle!
November 30, 2022:
I might list numbers, but I don’t do the math.
I will not bend to your strength or wrath.
To master me, your body takes a heavy toll.
I shake the ground on which I roll…what am I?
Answer
A barbell/Dumbbell.
Congrats to @Detective7 for solving this week’s riddle!
December 8, 2022:
I’m born of fire, yet am at home on water, I have a body of stone yet float where all my brethren sink…what am I?
Answer
Pumice.
Congrats to @KookieSuperApe for solving this week’s riddle!
December 14, 2022:
By day, I’m clear. By night, less so.
Tools can push how far I go.
To master me, one must be ‘nary.
To have, then lose, must be scary…what am I?
Answer
Vision.
The Riddler wins again! Better luck next week…
December 21, 2022:
I’m one of many, yet we’re all the same,
I communicate with your brain.
So hard to see, I am discreet,
Three times a day, I’m here to greet…what am I?
Answer
A tastebud.
This week’s riddle remained unsolved! The Riddle will return next year to bring you more riddles–happy holidays!
January 4, 2023:
Clouds roll in and out,
Through them, you hear my shout.
Though you can’t see, I’ll always be,
Calling loudly to help you out…what am I?
Answer
A foghorn.
The Riddler kicks off the new year with a win! Better luck next week…
January 11, 2023:
I was born of raging fire, now I hunger for a fight.
Though I come in many sizes, I always catch the light.
Through centuries I’ve been called upon, it’s plain enough to see,
the scores of men and women who have lived and died by me…what am I?
Answer
A blade/sword.
Congrats to @Row.Harper, @KookieSuperApe, and @Jurisdiction for solving this week’s riddle!
January 18, 2023:
I let you know when your day is done,
I pierce the silence of a rising sun.
Without my song, you might not know
When you should stand and start your show…what am I?
Answer
An alarm clock.
Congrats to @Lincolnfan78 for solving this week’s riddle!
January 25, 2023:
I grow tall and strong, though not by choice.
The ground is best when it gets moist.
I can be a symbol for joy and fun.
Find me facing towards the sun…what am I?
Answer
A sunflower.
Congrats to the folks who solved this week’s riddle: @Row.Harper, @NinjaSupes, and–nailing their first community post ever-- @m1kuluvrr!
February 1, 2023:
With each step you take or thought you make, a new version of me you create.
Fools either fight or ignore me, while the wise gain insight and grow.
I shape what you remember, and I am how you learn…what am I?
Answer
Perspective.
This week’s riddle remained unsolved! Come back next week to take the Riddle on again!
February 8, 2023:
I glisten and shine in the light of the sun,
I may belong to someone new when wars are lost and won.
To whomever I belong, you surely can’t defy,
Though they may not always realize how heavy I can lie…what am I?
Answer
A crown.
Congrats to @NYJt3, @NinjaSupes, and @Row.Harper for solving this regal riddle! 
February 16, 2023:
I begin at the end.
I end at the beginning.
Where I go, the cold goes with me.
When I arrive, the land wonders…What am I?
Answer
Winter.
This week marks another Riddler win! Come back next week and try again!
February 22, 2023:
A crushing blow, or a soft hello.
I can lift you up, or drag you to the depths below.
I can be violent or I can be welcoming,
but when you see me, you will know…what am I?
Answer
A wave.
Congrats to @Jurisdiction and @RexRebel for solving this week’s riddle!
March 1, 2023:
The longer I stand, the shorter I am. I can help you find your way.
In churches and homes, from Boston to Rome, folks use me every day.
I may start tall, yet always end small, I stop with a single breath.
The more you use me, however nice, the closer I am to death.
What am I?
Answer
A candle.
Congrats to @NYJt3, @NinjaSupes, @TheWifeOfJasonTodd, @RexRebel, @Detective7, @Row.Harper, @Lincolnfan78, and @Jurisdiction for solving this week’s riddle! The Riddler might have to turn up the difficulty on the next one…
March 8, 2023:
I am fourth from searing bright.
I haunt the eye with ruddy light.
You set aside the plough and saw
And call on me to march to war.
What am I?
Answer
Mars
Congrats to @Row.Harper for solving this week’s riddle!
March 15, 2023:
Our hierarchy rules on command of one.
Traipse with purpose, there’s work to be done.
My power alone forever shared by none.
If you hear me, you’d better run.
What am I?
Answer
Queen bee
This week’s riddle remains unsolved — the Riddler stumps us again! Come back next week for more!
March 22, 2023:
A tireless seamstress, I sew and mend and weave.
No finer back-stitching will you ever see.
To see yourself in my threads
May spark a sense of dread
As I require a painfully steep fee.
What am I?
Answer
A spider
Congrats to @Jurisdiction & @NYJt3 for solving this week’s riddle!
March 29, 2023:
Shattered on the ground, only my coffin knows my face.
Steady hands work to put me back in place.
Picked and pulled without reason or rhyme
Your journey ends when my skeleton’s aligned.
What am I?
Answer
Puzzle
Congrats to @RexRebel for solving this week’s riddle!
April 5, 2023:
Ten of me burn like trees.
When a mighty wind puts us out,
The people gather to cheer and shout.
What am I?
Answer
Birthday candles
This week’s winners are @RexRebel, @Row.Harper, & @Lincolnfan78!
April 12, 2023:
There’s one of me in a cask of wine,
Two of me upon two vines,
Three of me in three loaves of bread,
But only one in the beast’s four heads.
And among those five most ancient towns,
I am nowhere to be found.
What am I?
Answer
The Roman numeral I
This week’s riddle remains unsolved. Come back next week for more!
April 19, 2023:
Though I am struck, I never cry.
Instead I sing while the living lie.
Find me neath a neck, or up a tower high.
A message in your pocket, or a routinely cry.
What am I?
Answer
A bell
Congrats to @Jurisdiction @Detective7 @RexRebel @Lincolnfan78 & @NinjaSupes for solving this week’s riddle!
April 26, 2023:
I am a word common to hear.
Children love me but adults may fear.
I lead the paths our scientists trod
Avenging the fallen and exciting the odd.
What am I?
Answer
Why
Congratulations to @Row.Harper @Jurisdiction @Lincolnfan78 @RexRebel @izzy.coral.snake.41330 for solving this week’s riddle!
May 3, 2023:
I am born from water but from water I flee.
Those who see me may well up with glee.
Life may be short, but I never bemoan
For in good company, I am rarely alone!
What am I?
Answer
A bubble
Congratulations to @RexRebel for solving this week’s riddle!
May 10, 2023:
I’m one of five but also two.
You use me more than you think you do.
Even if weathered or made of wood,
Turn me up and it’s all good.
What am I?
Answer
Thumbs
Congrats to @NinjaSupes @RexRebel @Aquamon @Analyst9998 for solving this week’s riddle!
May 17, 2023:
Desired by the rich,
Owned by the poor —
If you consume me,
Your life will be no more.
What am I?
Answer
Nothing
Congrats to @Jurisdiction, @Row.Harper, @Detective7 & @RexRebel for solving this week’s riddle!
May 24, 2023:
I step in and out throughout the day.
Under the moon’s close eye, I rise to play.
If I get too big, you’ll be sorry you came
And may even consider changing my name.
What am I?
Answer
Tidal wave
No winners this week! Try again next time!
May 31, 2023:
I can never be thrown, but I can always be caught.
Ways to lose me are still often sought.
What am I?
Answer
A cold
Congrats to @NinjaSupes @Jurisdiction @Row.Harper @ALFRED.1943 & @Detective7 for solving this week’s riddle!
June 7th, 2023:
I am the father of problems and beginning to all.
I can be followed, but never stalled.
You may find me under a tree,
In a square,
In your tea,
Or in a hair.
What am I?
Answer
Root
Congrats to @NinjaSupes for rockin’ it this week!
June 14th, 2023:
Look upon my face and know me as somebody,
But gaze upon my back and see me as nobody.
What am I?
Answer
Mirror
Congrats to everyone who solved this week’s riddle!
June 21st, 2023:
I am where yesterday follows today
And tomorrow is in the middle.
What am I?
Answer
Dictionary
Well done, @Detective7 @RexRebel @Analyst9998 & @NinjaSupes ! You beat this week’s riddle!
june 28th, 2023:
In realms unseen, my presence felt
Through woven dreams, I freely melt.
I’m born of stars, yet dwell on land
A secret force, by few I’m manned.
What am I?
Answer
Light
Way to go as our sole solver this week, @Jurisdiction!
July 5th, 2023:
Patient in how I stalk,
Grumbled in how I talk.
By ever creature feared
Never far and always near.
You know me by absence,
By pain, by anger
And think to slay me soon
Lest your life be in danger.
What am I?
Answer:
Hunger
July 12th, 2023:
Remove my first letter and I become enthusiastic.
Remove the first two letters and watch me.
Remove letters 1 - 3 and I’ll see you.
Remove my first four letters to reveal my first letter.
What’s my name?
Answer
David
Congrats to @Jurisdiction & @Detective7 for solving this week’s riddle!
July 19th, 2023:
I have a little house in which I live alone.
There are no windows or doors or features to be shown.
If I want to make an exit, I must break through the wall,
But be careful as I do, lest I have a fall.
What am I?
Answer
Egg/unhatched chick
Congrats to @Detective7 (again!) & @Zips4tw for beating the Riddler this week!
July 26th, 2023:
You take a knife to forfeit my head
Then weep beside me once I am dead.
You keep my rings and boil them down
To craft a whole new circlet in golden brown.
What am I?
Answer:
Onion
Congrats to @Detective7 @Lincolnfan78 @RexRebel @BadgerPacker @Row.Harper @NinjaSupes @Jurisdiction & @Zips4tw for solving this week’s riddle! Hungry bunch … 
August 2nd, 2023:
Tool of thief, toy of queen
Always used to be unseen.
Sign of joy, sign of sorrow
Giving all likeness borrowed.
What am I?
Answer
Mask
Congrats to @Jurisdiction & @TheWifeOfJasonTodd for solving this week’s riddle!
August 9th, 2023:
Pronounced as one letter, yet written with three.
Two letters there are, and two only in me.
I’m single, I’m double, I’m black, blue, and gray,
I’m read from both ends, and the same either way.
What am I?
Answer
Eye
Congrats to @Detective7 (living up to her name!) @Jurisdiction @RexRebel & @Zips4tw for solving this week’s riddle!
August 16th, 2023:
Short off the tongue but long in the face
The pain of my songs cannot be erased.
Between sky and sea, I travel with few:
Old, borrowed, and entirely new.
What am I?
Answer
Blue
No winners this week …
August 23rd, 2023:
Without a bridle or a saddle,
Across a plane, I ride a-straddle.
And those I ride — by help of me —
Though almost blind, are made to see.
What am I?
Answer
Glasses
Congrats to @NinjaSupes, @Jurisdiction, @Lincolnfan78, and @Detective7 for answering this week’s riddle correctly!
August 30th, 2023:
Along the road I crawl, where the world stops to stare
Sorrowful enough for me and my lone pair.
Sometimes white, sometimes black
I’ll take you there,
But never back.
Answer
Hearse
Congrats to @BadgerPacker @RexRebel @TheWifeOfJasonTodd for beating the Riddler this week!
September 6th, 2023:
I build your castles, I blind your men
I fall back to earth with time as my friend.
I’m with you in sleep, adrift in your head
And lie down to rest in the sea’s softest bed.
What am I?
Answer
Sand
Congrats to @RexRebel @BadgerPacker & @Zips4tw for rocking the riddle this week! 
September #13th, 2023:
I am a perching barrel, filled with meat
Taking hits from leaps and dives.
Look inside, but do not eat —
The meat in there is still alive!
What am I?
Answer
Thimble
Congrats to @Zips4tw for being our sole champion this week!
September 20th, 2023:
I’m seen through a cone, though I am not food.
Block my path and I become skewed.
I come by the millions, unseen in a frame
Most of which you probably wouldn’t know by name.
What am I?
Answer
Color
Congrats to @MidknightGhost20 & @Zips4tw for solving this week’s riddle!
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