How does one create riddles?

Answer 1

Riddles are composed of a question and an answer.

One way to create a riddle is to take a word or series of words

and rearrange the letters to form a different word or words.

Then you need to make up a story to go with the word or words.

For example, you could say "What words can kill a bear?"

And the answer would be "SABER SWORD" because BEARS = SABER

and WORDS = SWORD.

Other riddles use words with different meanings.

An example is a clock or watch face. The riddle is, "What has a face and two hands, but cannot see nor hold you?"