# Where do riddles go?

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**Created:** [January 5, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242 "2022-01-05T03:55:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242/1 "2022-01-05T03:55:52Z")

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Factual questions, IMHO, Games or Cafe Society?

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242/2 "2022-01-05T04:02:45Z")

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If it’s a riddle for Dopers to solve, I’d put it in Thread Games.

If it’s for the history of riddles, I’d do FQ.

Cafe Society wouldn’t have anything to do with riddles unless maybe it’s a book, movie, or film about riddles. Or if you’re talking about Tom Riddle.

Riddle strategies, maybe Game Room.

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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242/3 "2022-01-05T04:05:06Z")

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I have a riddle but no answer. Thread games?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242/4 "2022-01-05T04:42:36Z")

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Thread games is for PLAYING a game. If you’ve got a riddle you can’t solve I’d say CS, which is about all artistic endeavors.

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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242/5 "2022-01-05T05:19:15Z")

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Already posted in Thread Games but if the mods want to move it I’m okay with that.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242/6 "2022-01-05T05:42:42Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#):
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> If you’ve got a riddle you can’t solve I’d say CS, which is about all artistic endeavors.

A riddle is a game, not art.

Though I’d have said Game Room for assistance with a riddle, the same way people ask for help with, say, chess.