15 Tricky Matchstick Puzzles Only Brilliant Minds Can Solve

How sharp are your logic skills? Can you crak all these amazing riddles? Riddles and braintesers can imrpove your brain power by 60% and improve your memory. Matchstick riddles might seem a little childish, but many of them are so difficult not even adults can crack them!

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Riddle #1. Cow riddle. 0:31
Riddle #2. Remove 4 sticks to get 5 squares. 1:13
Riddle #3. A matchstick wineglass with a cherry. 2:00
Riddle #4. Fix the equation by adding 1 matchstick. 2:41
Riddle #5. Larry the Lobster. 3:26
Riddle #6. A 1/7 fraction written in Roman numerals. 4:15
Riddle #7. Matchstick spiral. 5:01
Riddle #8. You have 3 matchsticks – make 6 out of them. 5:40
Riddle #9. Two different-sized squares. 6:20
Riddle #10. Triangle riddle. 7:03
Riddle #11. A ridiculously untrue equation. 7:49
Riddle #12. Move 3 sticks to turn this candle into a hat. 8:34
Riddle #13. The number 5008. 9:21
Riddle #14. Matchstick scales. 10:12
Riddle #15. 4, 3, 4, 6... and? 10:57

I was completely stumped by this last puzzle, but maybe you’ve already figured it out? Please share your knowledge in the comments below!

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Hey guys! Which of these puzzles did you manage to solve?

[sodapop]

3:20, or you could just add a line across the equal sign, so it says 5+5+5 doesn't equal 550

[kartalgurhan]

#4 ain't the only solution.... if you put a stick on the equal sign (not equal sign), the "equation" will still be correct because 5+5+5 is NOT equal to 550.. this, still, is an equation.

[raysilins]

1:02 these two sticks make the cows head, so let's just move them to the right and voila, now our cow has a broken neck

[cameronmonks]

8:19 #11 it could have been 6 + 3 - 9 = 0

[thetrumpofgodministries]

#5 is incorrect since you put the entire crab upside down but the claws are still technically still up

[VVolframite]

For number 3, sure you got the cherry out, but in that turn, you just dumped all your wine.


So who's the smart one now?

[AlexanderKG]

A lot of these have multiple answets
Also I like how everybody is talking about answets.

[samthomas]

0:31 number 1

1:13 number 2

2:00 number 3

2:41 number 4

3:26 number 5

4:15 number 6

5:01 number 7

5:40 number 8

6:20 number 9

7:03 number 10

7:49 number 11

8:34 number 12

9:21 number 13

10:12 number 14

10:57 number 15 (doesn't give the answer)

Each Time is for a different question

Please like if this helps

[tylerneppl]

#13 only move two. He said u can flip it upset down that's moving all them. Like if u agree

[bobzombie]

There is more than one way to solve some of these =/ lol

[Jo_Es_Chess_Channel]

In 4th one you can put a stick on the equal sign so that it means unequal

[tctrainconstruct]

1:53 I would have removed the 4 central sticks :)
creating 4 small squares and a big one

[HPOfficeJetProAll-In-One]

8:10 just move the horizontal one in the 4 down to make 11 so it says 8+3-11=0. Much easier.

[mylesbrathwaite]

I feel like the majority of these questions weren't explained properly enough for me to understand what to do. The word "replace" alone made me overthink with a confused mind.

[ambiguousheadline]

#15 is 4
The pattern is 4, 3, 4, 6, 4, 9, 4, etc.
In other words, every other number is 4 while the rest are the last non-4 number plus 3.
Another way to solve would be instead 4, 3, 4, 6, 4, 12, 4, 24, etc.
This pattern is the same answer but instead of adding 3 you double the non-4 number.

[chloeeaton]

For number 11, you could also move one of the matchsticks from the 8 to make a 6 and put that in the 4 to make a 9 because 6+3-9=0!

[ihatepeanuts]

for #4 you can put the matchstick on the = sign diagonally and it'll be 5+5+5 not = to 550 like if you agree

[fuxsyck]

For some of them i found other alternatives

[AnnikaAngelo]

For number 11 you can also move the four and turn it into an 11... /: