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What can you make that nobody can see?
A making riddle. You can produce this thing at will, and the people around you will know you did, but not one of them can see it.
What can you make that nobody can see?
Hint: Shh.
Reveal the answer
Noise
Noise can be heard but never seen.
How to solve it (spoilers)
How to think about it
- Things you make are usually visible: a cake, a drawing, a mess. So the thing must reach people through another sense.
- The hint says “shh”, which points to hearing.
- What do you make with a shout, a slammed door or a dropped pan?
- Noise can be made by anyone and seen by no one.
Why “Noise” is the answer
Noise is made all the time, by voices, footsteps and machines, and it reaches people through their ears rather than their eyes, so nobody can see it. The riddle plays on the common phrase “make noise”. Music and a promise are related answers that use other senses or no senses at all.
Common wrong answers
- A promise. You can make a promise and nobody sees it, so this is a fair alternative; the “shh” hint points to noise.
- A wish. A wish is invisible too, but it is not something other people can detect the way they hear noise.
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