What can be seen in the dark but is not a light? It can lead you to believe it’s something else.
Category: Wordplay · Difficulty: hard
Hint: This phenomenon is dependent on a light source.
Answer
A shadow
Explanation
A shadow becomes visible in the absence of light but is not a source of light.
This is a hard wordplay riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is A shadow.
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