Five Brilliant Brain Teasers For The Week (Winter Mysteries Edition)

Snowy scenes, chilling clues, and logical reveals.

Wrap up warm and see if you can crack these frosty puzzles before the solutions!

🧠 1) The Frozen Lake (Easy)

A man walks across a frozen lake every morning to get to work.

One day, halfway across, he turns back immediately and returns home — unharmed.

Why did he turn back?

🧠 2) The Steam-Filled Room (Easy)

In the middle of winter, a woman enters a small room and sees steam rising.

A few minutes later, the steam disappears and the room feels colder than before.

Nothing is broken and nothing dangerous happened.

What caused the steam?

🧩 3) The Abandoned Cabin (Medium)

A hiker finds a remote cabin in deep snow.

The door is unlocked, the fireplace is cold, and there are footprints leading to the door but none leading away.

Despite this, the hiker is not concerned.

Why not?

🧩 4) The Snowbound Alibi (Medium)

A person is found dead in a snow-covered village.

Investigators note that three suspects claim:

One says they were inside all day.

One says they were shovelling snow outside.

One says they were walking to the next village.

Fresh snow has fallen continuously since the previous night.

Who is lying?

🧠💥 5) The Silent Blizzard (Hard)

After a powerful blizzard, rescuers find a man dead in an open field.

There are no signs of struggle, no wounds, and no tracks except his own — which suddenly stop several metres from the body.

What most likely happened?

✅ Answers & Explanations....

1) The Frozen Lake

The lake wasn’t frozen that day.

He saw open water or heard cracking ice and wisely turned back.

2) The Steam-Filled Room

Someone had just taken a hot shower.

The steam dissipated, and once the warm air escaped, the cold winter air made the room feel even colder.

3) The Abandoned Cabin

The hiker arrived during active snowfall.

The person inside left before the snow began, and the fresh snow covered any departing footprints.

4) The Snowbound Alibi

The person claiming to be walking to the next village is lying.

Fresh snow would show footprints — but none were found.

5) The Silent Blizzard

He fell from the sky — likely a parachutist or small aircraft victim.

The stopping footprints indicate where he landed; the lack of struggle or external tracks fits a fall during a whiteout blizzard.