Eggcellent Riddle

[Pabo]

[Mike047]

Presumably 4

[dljbsp]

you HAD a dozen when your started.

Looks like three of the 6 remaining are on the left.

Thanks for the picture, it helps to refine the answer.

[Pabo]

On 12/6/2025 at 8:13 PM, Mike047 said:

Presumably 4

 

The first sentence makes your answer incorrect. The sentance has "have", not "had".

[Pabo]

On 12/7/2025 at 2:06 AM, dljbsp said:

you HAD a dozen when your started.

Looks like three of the 6 remaining are on the left.

Thanks for the picture, it helps to refine the answer.

 

 

But close.

[SUNRAY]

On 12/6/2025 at 12:17 AM, Pabo said:

SIX

[Witness1970]

The words broke 2 are ambiguous.  I break eggs before I fry them and eat them.  it would be tha same 2 eggs.

 

But the words "I HAVE six eggs" indicates that you have 6 eggs after you 'broke 2, fried 2 and ate 2' so, the answer is 6 are left. 

[LeolaRootStew]

4, but @Witness1970 makes a good point. It's hard to tell if there is a language barrier sometimes.

Edited Monday at 11:40 AM by LeolaRootStew

[SUNRAY]

2 hours ago, Pabo said:

 

The first sentence makes your answer incorrect. The sentance has "have", not "had".

If you had shown an image of a carton of a dozen eggs the answer would have been obvious!

[jwzhang]

3 are left, and 3 are on the right 

[Pabo]

22 hours ago, jwzhang said:

3 are left, and 3 are on the right 

 

From my perspective, there are 2 eggs on the left, two on the right and two in the middle.

[Qapla]

4 hours ago, Pabo said:

 

From my perspective, there are 2 eggs on the left, two on the right and two in the middle.

 

 

All depends on your point of view and/or perspective

 

 

So, if you are using

• their position in the carton or picture - since it is on an angle - 2 or 3 would both be correct answers.
• the grammar, since it uses "have", not "had", 6 should be a correct answer
• using the logic of the usage, 4 or 0 would both be acceptable answers

The overall ambiguousness of this riddle makes it so, no matter what answer people give, 99% will always be wrong since there is not a single correct answer.

[Pabo]

The answer is 6, as the statement says "I have 6 eggs" and the question asks "How many are left?". What the rest of the statements have no bearing of what was done with the supposedly other eggs, as you have 6 eggs at the end.

 

Now, if the statement said "I had 6 eggs", then what is said afterward would would have a bearing on the amount thatbwould be left. The answer then be considered anything as 4 to 0.

 

Most would answer 0 as they would be thinking each of the eggs would have a particular ending stipulated.

 

But the more more discerning would answer 4, as you could break 2 eggs, fry those 2 eggs, then eat those 2 fried eggs. 

 

For those who are out there could have said 3, 2 or 1 as some eggs could have suffered from one and/more particular endings.

 

If the question asked "How many did I start with?" Then the answer could be 12 to 8, depending on if each egg suffered a fate individually or multiple scenarios.

 

Thus the riddle is not ambuigous, but  it relies that you must need to have attention to detail on the words used and the order that they are used.

Edited 8 hours ago by Pabo

[Qapla]

Ahhh ... but, the explanation just given ignores the other ambiguous portion of the riddle. Had the riddle simply been a word question, the reasoning on 6 being the only correct answer could have been supported. However, the riddle is accompanied by a picture, and the picture must be considered. Depending on how you view the picture (see above) acceptable answers, as the riddle is worded, would have to include 2 or 3 because, depending on how it is viewed, since either 2 or three eggs "are left".

[LeolaRootStew]

2 hours ago, Pabo said:

The answer is 6, as the statement says "I have 6 eggs" and the question asks "How many are left?". What the rest of the statements have no bearing of what was done with the supposedly other eggs, as you have 6 eggs at the end.

 

Now, if the statement said "I had 6 eggs", then what is said afterward would would have a bearing on the amount thatbwould be left. The answer then be considered anything as 4 to 0.

 

Most would answer 0 as they would be thinking each of the eggs would have a particular ending stipulated.

 

But the more more discerning would answer 4, as you could break 2 eggs, fry those 2 eggs, then eat those 2 fried eggs. 

 

For those who are out there could have said 3, 2 or 1 as some eggs could have suffered from one and/more particular endings.

 

If the question asked "How many did I start with?" Then the answer could be 12 to 8, depending on if each egg suffered a fate individually or multiple scenarios.

 

Thus the riddle is not ambuigous, but  it relies that you must need to have attention to detail on the words used and the order that they are used.

 

So basically, 4 is the answer given by those who assume the questioner has poor grammar and 6 is the answer given by those who are used to dealing with Leprechauns and their tricky ways.