Is “Riddles” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
RIDDLES
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Riddles

noun
  1. 1.A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

    Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?

  2. 2.An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.

Synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma

verb
  1. 1.To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

  2. 2.To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

    Riddle me this.

noun
  1. 1.A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

  2. 2.A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

verb
  1. 1.To put something through a riddle or sieve, to sieve, to sift.

    You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.

  2. 2.To fill with holes like a riddle.

    The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets.

  3. 3.To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.

    Your argument is riddled with errors.