102 Riddles For Friends

Are you ready to embark on a journey through the maze of laughter, lateral thinking, and light-hearted challenges? 

Well, if you are, then this list of some amazing riddles are sure to entertain not just you, but your friends as well. 

Each riddle in this collection is carefully selected to tickle your brain and bring a smile to your face. 

So, without further ado, let the fun begin. 

Riddles for your Friends

1. Nature: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
   
   
2. Household Item: I have keys but open no locks, I have space but no room, you can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?
   
   
3. Entertainment: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
   
   
4. Hobby: I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
   
   
5. Health: I’m not a doctor, but I can cure sickness with just my presence. What am I?
   
   
6. Finance: I have a head and a tail, but no body. What am I?
   
   
7. Nature: I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
   
   
8. Household Item: I start with “e” and end with “e” but usually contain only one letter. What am I?
   
   
9. Entertainment: I am full of keys but can’t open a single lock. What am I?
   
   
10. Hobby: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
    
    
11. Health: I go around in circles, but always straight ahead. Never complain, no matter where I am led. What am I?
    
    
12. Finance: I’m light as a feather, but not even the strongest person can hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
    
    
13. Nature: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
    
    
14. Household Item: The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
    
    
15. Entertainment: I am seen in the water, but I never get wet. What am I?
    
    
16. Hobby: I come down, but I never go up. What am I?
    
    
17. Health: I am not alive, but I can die. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
    
    
18. Nature: I’m light as a feather, but even the world’s strongest man couldn’t hold me for long. What am I?
    
    
19. Household Item: I get wet while drying. What am I?
    
    
20. Entertainment: I am not a cat, but I can purr. I am not a bird, but I can fly. What am I?
    
    
21. Hobby: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
    
    
22. Health: I am always hungry, I must always be fed, the finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
    
    
23. Finance: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
    
    
24. Nature: I am not a snake, but I have a forked tongue. What am I?
    
    
25. Household Item: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
    
    
26. Entertainment: I am a protector. I sit on a bridge. One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide. What am I?
    
    
27. Hobby: You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
    
    
28. Health: I am not a physician, but I can bring back the dead to life. What am I?
    
    
29. Finance: I am small as an ant, big as a whale. I’ll approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale. By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I’ll dance to the music, though I can’t hear. What am I?
    
    
30. Nature: I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. What am I?
    
    
31. Household Item: I have a neck, but no head, but I still wear a cap. What am I?
    
    
32. Entertainment: I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken. What am I?
    
    
33. Hobby: I am not a bow, but I can shoot. I’m loaded with film, but not with loot. What am I?
    
    
34. Health: I am essential to life, yet I can play a role in death. I am at the heart of both sorrow and delight. What am I?
    
    
35. Nature: What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, yet it never grows?
    
    
36. Household Item: I have a spine but no bones. What am I?
    
    
37. Entertainment: I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?
    
    
38. Hobby: I am bought by the yard but worn by the foot. What am I?
    
    
39. Health: I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?
    
    
40. Finance: The more you leave behind, the more you shall have. What am I?
    
    
41. Nature: I can fly without wings, cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flees. What am I?
    
    
42. Household Item: I am full of holes but still hold water. What am I?
    
    
43. Entertainment: I speak all languages, but never went to school. What am I?
    
    
44. Hobby: I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
    
    
45. Health: I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
    
    
46. Finance: What has a bank but no money, runs but has no legs, and has a bed but never sleeps?
    
    
47. Nature: I am a pearl, white and round, but hidden in a cave, never found. What am I?
    
    
48. Household Item: I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
    
    
49. Entertainment: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
    
    
50. Hobby: What has keys but can’t open locks?
    
    
51. Health: What has teeth but cannot bite?
    
    
52. Nature: I fall from the sky, but I’m not rain. I’m beautiful and delicate, and I disappear when I land. What am I?
    
    
53. Household Item: I have a handle and a lid, but you can’t open me. I’m filled with water, yet I’m not a bottle. What am I?
    
    
54. Entertainment: I’m not a tree, but I have leaves. I’m not a beast, but I have a spine. What am I?
    
    
55. Hobby: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
    
    
56. Health: I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
    
    
57. Finance: I stand tall and have many branches, but I’m not a tree. I’m where your money’s branches grow. What am I?
    
    
58. Nature: I’m light as a feather, but the strongest person can’t hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?
    
    
59. Household Item: I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
    
    
60. Entertainment: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
    
    
61. Hobby: I’m sometimes white, and always wrong. I can break a heart and hurt the strong. I can build love or tear it down. I can make a smile or bring a frown. What am I?
    
    
62. Health: I am a protector. I sit on a bridge. One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide. What am I?
    
    
63. Finance: I’m light as a feather, but not even the strongest person can hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
    
    
64. Nature: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
    
    
65. Household Item: The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
    
    
66. Entertainment: I am not a cat, but I can purr. I am not a bird, but I can fly. What am I?
    
    
67. Hobby: I go up and down, but I never move. What am I?
    
    
68. Health: I am essential to life, yet I can play a role in death. I am at the heart of both sorrow and delight. What am I?
    
    
69. Nature: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
    
    
70. Household Item: I’m not a tree, but I have leaves. I’m not a beast, but I have a spine. What am I?
    
    
71. Entertainment: I am a story that can be read and written but never told. What am I?
    
    
72. Hobby: I can be caught but not thrown. I’m invisible, and you can’t live without me. What am I?
    
    
73. Health: I cover what’s real, hide what is true, but sometimes bring out the courage in you. What am I?
    
    
74. Finance: I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?
    
    
75. Nature: I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
    
    
76. Household Item: I start and end with “E,” but I usually contain only one letter. What am I?
    
    
77. Entertainment: Bright like diamonds, hard like rock, I’m crushed or cubed or solid block. What am I?
    
    
78. Hobby: I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken. What am I?
    
    
79. Health: I go in hard, come out soft, and am never the same. What am I?
    
    
80. Finance: You use me from your head to your toes, the more I work, the thinner I grow. What am I?
    
    
81. Nature: I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but can’t go outside. What am I?
    
    
82. Household Item: What has a neck but no head, and arms but no hands?
    
    
83. Entertainment: I am heavy forward, but backward I’m not. What am I?
    
    
84. Hobby: I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
    
    
85. Health: I am not alive, but I can die. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
    
    
86. Nature: What comes down but never goes up?
    
    
87. Household Item: I have hands but I cannot clap. What am I?
    
    
88. Entertainment: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
    
    
89. Hobby: I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
    
    
90. Health: I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
    
    
91. Finance: I’m light as a feather, but even the world’s strongest man couldn’t hold me for long. What am I?
    
    
92. Nature: I am heavy and hard to pick up, but backwards I am not. What am I?
    
    
93. Household Item: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
    
    
94. Entertainment: I’m not alive, but I can grow; I have no lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
    
    
95. Hobby: I go up and down, but I never move. What am I?
    
    
96. Health: I am always hungry, I must always be fed, the finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
    
    
97. Finance: I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?
    
    
98. Nature: I can fly without wings, I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
    
    
99. Household Item: The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
    
    
100. Entertainment: I am full of keys but can’t open a single lock. What am I?
     
     
101. Hobby: I come down, but I never go up. What am I?
     
     
102. Health: I am not a doctor, but I can cure sickness with just my presence. What am I?

Answers

1. A Candle
   
   
2. A Keyboard
   
   
3. An Echo
   
   
4. A Cloud
   
   
5. Sunshine
   
   
6. A Coin
   
   
7. Fire
   
   
8. An Envelope
   
   
9. A Piano
   
   
10. A Joke
    
    
11. A Wheel
    
    
12. Breath
    
    
13. Darkness
    
    
14. A Hole
    
    
15. A Reflection
    
    
16. Rain
    
    
17. A Battery
    
    
18. Breath
    
    
19. A Towel
    
    
20. A Drone
    
    
21. A Pencil Lead
    
    
22. Fire
    
    
23. The Letter ‘M’
    
    
24. A Lightning Rod
    
    
25. A Joke
    
    
26. Sunglasses
    
    
27. The Letter ‘E’
    
    
28. Water
    
    
29. A Shadow
    
    
30. A Fish
    
    
31. A Bottle
    
    
32. News
    
    
33. A Camera
    
    
34. Water
    
    
35. A Mountain
    
    
36. A Book
    
    
37. A Piano
    
    
38. Carpet
    
    
39. The Letter ‘E’
    
    
40. Footsteps
    
    
41. A Cloud
    
    
42. A Sponge
    
    
43. An Echo
    
    
44. Fire
    
    
45. Fire
    
    
46. A River
    
    
47. A Tooth
    
    
48. A Nail
    
    
49. A Stamp
    
    
50. A Piano
    
    
51. A Comb
    
    
52. A Snowflake
    
    
53. A Kettle
    
    
54. A Book
    
    
55. A Map
    
    
56. A Shadow
    
    
57. A Bank
    
    
58. Breath
    
    
59. Fire
    
    
60. A Joke
    
    
61. A Lie
    
    
62. Sunglasses
    
    
63. Breath
    
    
64. Footsteps
    
    
65. A Hole
    
    
66. A Drone
    
    
67. A Staircase
    
    
68. Water
    
    
69. A River
    
    
70. A Book
    
    
71. A Journal
    
    
72. Air
    
    
73. Makeup
    
    
74. A Coin
    
    
75. Fire
    
    
76. An Envelope
    
    
77. Ice
    
    
78. A Secret
    
    
79. Chewing Gum
    
    
80. Soap
    
    
81. A Keyboard
    
    
82. A Shirt
    
    
83. The Word ‘Ton’
    
    
84. A Cloud
    
    
85. A Battery
    
    
86. Rain
    
    
87. A Clock
    
    
88. Pencil Lead
    
    
89. A Nail
    
    
90. Fire
    
    
91. Breath
    
    
92. The Word ‘Ton’
    
    
93. A Joke
    
    
94. Fire
    
    
95. A Staircase
    
    
96. Fire
    
    
97. A Coin
    
    
98. A Cloud
    
    
99. A Hole
    
    
100. A Piano
     
     
101. Rain
     
     
102. Sunshine