96 Riddles With Answers – The Ultimate List
Riddles.
They are these sets of questions that actually make you sit back, think, analyze and then give an answer to.
Unlike other questions where critical thinking goes in for a toss, riddles are the ones that actually make you smart and intelligent.
So where do you begin?
Right below with these set of some amazing riddles that I have crafted exclusively for you.
Let’s begin.
Easy Riddles
Q. What has keys but can’t open locks?
A. A Piano.
Q. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
A. The letter ‘M’.
Q. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
A. A Candle.
Q. What has hands but can’t clap?
A. A Clock.
Q. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A. A Stamp.
Q. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
A. An Echo.
Q. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A. A Penny.
Q. You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
A. The letter ‘E’.
Q. What can be broken, but is never held?
A. A Promise.
Q. I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A. A Barber.
Q. What has words, but never speaks?
A. A Book.
Q. I’m full of holes but I can hold water. What am I?
A. A Sponge.
Q. What has a neck but no head?
A. A Bottle.
Q. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
A. Darkness.
Q. What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A. A Teapot.
Q. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
A. The Future.
Q. 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?
A. Fire.
Q. What has a bottom at the top?
A. A Leg.
Q. I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
A. A Cloud.
Q. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
A. Light.
Q. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
A. Footsteps.
Q. What has one eye but can’t see?
A. A Needle.
Q. What can you catch, but not throw?
A. A Cold.
Q. I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but can’t go outside. What am I?
A. A Keyboard.
Q. What has teeth but can’t bite?
A. A Comb.
Q. What begins with an E, ends with an E, and contains one letter?
A. An Envelope.
Q. What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
A. An Artichoke.
Q. What has arms and legs but no head?
A. A Chair.
Q. What gets wetter as it dries?
A. A Towel.
Q. What can you keep after giving it to someone?
A. Your Word.
Q. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
A. Silence.
Q. What has a head and a tail but no body?
A. A Coin.
Q. What has a neck but no head, two arms but no hands?
A. A Shirt.
Q. What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
A. A Joke.
Q. What has a ring but no finger?
A. A Telephone.
Q. What is always coming but never arrives?
A. Tomorrow.
Q. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A. A River.
Q. What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
A. A Hole.
Q. What can travel around the world while staying in one spot?
A. A Stamp.
Q. A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
A. Dozens.
Q. What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A. A Window.
Q. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?
A. A Secret.
Hard Riddles
Q. I stand tall where mountains rise, holding secrets, old and wise. In winter’s grip or summer’s ease, I watch the world but never leave. What am I?
A. A mountain.
Q. I have keys but open no lock, with space but no room, and you can enter but not go outside. What am I?
A. A keyboard.
Q. I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
A. A cloud.
Q. 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?
A. Fire.
Q. I am not seen but hold many treasures, I am not a thief but keep things safe, found in homes but not in palaces. What am I?
A. A safe.
Q. I’m not a snake, but I can coil. I have no feet, yet I can unroll. Hold me right, and I’ll help you write. What am I?
A. A tape measure or a ruler.
Q. I have no voice, but I speak to you; I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree. What am I?
A. A book.
Q. I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
A. Fire or a flame.
Q. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A. A map.
Q. I make two people out of one. What am I?
A. A mirror.
Q. I’m not a cat, but I have a tail. I’m not a bird, but I can sail. I have no eyes, but I can see where I’ve been. What am I?
A. A comet.
Q. I am solid as a rock, but I melt in the light. I am as cold as ice, but warmth takes my might. What am I?
A. Ice.
Q. I’m full of holes, yet I hold water. I’m made of darkness, but create light. What am I?
A. The night sky (with stars).
Q. I have existed for thousands of years, but I am only a month old. What am I?
A. The moon (it’s been around for billions of years but each of its phases is about a month old).
Q. I am heard by one, seen by none. My life is short, my work is done. What am I?
A. An echo.
Q. I am not hard, yet I stop one’s way. I’m as clear as day, but often out of sight. What am I?
A. Glass (like a window).
Q. I go around the house, but I never move. I am often watched, yet I never see. What am I?
A. A clock.
Q. My spine is stiff, my body is pale, but I’m always ready to tell a tale. What am I?
A. A book.
Q. I have branches, yet I bear no fruit; I have leaves, yet I am not a tree. What am I?
A. A book.
Q. I can run but not walk, have a mouth but can’t talk, have a head but can’t weep, have a bed but never sleep. What am I?
A. A river.
Q. I twirl and spin but never move. You can watch me forever, yet I’ll show you nothing new. What am I?
A. A kaleidoscope.
Q. I am full of holes but still hold water. What am I?
A. A sponge.
Q. I travel the world and the seven seas, everyone’s looking for me, but nobody can catch me. What am I?
A. A rumor or a secret.
Q. I am not a wall, but I separate two sides. I am not a bridge, but I join two worlds. What am I?
A. A door.
Q. The more you take away from me, the larger I grow. What am I?
A. A hole.
Q. I am not a vampire, but I live on blood. I have no teeth, but I bite. What am I?
A. A mosquito.
Q. I walk alone, but leave no footprints. I whisper in your ear but am not a friend. What am I?
A. The wind.
Q. I wear a red coat and have a stone heart. I am not alive, but I can be sweet. What am I?
A. A cherry.
Q. I draw lines, but I am not a painter. I create scenes without a script. What am I?
A. The wind (drawing patterns in sand, snow, etc.).
Q. I watch you, but I don’t move. I display many faces, but I don’t change. What am I?
A. A clock or a mirror.
Q. I am not a lock, but I keep your secrets. I am not a soldier, but I protect your home. What am I?
A. A password.
Q. I have ears but cannot hear. I stand in fields but am not a scarecrow. What am I?
A. Corn.
Q. I cook without fire, I chill without ice. You use me daily, but seldom twice. What am I?
A. A refrigerator.
Q. I am not a road, but I guide your way. I am not a lamp, but I light the way. What am I?
A. A compass.
Q. I reflect the world yet show no truth, I am often watched but never see. What am I?
A. Dust.
Q. I tell of days gone by or days to come, without a word. I show not hours but centuries, not moments but ages. What am I?
A. Light.
Q. I have no feet, yet I travel far. I have no hands, yet I push and pull. What am I?
A. A historical monument or ruins.
Q. I hold worlds within worlds. I can be opened but not walked through. What am I?
A. Fire.
Q. I tie and bind without ropes or knots. I connect without wires or beams. What am I?
A. Air.
Q. I paint without a brush, I create images without a canvas. What am I?
A. Your shadow.
Q. I watch without eyes, I stand without legs. I guard without a sword. What am I?
A. A tree (as it rustles in the wind).
Q. I rule without a crown, I govern without laws. I’m everywhere but nowhere. What am I?
A. A river.
Q. I speak without a mouth, I listen without ears. I’m heard but never seen. What am I?
A. The wind.
Q. I am large yet unseen, I sleep but never dream. I hold the power to change the world but remain unseen. What am I?
A. The sky.
Q. I save without hands, I fight without fists. I’m softer than silk, yet stronger than steel. What am I?
A. A camera.
Q. I am walked on but never move, I guide but do not speak. What am I?
A. Time.
Q. I protect without a shield, I cover without hiding. I’m seen in the light but absent in the darkness. What am I?
A. Water (as in rivers carving landscapes).
Q. I conquer without a sword, I capture without hands. I grow but never eat, I drink but never thirst. What am I?
A. DNA.
Q. I dance without feet, I sing without a voice. I’m found in a breath, lost in a whisper. What am I?
A. A river.
Q. I tell a story without words, I show a journey without steps. What am I?
A. A camera (such as a security camera).
Q. I weave without threads, I bind without glue. I create without hands, I am seen in the results. What am I?
A. The moon.
Q. I watch you, but I don’t move. I display many faces, but I don’t change. What am I?
A. Television.
Q. I am not a lock, but I keep your secrets. I am not a soldier, but I protect your home. What am I?
A. Fossils or geological formations.
Q. I have ears but cannot hear. I stand in fields but am not a scarecrow. What am I?
A. A river.
