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JUL 2, 2022
101 Riddles That Will
Stump You Every
Time (But Don’t
Worry—We’ll Give
You the Answers)
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eed a little break to unwind with
some fun brain teasers? Check out
our ultimate list of the best riddles
of all time.
They start off easy, and some are perfect
riddles for kids. Others, however, are hard
and may require you to be a math whiz.
Many are plays on letters and words, so
keep going if you’re undeterred. We even
threw in some funny riddles to keep you
going. Now, if you make it toward the end,
you can try the rest, but beware: The hard
riddles for adults will put you to the test!
Easy Riddles
1. Riddle: What has to be broken before
you can use it?
Answer: An egg
2. Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m
short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
3. Riddle: What month of the year has 28
days?
Answer: All of them
4. Riddle: What is full of holes but still
holds water?
Answer: A sponge
5. Riddle: What question can you never
answer yes to?
Answer: Are you asleep yet?
6. Riddle: What is always in front of you
but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future
7. Riddle: There’s a one-story house in
which everything is yellow. Yellow walls,
yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color
are the stairs?
Answer: There aren’t any—it’s a one-story
house.
8. Riddle. What can you break, even if you
never pick it up or touch it?
Answer: A promise
9. Riddle: What goes up but never comes
down?
Answer: Your age
10. Riddle: A man who was outside in the
rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a
single hair on his head wet. Why?
Answer: He was bald.
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11. Riddle: What gets wet while drying?
Answer: A towel
12. Riddle: What can you keep after giving
to someone?
Answer: Your word
13. Riddle: I shave every day, but my
beard stays the same. What am I?
Answer: A barber
14. Riddle: You see a boat filled with
people, yet there isn’t a single person on
board. How is that possible?
Answer: All the people on the boat are
married.
15. Riddle: You walk into a room that
contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a
candle and a fireplace. What would you
light first?
Answer: The match
16. Riddle: A man dies of old age on his 25
birthday. How is this possible?
Answer: He was born on February 29.
17. Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit,
trunk or leaves. What am I?
Answer: A bank
18. Riddle: What can’t talk but will reply
when spoken to?
Answer: An echo
19. Riddle: The more of this there is, the
less you see. What is it?
Answer: Darkness
Riddles for Kids
20. Riddle: David’s parents have three
sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name
of the third son?
Answer: David
21. Riddle: I follow you all the time and
copy your every move, but you can’t touch
me or catch me. What am I?
Answer: Your shadow
22. Riddle: What has many keys but can’t
open a single lock?
Answer: A piano
23. Riddle: What can you hold in your left
hand but not in your right?
Answer: Your right elbow
24. Riddle: What is black when it’s clean
and white when it’s dirty?
Answer: A chalkboard
25. Riddle: What gets bigger when more is
taken away?
Answer: A hole
26. Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the
strongest person can’t hold me for five
minutes. What am I?
Answer: Your breath
27. Riddle: I’m found in socks, scarves and
mittens; and often in the paws of playful
kittens. What am I?
Answer: Yarn
28. Riddle: Where does today come before
yesterday?
Answer: The dictionary
29. Riddle: What invention lets you look
right through a wall?
Answer: A window
30. Riddle: If you’ve got me, you want to
share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept
me. What am I?
Answer: A secret
31. Riddle: What can’t be put in a
saucepan?
Answer: It’s lid
32. Riddle: What goes up and down but
doesn’t move?
Answer: A staircase
33. Riddle: If you’re running in a race and
you pass the person in second place, what
place are you in?
Answer: Second place
34. Riddle: It belongs to you, but other
people use it more than you do. What is it?
Answer: Your name
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Funny Riddles
35. Riddle: What has lots of eyes, but can’t
see?
Answer: A potato
36. Riddle: What has one eye, but can’t
see?
Answer: A needle
37. Riddle: What has many needles, but
doesn’t sew?
Answer: A Christmas tree
38. Riddle: What has hands, but can’t
clap?
Answer: A clock
39. Riddle: What has legs, but doesn’t
walk?
Answer: A table
40. Riddle: What has one head, one foot
and four legs?
Answer: A bed
41. Riddle: What can you catch, but not
throw?
Answer: A cold
42. Riddle: What kind of band never plays
music?
Answer: A rubber band
43. Riddle: What has many teeth, but can’t
bite?
Answer: A comb
44. Riddle: What is cut on a table, but is
never eaten?
Answer: A deck of cards
45. Riddle: What has words, but never
speaks?
Answer: A book
46. Riddle: What runs all around a
backyard, yet never moves?
Answer: A fence
47. Riddle: What can travel all around the
world without leaving its corner?
Answer: A stamp
48. Riddle: What has a thumb and four
fingers, but is not a hand?
Answer: A glove
49. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but
no body?
Answer: A coin
50. Riddle: Where does one wall meet the
other wall?
Answer: On the corner
51. Riddle: What building has the most
stories?
Answer: The library
52. Riddle: What tastes better than it
smells?
Answer: Your tongue
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53. Riddle: What has 13 hearts, but no
other organs?
Answer: A deck of cards
54. Riddle: It stalks the countryside with
ears that can’t hear. What is it?
Answer: Corn
55. Riddle: What kind of coat is best put on
wet?
Answer: A coat of paint
56. Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your legs
57. Riddle: What has four wheels and
flies?
Answer: A garbage truck
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Math Riddles
58. Riddle: I am an odd number. Take
away a letter and I become even. What
number am I?
Answer: Seven
59. Riddle: If two’s company, and three’s a
crowd, what are four and five?
Answer: Nine
60. Riddle: What three numbers, none of
which is zero, give the same result whether
they’re added or multiplied?
Answer: One, two and three
61. Riddle: Mary has four daughters, and
each of her daughters has a brother. How
many children does Mary have?
Answer: Five—each daughter has the
same brother.
62. Riddle: Which is heavier: a ton of
bricks or a ton of feathers?
Answer: Neither—they both weigh a ton.
63. Riddle: Three doctors said that Bill was
their brother. Bill says he has no brothers.
How many brothers does Bill actually have?
Answer: None. He has three sisters.
64. Riddle: Two fathers and two sons are
in a car, yet there are only three people in
the car. How?
Answer: They are a grandfather, father
and son.
65. Riddle: The day before yesterday I was
21, and next year I will be 24. When is my
birthday?
Answer: December 31; today is January 1.
66. Riddle: A little girl goes to the store and
buys one dozen eggs. As she is going
home, all but three break. How many eggs
are left unbroken?
Answer: Three
67. Riddle: A man describes his daughters,
saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all
brunette but two; and all redheaded but
two.” How many daughters does he have?
Answer: Three: A blonde, a brunette and a
redhead
68. Riddle: If there are three apples and
you take away two, how many apples do
you have?
Answer: You have two apples.
69. Riddle: A girl has as many brothers as
sisters, but each brother has only half as
many brothers as sisters. How many
brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Answer: Four sisters and three brothers
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Word Riddles
70. Riddle: What five-letter word becomes
shorter when you add two letters to it?
Answer: Short
71. Riddle: What begins with an "e" and
only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
72. Riddle: A word I know, six letters it
contains, remove one letter and 12
remains. What is it?
Answer: Dozens
73. Riddle: What would you find in the
middle of Toronto?
Answer: The letter “o”
74. Riddle: You see me once in June, twice
in November and not at all in May. What am
I?
Answer: The letter “e”
