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Riddles for Middle Schoolers
Wordplay, logic and lateral thinking make these middle-school riddles challenging without feeling like homework.
Read, guess, reveal
Middle School riddles
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but come alive with wind. What am I?
Hints and detailsI have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
Hints and detailsWhat has one eye but cannot see?
Hints and detailsWhat travels around the world while staying in one corner?
Hints and detailsWhat runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
Hints and detailsWhat begins with E, ends with E, and contains one letter?
Hints and detailsWhat has many ears but cannot hear?
Hints and detailsI have many eyes but cannot see. I grow underground. What am I?
Hints and detailsMy rings tell my age, but I never wear jewelry. What am I?
Hints and detailsI seem to change shape through the month, but I stay round. What am I?
Hints and detailsI have a head and a foot but no body. I am made of rock. What am I?
Hints and detailsHow many months have 28 days?
Hints and detailsThere are three apples. You take away two. How many apples do you have?
Hints and detailsI am an odd number. Remove one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Hints and detailsTwo fathers and two sons share three cookies so everyone gets one. How is that possible?
Hints and detailsHow can you add five to nine and get two?
Hints and detailsI can be a solid, liquid or gas, but I am always the same thing. What am I?
Hints and detailsI travel faster than anything else and help your eyes see. What am I?
Hints and detailsI am in the air, invisible, and your body needs me every moment. What am I?
Hints and detailsI look like a horn overflowing with fruit and vegetables. What am I?
Hints and detailsForward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Hints and detailsWhat appears once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?
Hints and detailsWhat is taken before you get it?
Hints and detailsWhat belongs to you but is used more by other people?
Hints and detailsThe more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Hints and detailsTurn these riddles into a game
Earn points, build a streak and see how many clues you can solve without using a hint.