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Riddles for Middle Schoolers

Wordplay, logic and lateral thinking make these middle-school riddles challenging without feeling like homework.

25 riddles with answers Surprise me

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Middle School riddles

mediumAges 7–13
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I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but come alive with wind. What am I?

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mediumAges 7–13
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I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?

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easyAges 6–11
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What has one eye but cannot see?

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mediumAges 7–12
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What travels around the world while staying in one corner?

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mediumAges 7–12
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What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?

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mediumAges 7–13
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What begins with E, ends with E, and contains one letter?

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mediumAges 7–12
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What has many ears but cannot hear?

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mediumAges 6–11
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I have many eyes but cannot see. I grow underground. What am I?

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mediumAges 7–12
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My rings tell my age, but I never wear jewelry. What am I?

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mediumAges 6–11
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I seem to change shape through the month, but I stay round. What am I?

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mediumAges 7–12
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I have a head and a foot but no body. I am made of rock. What am I?

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mediumAges 7–13
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How many months have 28 days?

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mediumAges 6–11
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There are three apples. You take away two. How many apples do you have?

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mediumAges 8–14
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I am an odd number. Remove one letter and I become even. What number am I?

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hardAges 9–14
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Two fathers and two sons share three cookies so everyone gets one. How is that possible?

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hardAges 9–14
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How can you add five to nine and get two?

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mediumAges 7–12
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I can be a solid, liquid or gas, but I am always the same thing. What am I?

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mediumAges 8–13
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I travel faster than anything else and help your eyes see. What am I?

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easyAges 6–11
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I am in the air, invisible, and your body needs me every moment. What am I?

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mediumAges 7–12
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I look like a horn overflowing with fruit and vegetables. What am I?

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hardAges 9–14
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Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

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hardAges 9–14
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What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

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mediumAges 7–12
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What is taken before you get it?

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mediumAges 7–12
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What belongs to you but is used more by other people?

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mediumAges 7–12
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The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

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