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Riddles for Middle Schoolers

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

143 riddles with answers Surprise me

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Middle School riddles

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I speak without a mouth and answer without ears. I have no body, but repeat what you say. What am I?

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An echo

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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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A map

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What begins with E, ends with E, and contains one letter?

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An envelope

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How many months have 28 days?

Type:Math
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All 12 months

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I am an odd number. Remove one letter and I become even. What number am I?

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Seven

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

Type:Math
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They are a grandfather, a father and a son

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How can you add five to nine and get two?

Type:Math
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On a clock: 9 o’clock plus 5 hours is 2 o’clock

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I travel faster than anything else and help your eyes see. What am I?

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Light

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Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

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The word “ton”

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What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

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The letter M

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I form a ring without making a sound, and people look up when I appear. What am I?

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A halo around the moon

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What bridge can carry a friendship but not a footstep?

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Trust

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What can reflect the past in your mind but never show you the future?

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A memory

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What shadow can arrive before the object that makes it?

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A warning sign

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What ladder helps you rise but has no rungs?

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A plan

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What room gets smaller every time more people enter it?

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Personal space

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What can make a photo of a bright room darker without changing the room itself?

Type:What Am I?ScienceTechnology
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A darkening filter

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What chair makes you stand the moment you use it?

Type:Joke
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A chairperson calling on you to speak.

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What button starts an argument without being pressed?

Type:JokeLanguage
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A hot-button topic

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What fish lives in a browser and catches your attention?

Type:WordplayScienceTechnology
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Clickbait

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What ladder goes sideways instead of up?

Type:JokeLanguage
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A ladder in a word puzzle

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What flag never flies but can still warn you?

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A red flag in a message or situation.

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What pocket cannot hold money but can trap air underwater?

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A pocket of air

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What chair can seat a whole meeting but is only one person?

Type:Joke
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The chair of a meeting

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Middle School riddle FAQ

An echo

A map

An envelope

All 12 months

Seven

They are a grandfather, a father and a son

On a clock: 9 o’clock plus 5 hours is 2 o’clock

Light

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