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What Am I Riddles With Answers

Read each set of clues, picture the possibilities and make your best guess. These what-am-I riddles range from quick family and classroom wins to genuine stumpers for adults.

145 riddles with answers Surprise me

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Best ways to use what am i? riddles

Inference practice

Players must combine every clue instead of matching a single keyword to an answer.

Speaking and listening

Read clues one at a time and ask solvers to revise their ideas as new evidence appears.

Mystery game rounds

The familiar format works well at home, in class or at parties with almost no setup.

Age guidance

Concrete object riddles can work from age 5 with an adult reader. Longer clues, metaphor and wordplay are best for confident readers aged 8+ through adulthood.

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I am a fruit and a color, and my name is the same for both. What am I?

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An orange

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I start small and quiet, then burst into a fluffy snack. What am I?

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Popcorn

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I am cold, sweet and disappear if you leave me in the sun. What am I?

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Ice cream

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I am orange with green hair, and rabbits think I am delicious. What am I?

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A carrot

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I have many eyes but cannot see. I grow underground. What am I?

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A potato

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I am green outside, red inside and full of black seeds. What am I?

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A watermelon

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I float in the sky and sometimes cry, but I have no eyes. What am I?

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A cloud

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I paint the sky with many colors but never use a brush. What am I?

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A rainbow

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My rings tell my age, but I never wear jewelry. What am I?

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A tree

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

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The moon

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I am a tiny winter star that melts in your hand. What am I?

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A snowflake

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I look like a mountain, but sometimes I roar and spill glowing rock. What am I?

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A volcano

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You cannot see me, but you can feel me push your kite. What am I?

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The wind

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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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A mountain

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We appear when the sun goes away, but we are not light switches. What are we?

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Stars

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I am known as the Red Planet. What am I?

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Mars

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I can pull metal toward me, but I have no hands. What am I?

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A magnet

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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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Water

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

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Oxygen

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I am green in winter, covered in lights and gifts gather below me. What am I?

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A Christmas tree

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I hang by the fireplace and wait to be filled. What am I?

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A Christmas stocking

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I have a carrot nose, coal buttons and no legs. What am I?

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A snowman

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I have an orange face, a glowing smile and no teeth. What am I?

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A jack-o’-lantern

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A simple group format

How to play

  1. 1Cover the answer and reveal one sentence of the riddle at a time.
  2. 2Allow one guess per player after each clue, recording ideas that still fit.
  3. 3Give the win to the first answer that can be justified against every clue.

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What Am I? riddle FAQ

It describes an object, creature, place or idea in the first person and asks the solver to identify it from the clues.

Ask which clues describe appearance, action or location, then offer the supplied hint only after the solver has tested a few ideas.

Different players notice different clues, so discussing and eliminating possibilities becomes part of the game.

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Earn points, build a streak and see how many clues you can solve without using a hint.

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