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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 fly at night and sometimes sleep upside down. What am I?

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A bat

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I gobble, have feathers and often appear at a November feast. What am I?

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A turkey

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I am round, sliced and filled with a favorite orange fall flavor. What am I?

Type:What Am I?FoodSeasonal
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Pumpkin pie

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I look like a horn overflowing with fruit and vegetables. What am I?

Type:What Am I?FoodSeasonal
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A cornucopia

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I wear a colorful shell and hide in the grass for children to find. What am I?

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An Easter egg

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I have long ears and deliver springtime baskets. What am I?

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The Easter Bunny

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The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

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Footsteps

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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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I can tell you it is late without showing numbers, hands, or light. What am I?

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A yawn.

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What box gets lighter as you use what is inside it?

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A matchbox after you strike the matches.

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What mountain can fit in your pocket but is too sharp to climb?

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A pencil tip.

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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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I can race across a page, but I have no legs and never leave the paper. What am I?

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A line drawn by a pen.

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Inside your head, I store things you have learned without books or shelves. What am I?

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Your 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 garden can grow on a fridge?

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A magnet collection.

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What question hides its answer inside itself?

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A riddle.

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What ladder helps you rise but has no rungs?

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A plan.

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What train can go around all day without ever leaving the room?

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A toy train.

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What cloud can you fold, carry, and lose in your bag?

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A tissue.

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People join me at the back and leave me at the front, one turn at a time. What am I?

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A queue

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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 book writes about you without holding a pen?

Type:What Am I?ScienceTechnology
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A diary app or activity log.

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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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