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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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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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What Am I? riddles – Page 4

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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 puzzle has no pieces until someone explains the problem?

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A mystery.

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What map changes every day even when it stays on the same wall?

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A calendar.

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What coin can help you decide but cannot buy anything?

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A decision coin.

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What wall can you scroll but never climb?

Type:What Am I?ScienceTechnology
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A social media wall or feed.

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What kind of star is awarded when people judge something?

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A review rating.

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What paper can cut through silence without making a sound?

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A note.

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What hat helps a group think, even when nobody wears it?

Type:What Am I?School
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A thinking hat.

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What key can lock you out if you forget it?

Type:What Am I?ScienceTechnology
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A password.

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What window can show yesterday but never lets in air?

Type:What Am I?ScienceTechnology
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A photo gallery window on a screen.

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What line can create a crowd without drawing anything?

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A queue line.

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What fire can cool tempers instead of heating them?

Type:What Am I?School
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A fire drill.

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What empty cup can fill a whole room?

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A cup used as a speaker or echo toy.

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What pencil never writes, no matter how sharp it is?

Type:What Am I?School
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A pencil drawing.

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I look like a tiny bird on your screen and follow your mouse movements, but I never flap my wings. What am I?

Type:What Am I?ScienceTechnology
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A bird-shaped cursor

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What crown has no king, no queen, and no jewels?

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The crown of your head.

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What home can fit on a key but has no rooms?

Type:What Am I?ScienceTechnology
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The word Home on a keyboard key.

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What cake tells you how old someone is?

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A birthday cake.

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What forest has no trees but can still be full of branches?

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A family tree.

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What shoe never walks, even when it has a sole?

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A horseshoe.

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What sound can you see but not hear?

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A sound wave on a screen.

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What bag gets smaller every time you use it?

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A tea bag.

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What moon can you eat before it becomes full?

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A crescent roll.

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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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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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