Riddles With Answers for Kids, Families & Adults

What ticket can take you nowhere but still let you escape?

What key opens a song but not a door?

What circle starts a game but is not drawn with a pencil?

What castle falls when someone breathes too hard?

What tooth bites paper but never chews?

What river flows from a pen but never reaches the sea?

What pocket cannot hold money but can trap air underwater?

What school never closes, even during holidays?

What button makes things stop instead of start?

What page turns itself without hands?

What bell can wake you up but has no metal?

What mountain gets smaller on a sunny day?

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

What box shows you the outside world while you stay indoors?

What letter can travel around the world without an envelope?

I get shorter every time I do my best work. What am I?

What animal carries its home like a backpack but never packs a suitcase?

I am round, sweet, and sometimes I hide a message inside. What am I?

What number looks like it is sleeping when you turn it on its side?

What does the sky wear when the weather gets fluffy?

Which school subject is best at keeping secrets?

Why did the snowman refuse a summer job?

What does a pumpkin say when it rings your doorbell?

I disappear from the table fastest, even though nobody chases me. What am I?

Why does the Easter Bunny never get lost?

I arrive before the party guests and tell them where to go. What am I?

Why did the frog bring an umbrella?

I have pages but never read a word. What am I?

Why did the math teacher cut their sandwich in half?

I light up the night but I do not need a plug. What am I?

Two doors have two guards. One guard always lies, the other always tells the truth, and one door leads out. You may ask either guard one question. What do you ask?

I am made of gas, wrapped in liquid, and I pop when I get too bold. What am I?

Why did the banana miss the phone call?

What kind of tree loves books the most?

Why did the classroom clock win the race?

I am small enough for your pocket, but I can show you the whole world. What am I?

Three cups sit in a row. The first two are full and the third is empty. How can you make them alternate full, empty, full by touching only one cup?

I am red, sweet, and grow on a plant. I wear tiny seeds on the outside. What am I?

I sing at night, jump in the grass, and rub my legs to make music. What am I?

I hide a present but make it look better. What am I?

Why was the skeleton good at homework?

I am hidden in grass, painted in colors, and usually not from a chicken. What am I?

What gets bigger after dinner but smaller the next day?

I am full of air, but one tiny poke can ruin my whole day. What am I?

You have 6 blue socks and 6 red socks in a dark drawer. What is the fewest socks you must pull out to guarantee a matching pair?

I follow you in sunlight, vanish in darkness, and copy your shape without touching you. What am I?

Why did the carrot become a detective?

What wears a silver coat after the rain but owns no clothes?

A room has no windows and no doors. Inside are a table and a mirror. How do you get out?

I come after night and before breakfast. What am I?

I help mistakes disappear, but I make crumbs when I work. What am I?

I can see over the crowd without standing on a chair. What am I?

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a day?

I have a crust but I am not the Earth. I can be sliced but I do not bleed. What am I?

I can pull some metals closer, but I never use my hands. What am I?

I sit at the top but I do not climb. I shine without being the sun. What am I?

Why did the ghost skip dinner?

I am carried by a handle, filled with treats, and searched through after a hunt. What am I?

Why did the turkey bring a notebook to dinner?

I make people move, but I never touch them. What am I?

What is the next number: 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, ?

You can feel me, hear me, and see what I move, but you cannot hold me. What am I?

Why was the pencil case so calm?

I wear black and white, waddle around, and look dressed for dinner. What am I?

What word starts with water but does not get wet?

I can be shuffled, picked, passed around, and answered out loud. What am I?

A station clock, a chess clock and a stopwatch all measure me, yet none can keep me once I have gone. What am I?

A gardener makes me larger by taking soil away, not by adding anything. What am I?

Shout one word into a tunnel and I return that word late, weaker, and with no idea what it means. What am I?

At midnight I may be tomorrow; by breakfast I have a new name. You can schedule me, but you can never arrive while I am still ahead. What am I?

The same photograph can make a crowd look huge or tiny, depending on which edges are cut away. What silent trick changed the truth?

The more kitchens copy me, the more meals I can make; hide me in a drawer and I feed nobody. What am I?