Riddles With Answers for Kids, Families & Adults

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?