Riddles with answers

Thirty riddles, easy to hard. Think first, tap to reveal, and be honest with the score.

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  1. Easy

    The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

  2. Easy

    What has keys but cannot open a single lock?

  3. Easy

    What gets wetter the more it dries?

  4. Easy

    I have a neck but no head, and I wear a cap. What am I?

  5. Easy

    What can you catch but never throw?

  6. Easy

    What has hands but cannot clap?

  7. Easy

    What goes up but never comes down?

  8. Easy

    What has one eye but cannot see?

  9. Medium

    What building has the most stories?

  10. Easy

    I am full of holes but still hold water. What am I?

  11. Medium

    What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?

  12. Medium

    What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

  13. Hard

    Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

  14. Medium

    What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?

  15. Hard

    The person who makes it sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows. What is it?

  16. Medium

    What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

  17. Easy

    What has a head and a tail but no body?

  18. Hard

    I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

  19. Medium

    What can fill a room but takes up no space?

  20. Medium

    If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?

  21. Easy

    What month has 28 days?

  22. Medium

    What is always in front of you but cannot be seen?

  23. Hard

    What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

  24. Hard

    A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he is bankrupt. Why?

  25. Easy

    What invention lets you look right through a wall?

  26. Easy

    What has many teeth but cannot bite?

  27. Medium

    What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps?

  28. Medium

    I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?

  29. Hard

    Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch three fish, and each gets one. How?

  30. Medium

    What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?

How to solve a riddle

Most riddles hide one of three tricks. A double meaning: "stories", "keys", "eye" and "hands" all mean two things. A hidden assumption: you picture four people when there are three. A literal reading: "what month has 28 days?" means at least 28. When you are stuck, read the riddle again and ask which word is doing two jobs.

Questions people ask

What is a good riddle with an answer?

"The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?" Answer: footsteps. It is short, fair and makes people groan when they hear it.

What makes a riddle hard?

Hard riddles lean on a double meaning (stories in a library, "ton" backwards) or on an assumption you did not notice you made, like two fathers and two sons being four people.

Are these riddles good for kids?

The "Easy" ones are, and most of the medium ones too. Filter by difficulty using the buttons above the cards.

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