Riddle Me This! 38 Mind-Boggling Riddles To Test Your Wits

Liam G. Martin

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Dec 17, 2024

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Are you ready to put on your thinking cap? Whether you’re a seasoned puzzler or a curious newcomer, this collection of riddles will test your grey matter! The question is, can you solve them all? (The answers are at the bottom of the page, but NO CHEATING!!!)

1. What has keys but can’t open locks?
2. What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
3. I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
4. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
5. What can travel around the world while staying in the corner?
6. What has a face but can’t smile?
7. I’m not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
8. What gets wetter as it dries?
9. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
10. What comes down but never goes up?
11. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
12. I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
13. What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
14. What can you catch but not throw?
15. What comes once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a day?
16. What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
17. What has an eye but can’t see?
18. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
19. What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
20. I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much longer than a minute. What am I?
21. The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
22. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
23. What has a head, a tail, but no body?
24. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
25. What has four fingers and a thumb but isn’t alive?
26. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
27. I can’t be seen, but I can be heard; I can’t be touched, but I can be felt. What am I?
28. What is the end of everything?
29. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
30. What’s always coming but never arrives?
31. I am always hungry; I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
32. The person who makes it sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows they’re using it. What is it?
33. What word is spelt incorrectly in every dictionary?
34. What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
35. What gets sharper the more you use it but never dulls?
36. I have keys, but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go inside. What am I?
37. What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
38. What has no beginning, end, or middle and is always in motion?

Answers

1. A piano.
2. An artichoke.
3. A candle.
4. The letter ‘M’.
5. A stamp.
6. A clock.
7. Fire.
8. A towel.
9. Silence.
10. Rain.
11. Footsteps.
12. A joke.
13. A bed.
14. A cold.
15. The letter ‘E’.
16. A map.
17. A needle.
18. An echo.
19. A teapot.
20. Breath.
21. Darkness.
22. A promise.
23. A coin.
24. The future.
25. A glove.
26. The letter ‘M’.
27. The wind.
28. The letter ‘G’.
29. Footsteps.
30. Tomorrow.
31. Fire.
32. A coffin.
33. Incorrectly.
34. Your name.
35. Your brain.
36. A keyboard.
37. A hole.
38. A circle.