Riddles For Kids
Riddles For Kids
Riddles For Kids
Riddles
The riddles (and the answers) in this list are suitable for children. Some of them are easy and funny.
But there are also some hard riddles for kids.
6. Lighter than what I'm made of, more of me is hidden than is seen.
What am I?
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I'm faster than any man alive and have no limbs.
What am I?
8. What has black spots and a white face, is fat not thin, and helps you to
win, but tumbles all over the place?
9. I am seen in the water and in the sky. I am in the rainbow and a jay's
feather. What am I?
10. What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are
removed?
12. I can be as thin as a picture frame but my insides have many things
you can see.
14. What five-letter word, no matter how you pronounce it, is always
pronounced wrong?
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17. What heavy seven letter word can you take two away from and be left
with eight?
18. I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle.
What am I?
19. When I point up it's bright, but when I point down it's dark. What am I?
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What am I?
25. What starts with the letter T, is filled with T and ends in T?
31. Although I'm far from the point, I'm not a mistake. I fix yours. What am
I?
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33. I defend without weapons, stand without legs, wound without force,
and I am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?
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You will find us all in a tennis court.
41. What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?
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52. What's always coming, but never arrives?
56. What loses its head every morning only to get it back every night?
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61. A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool
stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed,
the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.
62. What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but
weighs less?
64. When it was young, it had a tail. When it grew up, it had knees.
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Growing tall,
66. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you
take away four of its five letters?
68. The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
70. The more you have of me, the less you see.
Who am I?
71. A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within.
Who am I?
72. I give milk and have a horn but I'm not a cow. Who am I?
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74. More rare today than long ago. There's a salutation from friends
written below. What am I?
76. Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?
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81. A king without a crown.
82. I fly away as soon as you set me loose. People around you may slowly
move away once they sense my presence. What am I?
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90. What has holes on each side, but can still can hold water?
92. One time every year, there is a very special day. Little have the same,
everyone party a different way.
96. This is the most famous bank where children keep their assets.
97. I have one, you have one. If you remove the first letter, a bit remains. If
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you remove the second, bit still remains. If you remove the third, it still
101. I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built
by objects, but built by minds. What am I?
104. What has two spines and a lot of ribs, and carries much but never
moves?
106. I contain words about words, some of which you've never heard. What
am I?
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111. I dance on one feet and knows only one shape. Someone with same
name as me is very good with directions. What am I?
112. I have roads but no pavement, rivers but no water, and cities but no
buildings. What am I?
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I dance and sing in the breeze, but I have neither voice nor feet. What
114. You do this into someone's ear when you want to be discreet.
116. I keep things green and keep kids happy during summer time. What
am I?
117. What is seen in the water and in the sky? It is part of the rainbow and
can be in your eye.
118. I'm white, perfect for cutting and grinding. For most animals I am a
useful tool. What am I?
119. Humans have two that shrink in the light and expand in the dark.
124. What is filled with air and sometimes a gas, tied to a string and often
seen on your birthday?
126. Kids love this bouncy, sugary, treat. It's like colorful rubber that you
can eat.
127. What does someone else have to take before you can get?
128. Despite having long teeth, every bit of food it grabs gets taken from it.
129. Not my sister nor my brother but still the child of my mother and
father. Who am I?
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130. When you are inside me, you will be encouraged to slam other cars.
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138. I run distances, often making many turns, yet I never move one foot.
What am I?
140. Cold head and feet; Round as a ball; Always turning around itself.
141. What time of day, when written in capital letters, is the same forwards,
backwards, and upside down?
142. In the fields a frightful thing. Watch it and you will find, it has a
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pitchfork in the front, and a broom back behind.
144. What doesn't get any wetter, no matter how much rain falls on it?
145. I am green but not a tree. You can see me and sit on me and I grow
around the world. What am I?
146. I have a heart of gold and I smell when I'm old. What am I?
150. The distance from the top of your head to the floor standing up
straight.
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151. It rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own
roof. What is it?
153. When we stand up it lies flat. When we lie back it stands up.
158. I am gentle enough to soothe your skin, light enough to fly in the sky,
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strong enough to crack rocks. What am I?
163. What animal would you get crossed a duck, a beaver, and an otter?
164. I'm a food made of flour, water, and yeast or another leavening agent,
mixed together and baked. You need me to make a sandwich.
166. Take one royal word in the plural and make it singular by adding one
letter.
168. I belong to you but others use me more often than you do. What am I?
169. I have cities with no people, forests with no trees, and oceans with no
water. What am I?
171. I have a tail. I can fly. I'm covered in colorful feathers. I can whistle
and I can talk.
172. It is yellow and you can serve it but not eat. What is it?
173. When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one
knows what it is, then it is nothing.
174. You take my clothes off when you put your clothes on. What am I?
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175. This dish is usually consumed at breakfast time with milk.
180. A container holding water but not a cup. If you want to find me, look
up. What am I?
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186. What has a green top, red on its belly, seeds on the outside, and tastes
great in jelly?
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192. Taking this from a baby is said to be quite easy.
195. I am quick when I'm thin. I am slow when I'm fat. Wind is my worst
nightmare. What am I?
196. Mom and dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother.
How many people are in the family?
197. The cloud is my mother, my father the wind. The lake is my son and
the rainbow my bed. What am I?
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201. What is made of wood and metal and must be buried before it works?
202. What do you get when you cross an automobile with a household
animal?
203. Hide me from your parents if you have done bad academically this
year. What am I?
205. I am pronounced as one letter, written with three. I come in blue, black,
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brown, or grey. Reverse me and I read the same either way. What am I?
209. I only exist when you are here. Where you never were, I can never be.
What am I?
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216. I come without being fetched at night, hides away as soon as daylight
strikes. Although I may look small, I am much mightier than what you
can imagine. What am I?
217. What word has three syllables and twenty six letters?
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219. U always follow me but I am rarely seen. What am I?
220. I can be found in seconds, minutes and centuries, but not in days,
years or decades.
223. I go in hard, come out soft. Blow me hard and I'll make a pop. What am
I?
225. A close relative of ketchup that people often spread on their dog.
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228. What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or
seen?
231. What hangs in the sky by day but at night goes away?
232. What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?
233. The faster you run, the harder it is to catch me. What am I?
234. Often cooked as fillet, this meat comes from an animal that swims
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underwater.
239. I have a neck but no head. I have a body but no arm. I have a bottom
but no leg. What am I?
241. I am a portal to another world which you cannot enter. Only you can
see me but I can't see you. What am I?
242. I am at your hand when it is dark and hidden away in the light. What
am I?
243. You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be fine, but if you
drop me in water I die.
What am I?
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246. Born in the ocean and white as snow. When I fall back to water I
disappear without a trace. What am I?
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251. Bumpy form of transportation in desert cultures.
252. Be sure to shout for its answers are weak, but there is no language it
cannot speak.
254. When filled I can point the way. But when empty unmoving I stay.
What am I?
255. Tickle with your fingers and a song it will sing. Be careful, though, you
may break a string. What is it?
256. I go around and in the house, but never touches the house. What am I?
257. I usually wear a yellow coat. I usually have a dark head. I make marks
wherever I go.
258. I invade your home once a year... but only if you've been good. What
am I?
259. I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no
head. I cannot see, and I help keep your house neat and tidy. What am
I?
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264. I am always in front of you, but you will never see me.
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What am I?
269. What is it that has a power socket on one end and a corkscrew on the
other?
272. What is far behind us, and can be seen without looking at it?
273. What day, within a week of today, does not end in "Y"?
274. Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?
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277. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got
me. What am i?
278. You are a bus driver, 8 people get on, 2 people get off, 2 more people get
on and another 1 get off. Finally, 3 more people get on and 2 get off
again. How old is the bus driver?
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282. You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
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12. television 40. bottle
13. mailbox 41. flag
14. wrong 42. towel
15. noon 43. silence
16. ant 44. egg
17. weights 45. teeth
18. dictionary 46. traffic light
19. light switch 47. balloon
20. ton 48. kangaroo
21. fingernails 49. earrings
22. needle 50. dog
23. piggy bank 51. photograph
24. daughter 52. tomorrow
25. teapot 53. penguin
26. Mississippi 54. pea
27. roof 55. lock
28. glove 56. pillow
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69. wind 98. bulldog
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127. photograph 156. egg
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185. Pinocchio 214. dreams
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243. paper 272. The past
288. straw-berry
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