Top 83 Riddles with Answers

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

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy. What am I?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

I have keys but no locks. I have a space but no room. You can enter, but can't go outside. What am I?

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

I am 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?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?

I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?

What gets wet while drying?

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they're added or multiplied?

Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?

Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

What can you catch, but not throw?

What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?

I add five to nine, and get two. The answer is correct, but how?

If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is it?

How many months have 28 days?

Where does today come before yesterday?

What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not alive?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

How do you make the number one disappear?

I am a number. If you add the number 12 to me, I become smaller. What number am I?

I am tall when I am young, and I am short when I am old. What am I?

What has a head and a tail but no body?

If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?

What goes up but never comes down?

The more you take away, the larger it becomes. What is it?

I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red. What am I?

A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible?

Using only addition, how do you add eight 8s and get the number 1000?

A mother is 4 times as old as her daughter. In 20 years, she will be twice as old as her daughter. How old are they now?

If you have 30 red socks, 20 white socks, and 10 blue socks, how many do you need to pick to be 100% sure you have a matching pair?

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

I have legs, but cannot walk. What am I?

What kind of room has no doors or windows?

I have one eye, but cannot see. What am I?

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for five minutes. What am I?

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

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

What goes up and down but doesn't move?

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

What can you keep after giving to someone?

What has many keys but can't open a single lock?

What has words, but never speaks?

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?

What has hands, but can't clap?

What has one head, one foot and four legs?

What travels around the world but stays in one spot?

What begins with an E and only has one letter?

What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?

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

What has a bottom at the top?

People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

What comes down but never goes up?

What kind of band never plays music?

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

What is black and white and read all over?

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

I am clean when I’m black, but dirty when I’m white. What am I?

Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

I have no feet, no hands, no wings, but I climb to the sky. What am I?

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

What is easier to get into than out of?

I go up and down but never move. What am I?

I stretch across the water but never get wet. I have no legs but bear much weight. What am I?

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

I have many teeth but cannot bite. What am I?

I have many teeth, but I don't eat. I'm sharp but have no brain. What am I?

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

I am always coming, but never arrive. What am I?

I have a neck, but no head. I have two arms, but no hands. What am I?

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind.