Best Riddles For Kids & Adults In 2022📰
Riddles are a fun way to learn new things, challenge yourself and others to solve them, and have fun with friends and family. There are riddles for any age and they begin easy to solve, often with the answer in the question, and becoming more difficult until they are hard to solve for even the most experienced riddle solvers. Their popularity spreads easily and they are enjoyed by many as they are shared person to person and group to group.
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My start goes on toast, and my end’s how birds move. My baby eats leaves but I drink flowers
It is round in shape and rhymes with sing, and can be found on a girl’s fingers. What shape is it?
What colour chicks would hatch from brown and white rooster eggs?
In the Harry Potter Series, his Patronus was a phoenix. He was the Hogwarts headmaster up to and including book six. Who was he?
What should you say if your family begs to stop telling Thanksgiving riddles?
It takes me two weeks to digest food, but then again, I’m not noted for being fast. What am I?
You are trapped in a haunted house with two of your best friends for the night. A sudden snowstorm overtook the creepy home. All the doors and windows have become barricaded with piles of snow. You and your friends need to find a way to keep warm or you will all die. After searching the entire haunted home you guys found three stoves! A coal stove, a wood stove, and a gas stove, but you’ve only found one match. Which one should you light first to survive the night?
What happens when a husband asks his wife for a Segway as his birthday present?
I am a body with a leg, an arm, and a head, but I look like I am naked and bare. What am I?
I hide my treasure in the ground,
And dig it out in winter.
You might spot me in a tree,
Eating my nutty dinner.
Inside an egg, my song sits waiting, for you to hear it while you are bathing. Who am I?
There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman.
What is the word?
What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?
Tom is younger than Dave but older than Jill. Lou is older than Sally who is older than Tom. Dave is older than Lou. Who is the middle child?
A girl buys a dozen eggs and, on the way home, all but seven break. How many eggs are left unbroken?
A dead female body lies at the bottom of a multistory building. It looks as though she committed suicide by jumping from one of the floors.
When the detective arrives, he goes to the first floor of the building, opens the closed window, and flips a coin towards the floor. He goes to the second floor and does the exact same thing. He continues to do this until he gets to the top floor of the building.
When he comes back down, he states that it was a murder and not a suicide. How does he know that?
I was a gift from the French, and stand tall on an island
I welcome visitors with a strong hand in the sky
I may be green, but I’m dressed in copper from head to toe
An iconic piece of New York history, with a famous face you definitely know
Who am I?
It is a three-digit number; the digit on the tens place value is 6 more than the digit on the place value of ones. The digit on the hundreds place value is 8 less than the tens digit. What is the number?
I added 5 to 9; it was 2; just to cross-check, I started counting again from 9 and again got 2. The answer is correct; how?
I can make people happy, I can make people cry. I can make people want me, and I can drive people crazy. What am I?
This is the doorway to a magical place, the beginning of all the mystery. Once you go inside it, you get to meet talking trees and animals and mighty Aslan. What is it?
It can be seen, it can be felt, but it never heard, and never smelt. It comes every day at the end of time, and witches and Dracula love it cause now it’s their time. What is it?
Mrs. Smith had less than 20 pieces of candy left to give to trick or treaters and she wanted to give them all away. Two trick or treaters arrived and she wanted to share the candy evenly between them, but when she tried to do this, there was one piece leftover. A third trick or treater arrived, so Mrs. Smith decided she would share the candy between all three of them. But when she tried to share them evenly, there was still one piece left. Finally, a fourth trick or treater arrived and Mrs. Smith attempted to share the candy between all four children. But she still had one piece leftover! How many pieces of candy did Mrs. Smith have?
A man was driving a black truck. His lights were not on. The moon was not out. A lady was crossing the street. How did the man see her?
I am a unit of chemical elements, but I can never be trusted. What am I?
I always leave a trace, so you can see where I’ve been. I have some extra legs, and I make people scream. What am I?
I am a helpful creature
not too big and not too small
Out of all my fellow reindeer
I’m the fastest of them all.
Who am I?
A boy and his father are caught in a traffic accident, and the father dies.
Immediately the boy is rushed to a hospital, suffering from injuries.
But the attending surgeon at the hospital, upon seeing the boy, says ‘I cannot operate. This boy is my son.’
How is this situation explained ?
Every day, a woman was seen crossing the border carrying bags of sand on a motorbike. After some time, the border police become suspicious and stop her, but found she only had sand on her, so they let her go. What was the woman smuggling across the border?
Andy is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. The window is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He won’t be able to get any food or water and only has two days to escape or he’ll die. Andy can’t dig a tunnel because it will take him much longer than two days to do it. How will Andy escape from the cell?
Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer.
How is this possible?
The thunder comes before the lightning; the lightning comes before the clouds. The rain dries everything it touches. What am I?
You are given three positive numbers. You can add these numbers and multiply them together.
The result you get will be the same. What are the numbers?
A girl and a boy were out one night. They were in the woods, and they saw 3 men hunting. Next day the girl and boy were found dead. Why is this?
Not there yesterday, and also not there tomorrow night. Opened up on the eve, sharing hope and love on yuletide. What is it?
An elderly woman lived alone in her house by the suburbs. She rarely left the house and knew only a few people. One Friday morning, the mailman called out for the woman but didn’t receive a prompt answer as usual. Upon peeking in through the window, the mailman realized that the woman was murdered. The police investigated the house and found Tuesday’s newspaper by the dead body. Also, by the door outside, there were three unopened bottles of milk, one of which had gone bad.
The police arrested the killer the very next day. How did they figure out so quickly?
My hair and my smile
Are my most prominent features,
I competed in a tournament
With three male seekers.
Who am I?
I live in Africa, and from tall trees I peck. I am mostly just well known for my extremely long neck.
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
A woman shoots her husband and then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him but right after, they enjoy a nice dinner together. How is this possible?
What word is right when pronounced wrong, but is wrong when pronounced right?
A girl, at the funeral of her mother, met a guy whom she did not know. The girl fell for the guy and wanted to contact him. She looks for him but couldn’t find him. A few days later she kills her sister. What did she do that?
A few days later she kills her sister. What did she do that?
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
Amongst two sisters, the first one gives birth to the other and she further gives birth to the first. Who are they?
It roars its challenge,
And I respond.
It takes my abuse,
And goes beyond.
Filled with liquid,
In my hurried haste,
I wield my staff,
In this turgid race.
But once I have vanquished,
The mighty foe,
I float like a thistle,
While moving ever so slow.
What are we talking about really?
There are 3 apples for 2 sons and 2 fathers to eat. Each of them gets their own apple. How is it numerically possible?
A full bus was traveling over a bridge. No one gets off the bus, but when it gets to the other side there isn’t a single person left. How is this possible?
A poor miller living with his daughter comes onto hard times and is not able to pay his rent. His evil landlord threatens to evict them unless the daughter marries him.
The daughter, not wanting to marry the landlord but fearing that her father won’t be able to take being evicted, suggests the following proposition to the landlord. He will put two stones, one white and one black, into a bag in front of the rest of the townspeople. She will pick one stone out of the bag. If she picks the white stone, the landlord will forgive their debt and let them stay, but if she picks the black stone, she will marry the landlord, and her father will be evicted anyway.
The landlord agrees to the proposal. Everybody meets in the center of the town. The landlord picks up two stones to put in the bag, but the daughter notices that he secretly picked two black stones.
She is about to reveal his deception but realizes that this would embarrass him in front of the townspeople, and he would evict them. She quickly comes up with another plan. What can she do that will allow the landlord save face, while also ensuring that she and her father can stay and that she won’t have to marry the landlord?
I’m at the beginning of the end and the start of eternity, at the end of time and space, in the middle of yesterday but nowhere in tomorrow. What am I?
Your mom and dad each gave you 23 of these threadlike strands and they helped to make you who you are today
I’ve a crown on my head like a king, but sound a disgrace when I sing. I’ve fewer eyes on my face than my tail, especially when I’m a male
Which word is the odd one out: First, Second, Third, Forth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth?
It is three times nine and one less than the days in the month of February. What is the number?
I can fly, but I am not a bird. I am colorful, but I am not a rainbow. I am beautiful and social, but I am not a person. What am I?
I sleep upside down and I fly through the night. I live in dark places and I don’t have good eyesight. What am I?
A girl throws a ball as hard as she can. It comes back to her, even though nothing and nobody touches it. How?
His name starts with H and ends with R; he is friends with Hagrid and lives in Hogwarts. This boy wizard amazes everyone with his magical powers. Who is he?
Which word that begins with the letter I, and by adding the letter A, becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
This thing all things devour: birds, beasts, trees, flowers; gnaws iron, bites steel; grinds hard stones to meal; slays kings, ruins towns; and beats high mountains down.
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?
When your mother asked your father to put the cat out last night, what was Dad’s response?
A father told his three sons he would die soon and he needed to decide which one of them to give his property to. He said, “Go to the market and buy something that is large enough to fill my bedroom, but small enough to fit in your pocket. From this, I will decide which of you is the wisest and worthy enough to inherit my land.” They all went to the market, and each came back with a different item. The father told his sons to come into his bedroom one at a time and try to fill up his bedroom with their item. The first son came in and put some pieces of cloth he bought and laid them across the room, but it barely covered the floor. The second son came in and laid some hay on the floor, but there was only enough to cover half the floor. The third son came in and showed his father what he bought. He wound up getting the property. What did the third son show his father?
Number one is hydrogen. Twenty-five is manganese. Sodium is eleven. What list contains all of these?
A man was driving his truck. His lights weren’t on. The moon was not out. There were no streetlights. Up ahead, a woman was crossing the street. Luckily, the truck driver stopped in time—how did he see her?
Distances from you to certain cities are written below.
BERLIN 200 miles
PARIS 300 miles
ROME 400 milesAMSTERDAM 300 miles
CARDIFF ??? miles
How far should it be to Cardiff ?
If a Jack O’ lantern has the candle and a witch has a broom, what would a vampire have?
Two batsman each on 94 runs. Seven runs needed to win in last 3 balls. Both make 100*. How?
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and white when you are done with it?
A farmer has a bag of corn, a hen, and a fox. He has to cross a river, but his boat is only big enough to carry one thing with him. If the hen is left with the corn, she will eat it. If the hen is left with the fox, the fox will eat the hen. How can the farmer get all the three things across the river?
Why does a giraffe drink more water in January than in February?
I am never exactly what I appear to be. I may seem straight forward, but I’m afraid that is only skin deep. Mystery most often lies beneath my simple words. Sharpen your wits, and open your eyes. Read me backwards, forwards, upside down. Look beyond my exteriors and answer this simple question. What am I?
I can be quick and then I’m deadly,
I am a rock, shell and bone medley.
If I was made into a man, I’d make people dream,
I gather in my millions By ocean, sea and stream.
I am a word. If you pronounce me rightly, it will be wrong. If you pronounce me wrong it is right. What word am I?
Mr. and Ms. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
I call the trees my home, yet I never go inside, and if I ever fall off the tree I will surely be dead.
Can you figure out the logic I used to decide the order of the following words:
gun, shoe, spree, door, hive, kicks, heaven, gate, line, den
There are two fathers and two sons in a car. How many people are in the car?
A man carrying two bags of sand on his bicycle, crosses the border everyday. Custom officers regularly check the bags, and all the time, they contain sand. It is obvious that this man is smuggling something, but the officers can’t realize what it is. As they have no proof, the man always crosses the border without interruptions. What does he smuggle?
It’s something I spy with my little eye. I’m an orange squash that is baked in a pie. What am I?
I live in the ocean.
I have eight legs, two big claws and a tail.
My body has a hard shell.
I eat anything I can find.
What am I?
They make no sense at all,
In them you either fly or fall.
They make you do it all.
Their need is biologic,
but they are most illogic.
They are not real but still can be achieved,
If they are just believed.
It is red and white, it is moving in circles, and it is red and white again, and red and white. What is it?
A happily married couple goes on holiday and locks their house up, with careful instructions for their neighbor to look after the house. The wife hides her jewelry in a very safe place, but when she comes back, it’s gone. Why?
One morning an airline president is leaving on a business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, “Sir, don’t get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!”
The man takes his word and cancels his trip. Sure enough, the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him.
Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?
A warrior amongst the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword.
He uses it whenever he must, to defend his golden hoard.
In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can only to have it come back to you without it bouncing off of anything?
Mrs. Jamie has 6 sons, and each of them has a sister. What is the total number of kids Mrs. Jamie have?
A Japanese ship was sailing in the Ocean. The captain of the ship went for a bath. He removed his ring and kept it on the table near the engine. When he returned, he found his ring missing. The captain called all three crew members who were working around at that time. He asked them what they were doing during the last 20 minutes.
The 1st crew member said, “I was checking the navigation.
The 2nd crew member said, “I was intimating the people about our arrival.
The 3rd crew member said, “I was correcting the side of the flag as it was upside down.”
The captain caught the crew member who was lying. How?
Some people believe in me and others don’t. At night I roam around and sometimes I float. If you hear a troubled noise coming from the ground, go run and hide from my creepy sound. What am I?
I live upside down. I see with my ears and don’t use my eyes, and on Halloween I’ll give you a big surprise. Who am I?
Two friends have gone on a trip, but only friend A returns and says that friend B fell into the valley while trekking. The police came and arrested friend A a week later and said he’d murdered friend B. How did they know?
I don’t have lungs, but I need air.
The more I eat, the more I grow.
I dance, I live, I drink, I die.
I’m always hungry, ready to eat.
I rarely thirst, I can barely drink.
Shoot me, stab me I don’t mind.
Suffocate or drown me, I’ll be no more.
What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don’t want to use it?
In a one-story house at the corner of the road, the bedrooms were yellow, the kitchen was orange, the living room was red, the garage was blue, the entry hall was green and the sitting room was purple. What color were the stairs?
An infinite number of mathematicians are standing behind a bar. The first asks the barman for half a pint of beer, the second for a quarter pint, the third an eighth, and so on. How many pints of beer will the barman need to fulfill all mathematicians’ wishes?
I’m an instrument through which sounds are made, and yet, not something that can be played. What am I?
Testimony of love, signifier of commitment. All it needs is a bottle of wine and a band that shines.
I am supposed to be said only once, or else I will be given away. I am fun if you hand me down. If you reveal me, I will no more be fun. 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 A Riddle?
A riddle is a question or short story that is used to present a problem or puzzle to be solved. Often including puns or other figures of speech, the double meaning of a solution is often what makes them so enjoyable and at the same time difficult to solve. The humour in many riddles is rooted in the answer or solution being hidden within the riddle itself, and how easy the answer seems after it has been provided.Linked closely with proverbs and some nursery rhymes, the best riddles have a lesson or hidden meaning within them. Riddles for kids are often silly and funny riddles, meant to entertain and be fun, while riddles for adults are often more complicated with harder to find answers. The most difficult riddles may be easier to solve when working with others and sharing with friends, as a different point of view may change how the riddle is seen, and can find the hidden meaning within it.
Benefits of Riddles
There are several benefits to logic riddles for all ages. It is a fun way to maintain brain health by practicing logic skills, displays a sense of humour and helps to teach children about intellectual humour, as well as improving reading comprehension. Tricky riddles are not just for children to expand their thought process and engage their imagination to problem solve.Anyone who uses difficult riddles has worked up from the easy riddles of childhood and heard many good riddles along the way. As the riddle answers become harder to figure out the though process evolves. The easier to answer riddles teach how to think about things in a new way, and to consider alternative meanings of words and terms, and approach a problem from a new angle. Using the brain in new ways helps to train it to approach problems from many ways until the solution is found, and this problem solving ability also applies to many others of life.
Engaging the imagination to envision the solution and to see the alternative approaches encourages the imagination to grow and remain strong. It is one more way in which new ideas are formed and the brain exercises it’s capacity to find new approaches to things. This improves memory, grows the thought process, and helps to slow the aging of the brain and the thoughts processes.
Both children and adults will find they are using their brain in new ways and finding new solutions. It improves critical thinking skills which will be useful for all areas of life, and can improved test scores, improve performance at work or school, and boost confidence.
As many riddles are read and memorized before being repeated, a good riddle will help to improve reading comprehension. They basic principle of a riddle having a solution that seems very different from what the riddle appears to be saying causes focus on details and remembering each part of the riddle. It can introduce new words and their definitions, as well as new ways to look at a puzzle or sentence to determine it’s true meaning.
Sharing funny riddles is one way in which both children and adults can share their sense of humour with those around them, and can help to create bonds of friendship and fun with friends. They can help people to find others who share their sense of humour or puzzles, and boost their friendship as they share their favourites and the solutions to them.
As people age, they may find that they struggle with focus and memory, and using riddles is one way to exercise the brain. This will help to maintain the memory longer, and will slow the signs of aging within the brain. It can help to keep people feeling younger and enjoying life in later years, providing support for their mental health.
What Makes Riddles Fun?
People are attracted to competition, whether it be with other people or against themselves. Riddles are a fun way that they can challenge both themselves and others to determine the solutions to each riddle, and the challenge of finding the solution makes them fun. Many riddles are funny and are used as jokes and pranks on others, which can bring joy to those who hears them as well as those who share them.With a topic for everyone, there are riddles for holidays such as Christmas riddles and Halloween riddles, as well as the popular “what am I?” riddles that help to learn about new objects and to notice the small details on everyday things, as well as number riddles for learning how numbers interact and more. They are popular ways to add enjoyment to learning about new topics, and can help people with similar interests to find each other and to create friendships around. Sharing an interest with other people is one way in which people enjoy spending time, and how they build relationships.