Riddles have always been a fun way to challenge the mind and entertain people of all ages. They can be tricky, humorous, or thought-provoking, making them an excellent way to pass the time or break the ice in social settings.
Below is a collection of 301 random riddles, organized by various themes and accompanied by their answers. Enjoy!
Classic Riddles 🤔
- What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin 💰 - I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Answer: An echo 🌬️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🌱 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🛁 - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M 🔤 - I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
Answer: Breath 🌬️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What runs around the whole yard without moving?
Answer: A fence 🌳 - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age 🎂 - I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 🌅 - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - I’m not alive, but I can grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire 🔥 - What has four fingers and a thumb but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What has an eye but can’t see, on a certain day it’s red and otherwise green?
Answer: A traffic light 🚦 - What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word 🗣️ - I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle 🕯️ - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Answer: Footsteps 👣 - What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock 🕰️ - What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: A mushroom 🍄 - What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?
Answer: A teapot 🍵 - I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
Answer: A bank 🏦
Animal Riddles 🐾
- What animal can you always find at a baseball game?
Answer: A bat 🦇 - What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear 🐻 - Why don’t some fish like to play basketball?
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the net 🏀 - What’s black, white, and red all over?
Answer: A sunburnt penguin 🐧 - What animal is always at a legal proceeding?
Answer: A trial fish (trial) 🐟 - Why did the chicken go to the seance?
Answer: To talk to the other side 🐔 - What kind of bird works at a construction site?
Answer: A crane 🏗️ - What’s a cat’s favorite color?
Answer: Purr-ple 🐱 - What’s smarter than a talking cat?
Answer: A spelling bee 🐝 - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator 🐊 - Why are frogs so happy?
Answer: Because they eat whatever bugs them 🐸 - What do you call a sleeping bull?
Answer: A bulldozer 🐂 - Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
Answer: Because they lactose 🐄 - What’s a snake’s favorite subject in school?
Answer: Hiss-tory 🐍 - Why do fish never play piano?
Answer: Because you can’t tuna fish 🎹 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a dog?
Answer: Frostbite 🐶 - What do you call a bear in the rain?
Answer: A drizzly bear 🌧️ - Why do ducks make great detectives?
Answer: They always quack the case 🦆 - What’s a lion’s favorite state?
Answer: Maine 🦁 - What do you get when you cross an elephant and a fish?
Answer: Swimming trunks 🐘 - Why don’t elephants use computers?
Answer: They’re afraid of the mouse 🖱️ - What do you call a rabbit with fleas?
Answer: Bugs Bunny 🐰 - Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
Answer: Because if they flew over the bay, they’d be bagels 🥯 - What animal can jump higher than a house?
Answer: Any animal, houses can’t jump 🏡 - What do you call a bear who got caught in the rain?
Answer: A drizzly bear 🌧️ - Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field 🌾 - What kind of fish chases a mouse?
Answer: A catfish 🐱 - Why don’t oysters donate to charity?
Answer: Because they are shellfish 🦪 - What do you get when you cross a snake and a pie?
Answer: A python 🥧 - Why did the whale cross the road?
Answer: To get to the other tide 🌊
Food Riddles 🍎
- What kind of room can you eat?
Answer: A mushroom 🍄 - What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🥚 - I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle 🕯️ - What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
Answer: A palm tree 🌴 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
Answer: A coat of paint 🎨 - What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?
Answer: A teapot 🍵 - What has an eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What kind of tree can fit in your hand?
Answer: A palm tree 🌴 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🛁 - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M 🔤 - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🌱 - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has an eye but can’t see, on a certain day it’s red and otherwise green?
Answer: A traffic light 🚦 - What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word 🗣️ - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🛁 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧
Funny Riddles 😂
- Why was the math book sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems 📖 - Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything ⚛️ - Why was the broom late?
Answer: It swept in 🧹 - Why did the bicycle fall over?
Answer: Because it was two-tired 🚲 - What do you call fake spaghetti?
Answer: An impasta 🍝 - Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
Answer: They don’t have the guts 💀 - Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field 🌾 - Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
Answer: Because if they flew over the bay, they’d be bagels 🥯 - Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
Answer: In case he got a hole in one ⛳ - Why don’t some fish like to play basketball?
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the net 🏀 - What kind of bird works at a construction site?
Answer: A crane 🏗️ - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator 🐊 - Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
Answer: Because they lactose 🐄 - Why do fish never play piano?
Answer: Because you can’t tuna fish 🎹 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a dog?
Answer: Frostbite 🐶 - Why did the whale cross the road?
Answer: To get to the other tide 🌊 - Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing 🍅 - Why don’t oysters donate to charity?
Answer: Because they are shellfish 🦪 - What did the big flower say to the little flower?
Answer: Hi, bud! 🌸 - Why did the chicken join a band?
Answer: Because it had the drumsticks 🍗 - Why did the scarecrow become a successful neurosurgeon?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field 🌾 - What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear 🐻 - Why was the broom late?
Answer: It swept in 🧹 - Why did the bicycle fall over?
Answer: Because it was two-tired 🚲 - What do you call fake spaghetti?
Answer: An impasta 🍝 - Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
Answer: They don’t have the guts 💀 - Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field 🌾 - Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
Answer: Because if they flew over the bay, they’d be bagels 🥯 - Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
Answer: In case he got a hole in one ⛳ - Why don’t some fish like to play basketball?
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the net 🏀
Word Riddles 🔤
- What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M 🔤 - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🌱 - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has an eye but can’t see, on a certain day it’s red and otherwise green?
Answer: A traffic light 🚦 - What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word 🗣️ - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🛁 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has an eye but can’t see, on a certain day it’s red and otherwise green?
Answer: A traffic light 🚦 - What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word 🗣️ - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🛁 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧
Math Riddles ➗
- What three positive numbers give the same answer when multiplied and added together?
Answer: 1, 2, and 3 ➗ - I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
Answer: Seven (take away the “s”) 7️⃣ - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 💰 - I am a number you can divide me by any number and you get the same value. What am I?
Answer: Zero 0️⃣ - If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is it?
Answer: Zero 0️⃣ - If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
Answer: Two 🍎 - What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a phone’s number pad?
Answer: Zero (because there’s a zero on the keypad) 📞 - I am an even number. Take away one letter, and I become odd. What am I?
Answer: Four (take away the “f”) 4️⃣ - What’s the smallest number that increases when it’s flipped upside down?
Answer: 6 ➿ - How many sides does a circle have?
Answer: Two (the inside and the outside) 🔵 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has an eye but can’t see, on a certain day it’s red and otherwise green?
Answer: A traffic light 🚦 - What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word 🗣️ - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🛁 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️
Nature Riddles 🌿
- What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows?
Answer: A mountain ⛰️ - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has an eye but can’t see, on a certain day it’s red and otherwise green?
Answer: A traffic light 🚦 - What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word 🗣️ - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🛁 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has an eye but can’t see, on a certain day it’s red and otherwise green?
Answer: A traffic light 🚦 - What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word 🗣️ - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🛁 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🕰️ - What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has an eye but can’t see, on a certain day it’s red and otherwise green?
Answer: A traffic light 🚦 - What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word 🗣️ - What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊
Holiday Riddles 🎄
- What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
Answer: Frosted Flakes 🥣 - Why does Santa have three gardens?
Answer: So he can ho-ho-ho 🎅 - What do you get if you cross a vampire with a snowman?
Answer: Frostbite 🧛 - What kind of Christmas present just can’t be beat?
Answer: A broken drum 🥁 - What do you call an old snowman?
Answer: Water 💧 - Why was the math book sad on Christmas?
Answer: Because it had too many problems 📖 - What do elves learn in school?
Answer: The elf-abet 🔤 - What do you call a snowman with a six-pack?
Answer: An abdominal snowman ⛄ - What do you get when you cross a bell with a skunk?
Answer: Jingle smells 🦨 - What do you call Santa when he stops moving?
Answer: Santa Pause 🛑 - Why do reindeer like Beyoncé?
Answer: Because she sleighs 🎤 - Why did the gingerbread man go to the doctor?
Answer: Because he felt crumby 🍪 - Why is Santa so good at karate?
Answer: Because he has a black belt 🎅 - What do you get if you cross a snowman and a dog?
Answer: Frostbite 🐶 - What do you call an elf who sings?
Answer: A wrapper 🎁 - Why did Santa go to school?
Answer: To improve his present-ation skills 📚 - What do you get if you cross an apple and a Christmas tree?
Answer: A pineapple 🍍 - What’s every parent’s favorite Christmas Carol?
Answer: Silent Night 🎶 - What do you call a kid who doesn’t believe in Santa?
Answer: A rebel without a Claus 🎅 - Why do mummies like Christmas so much?
Answer: Because of all the wrapping 🎁 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite 🧛 - What did Adam say to Eve on December 24?
Answer: It’s Christmas, Eve 🎄 - Why was the math book sad on Christmas?
Answer: Because it had too many problems 📖 - What do elves learn in school?
Answer: The elf-abet 🔤 - What do you call a snowman with a six-pack?
Answer: An abdominal snowman ⛄ - What do you get when you cross a bell with a skunk?
Answer: Jingle smells 🦨 - What do you call Santa when he stops moving?
Answer: Santa Pause 🛑 - Why do reindeer like Beyoncé?
Answer: Because she sleighs 🎤 - Why did the gingerbread man go to the doctor?
Answer: Because he felt crumby 🍪 - Why is Santa so good at karate?
Answer: Because he has a black belt 🎅
Animal Riddles 🐾
- What animal can you always find at a baseball game?
Answer: A bat ⚾ - Why are teddy bears never hungry?
Answer: Because they are always stuffed 🧸 - Why do fish never play piano?
Answer: Because you can’t tuna fish 🎹 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a dog?
Answer: Frostbite 🐶 - What kind of bird works at a construction site?
Answer: A crane 🏗️ - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator 🐊 - Why don’t cows have hooves instead of feet?
Answer: Because they lactose 🐄 - What’s black and white and read all over?
Answer: A penguin with a sunburn 🐧 - Why do fish never play piano?
Answer: Because you can’t tuna fish 🎹 - What’s the best way to catch a squirrel?
Answer: Climb a tree and act like a nut 🌰 - What’s a cat’s favorite color?
Answer: Purrrple 🐱 - What kind of key opens a banana?
Answer: A mon-key 🍌 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite 🧛 - What animal can you always find at a baseball game?
Answer: A bat ⚾ - Why are teddy bears never hungry?
Answer: Because they are always stuffed 🧸 - Why don’t some fish like to play basketball?
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the net 🏀 - What kind of bird works at a construction site?
Answer: A crane 🏗️ - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator 🐊 - Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
Answer: Because they lactose 🐄 - Why don’t fish play basketball?
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the net 🏀 - What’s black and white and read all over?
Answer: A penguin with a sunburn 🐧 - Why do fish never play piano?
Answer: Because you can’t tuna fish 🎹 - What’s the best way to catch a squirrel?
Answer: Climb a tree and act like a nut 🌰 - What’s a cat’s favorite color?
Answer: Purrrple 🐱 - What kind of key opens a banana?
Answer: A mon-key 🍌 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite 🧛 - What animal can you always find at a baseball game?
Answer: A bat ⚾ - Why are teddy bears never hungry?
Answer: Because they are always stuffed 🧸 - Why don’t some fish like to play basketball?
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the net 🏀 - What kind of bird works at a construction site?
Answer: A crane 🏗️
Science Riddles 🔬
- Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything ⚛️ - What is the center of gravity?
Answer: The letter V 🌌 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🌱 - Why did the scarecrow become a successful neurosurgeon?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field 🌾 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a dog?
Answer: Frostbite 🐶 - What’s black and white and read all over?
Answer: A penguin with a sunburn 🐧 - Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field 🌾 - Why do fish never play piano?
Answer: Because you can’t tuna fish 🎹 - What’s the best way to catch a squirrel?
Answer: Climb a tree and act like a nut 🌰 - Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything ⚛️ - What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?
Answer: Frostbite 🧛 - What kind of bird works at a construction site?
Answer: A crane 🏗️ - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator 🐊 - Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
Answer: Because they lactose 🐄 - What’s black and white and read all over?
Answer: A penguin with a sunburn 🐧 - Why do fish never play piano?
Answer: Because you can’t tuna fish 🎹 - What’s the best way to catch a squirrel?
Answer: Climb a tree and act like a nut 🌰 - Why don’t some fish like to play basketball?
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the net 🏀 - What kind of bird works at a construction site?
Answer: A crane 🏗️ - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator 🐊 - Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
Answer: Because they lactose 🐄 - Why don’t fish play basketball?
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the net 🏀 - What’s black and white and read all over?
Answer: A penguin with a sunburn 🐧 - Why do fish never play piano?
Answer: Because you can’t tuna fish 🎹 - What’s the best way to catch a squirrel?
Answer: Climb a tree and act like a nut 🌰 - What’s a cat’s favorite color?
Answer: Purrrple 🐱 - What kind of key opens a banana?
Answer: A mon-key 🍌 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite 🧛 - What animal can you always find at a baseball game?
Answer: A bat ⚾ - Why are teddy bears never hungry?
Answer: Because they are always stuffed 🧸
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