Riddles are a delightful way to engage the mind, spark conversation, and share a few laughs. Whether you’re spending quality time with your grandchildren or looking for a fun activity to keep everyone entertained, these riddles are perfect for all ages.
Dive into this collection of 301 riddles designed specifically for grandparents. Each riddle is accompanied by a playful emoji to add a touch of fun to the challenge. Let the riddle-solving begin!
Classic Riddles
- What has keys but can’t open locks? 🗝️
Answer: A piano. - I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I? 🌬️
Answer: An echo. - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? 🌍
Answer: A stamp. - I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much more than a minute. What am I? 🍃
Answer: Your breath. - What has one eye but can’t see? 👁️
Answer: A needle. - What has a heart that doesn’t beat? ❤️
Answer: An artichoke. - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? ⏳
Answer: The letter ‘M’. - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 👣
Answer: Footsteps. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? 🕯️
Answer: A candle. - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? 🪙
Answer: A penny. - What can you catch but not throw? 🤧
Answer: A cold. - I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I? 🏦
Answer: A bank. - What goes up but never comes down? 🎈
Answer: Your age. - What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it? 🍵
Answer: A teapot. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What has an eye but cannot see? 🧵
Answer: A needle. - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? 🤐
Answer: Silence. - What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves? 🚧
Answer: A fence. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? 🗺️
Answer: A map. - What has words but never speaks? 📖
Answer: A book. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 👀
Answer: The future. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 🚶♂️
Answer: Footsteps. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - Where does today come before yesterday? 📚
Answer: In a dictionary. - What has legs, but doesn’t walk? 🍽️
Answer: A table.
Animal Riddles
- What animal can you always find at a baseball game? ⚾
Answer: A bat. - What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? ⏳
Answer: A human (crawling as a baby, walking as an adult, and using a cane in old age). - What do you call an alligator in a vest? 🦎
Answer: An investigator. - What kind of dog never bites? 🐕
Answer: A hot dog. - Why did the scarecrow win an award? 🌾
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field. - What do you call a bear with no teeth? 🐻
Answer: A gummy bear. - What kind of lion never roars? 🦁
Answer: A dandelion. - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire? ⛄
Answer: Frostbite. - Why don’t elephants use computers? 🐘
Answer: Because they’re afraid of the mouse. - What has a head, a tail, but no body? 🐍
Answer: A coin. - What do you get if you cross a cat with a dark horse? 🐱
Answer: Kitty Perry. - Why are fish so smart? 🐠
Answer: Because they live in schools. - What do you call an animal you keep in your car? 🚗
Answer: A carpet. - What’s black and white and read all over? 🐧
Answer: A newspaper. - What do you call a cow in an earthquake? 🐄
Answer: A milkshake. - What kind of keys do kids like to carry? 🔑
Answer: Monkey keys. - Why did the chicken join a band? 🐔
Answer: Because it had the drumsticks. - What animal can jump higher than a house? 🏡
Answer: Any animal, houses can’t jump! - Why are frogs so happy? 🐸
Answer: Because they eat whatever bugs them. - What’s a cat’s favorite color? 🐱
Answer: Purrr-ple. - Why don’t seagulls fly over the bay? 🌊
Answer: Because then they’d be bagels. - What do you call a sleeping bull? 🐂
Answer: A bulldozer. - What do you call an old snowman? ❄️
Answer: Water. - What do you get when you cross a sheep and a bee? 🐑
Answer: A bah-humbug. - Why do cows wear bells? 🐮
Answer: Because their horns don’t work. - What do you call a fish with no eyes? 🐟
Answer: Fsh. - How do you catch a squirrel? 🌳
Answer: Climb a tree and act like a nut. - What do you call a bear in the rain? ☔
Answer: A drizzly bear. - What animal is always at a baseball game? 🏟️
Answer: A bat. - What do you call a pig that does karate? 🐷
Answer: A pork chop.
Food Riddles
- What has to be broken before you can use it? 🍳
Answer: An egg. - What kind of room has no doors or windows? 🍄
Answer: A mushroom. - What has hands but can’t clap? 🍌
Answer: A clock. - What has teeth but can’t bite? 🍴
Answer: A comb. - What is orange and sounds like a parrot? 🍊
Answer: A carrot. - What fruit is never alone? 🍇
Answer: A pear. - What do you get if you cross an apple with a shellfish? 🍎
Answer: A crab apple. - What kind of beans won’t grow in your garden? 🍬
Answer: Jelly beans. - Why did the tomato turn red? 🍅
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing. - What kind of nut has no shell? 🥜
Answer: A doughnut. - Why don’t eggs tell jokes? 🥚
Answer: Because they might crack up. - What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? 🧀
Answer: Nacho cheese. - Why did the banana go to the doctor? 🍌
Answer: Because it wasn’t peeling well. - What’s brown and sticky? 🍫
Answer: A stick. - Why are ghosts bad at lying? 👻
Answer: Because you can see right through them. - What is a vampire’s favorite fruit? 🦇
Answer: A blood orange. - What did the grape do when it got stepped on? 🍇
Answer: It let out a little wine.
- What’s sweet and sticky and swings through the jungle? 🍯
Answer: A monkey with a jar of honey. - What do you call a sad strawberry? 🍓
Answer: A blueberry. - What’s the hardest part about making a banana split? 🍨
Answer: Finding someone to share it with. - What’s the best thing to put into a pie? 🥧
Answer: Your teeth. - Why did the skeleton go to the barbecue? 🍖
Answer: To get another rib. - What’s green, but might turn red if you throw it hard enough? 🍏
Answer: An apple. - Why did the cookie go to the doctor? 🍪
Answer: Because it felt crummy. - What do you call fake spaghetti? 🍝
Answer: An impasta. - What do you call a sleeping pizza? 🍕
Answer: A piZZZZa. - Why was the math book sad? 📘
Answer: Because it had too many problems (and its jokes were as cheesy as a pizza). - What does a ghost eat for dessert? 👻
Answer: I scream. - What do you call a lazy kangaroo? 🦘
Answer: A pouch potato.
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 run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? 🏞️
Answer: A river. - 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? 🔥
Answer: Fire. - I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I? ❄️
Answer: An ice cube. - What falls but never breaks? 🌅
Answer: Dawn. - What breaks but never falls? 🌇
Answer: Nightfall. - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? 👣
Answer: Footsteps. - What is full of holes but still holds water? 🧽
Answer: A sponge. - What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? 🌧️
Answer: A towel. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What goes up and never comes down? 🎈
Answer: Your age. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - What has hands but can’t clap? 🕰️
Answer: A clock. - What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? 🗺️
Answer: A map. - What has a heart that doesn’t beat? 💎
Answer: An artichoke. - What has a head, a tail, but no body? 🪙
Answer: A coin. - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? ⏳
Answer: The letter ‘M’. - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 🚶♂️
Answer: Footsteps. - What has an eye but cannot see? 🧵
Answer: A needle. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? 🕯️
Answer: A candle. - What goes up but never comes down? 🎈
Answer: Your age. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - Where does today come before yesterday? 📚
Answer: In a dictionary. - What has legs, but doesn’t walk? 🍽️
Answer: A table. - What has four wheels and flies? 🗑️
Answer: A garbage truck.
Funny Riddles
- Why did the scarecrow become a successful neurosurgeon? 🌾
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field. - Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants? ⛳
Answer: In case he got a hole in one. - Why don’t skeletons fight each other? 💀
Answer: They don’t have the guts. - What do you call a fish with no eyes? 🐟
Answer: Fsh. - Why did the bicycle fall over? 🚲
Answer: Because it was two-tired. - Why did the tomato turn red? 🍅
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing. - What did the zero say to the eight? 🎱
Answer: Nice belt! - What do you call fake spaghetti? 🍝
Answer: An impasta. - 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. - What did one wall say to the other wall? 🧱
Answer: I’ll meet you at the corner. - Why did the stadium get hot after the game? 🏟️
Answer: Because all the fans left. - Why did the golfer bring an extra pair of pants? ⛳
Answer: In case he got a hole in one. - What did the big flower say to the little flower? 🌸
Answer: Hi, bud! - Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants? 🏌️♂️
Answer: In case he got a hole in one. - What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? 🥕
Answer: A carrot. - Why did the scarecrow win an award? 🌾
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field. - Why are frogs so happy? 🐸
Answer: Because they eat whatever bugs them. - Why don’t seagulls fly over the bay? 🌊
Answer: Because then they’d be bagels. - What do you call a bear with no teeth? 🐻
Answer: A gummy bear. - Why did the cookie go to the doctor? 🍪
Answer: Because it felt crummy. - Why did the banana go to the doctor? 🍌
Answer: Because it wasn’t peeling well. - What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? 🧀
Answer: Nacho cheese. - Why did the chicken join a band? 🐔
Answer: Because it had the drumsticks. - What did the grape do when it got stepped on? 🍇
Answer: It let out a little wine. - What kind of tree fits in your hand? 🌴
Answer: A palm tree. - Why don’t skeletons fight each other? 💀
Answer: They don’t have the guts. - What do you call a bear in the rain? ☔
Answer: A drizzly bear. - What do you call a sleeping bull? 🐂
Answer: A bulldozer. - Why did the scarecrow win an award? 🌾
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field.
Short and Sweet Riddles
- What has keys but can’t open locks? 🗝️
Answer: A piano. - I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I? 🌬️
Answer: An echo. - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? 🌍
Answer: A stamp. - I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much more than a minute. What am I? 🍃
Answer: Your breath. - What has one eye but can’t see? 👁️
Answer: A needle. - What has a heart that doesn’t beat? ❤️
Answer: An artichoke. - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? ⏳
Answer: The letter ‘M’. - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 👣
Answer: Footsteps. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? 🕯️
Answer: A candle. - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? 🪙
Answer: A penny. - What can you catch but not throw? 🤧
Answer: A cold. - I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I? 🏦
Answer: A bank. - What goes up but never comes down? 🎈
Answer: Your age. - What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it? 🍵
Answer: A teapot. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What has an eye but cannot see? 🧵
Answer: A needle. - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? 🤐
Answer: Silence. - What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves? 🚧
Answer: A fence. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? 🗺️
Answer: A map. - What has words but never speaks? 📖
Answer: A book. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 👀
Answer: The future. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 🚶♂️
Answer: Footsteps. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - Where does today come before yesterday? 📚
Answer: In a dictionary. - What has legs, but doesn’t walk? 🍽️
Answer: A table.
Brain-Teasing Riddles
- I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I? 🌬️
Answer: An echo. - You measure my life in hours, and I serve you by expiring. What am I? 🕯️
Answer: A candle. - I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I? ⌨️
Answer: A keyboard. - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? 👣
Answer: Footsteps. - I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I? 🏦
Answer: A bank. - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? 🌍
Answer: A stamp. - I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? 🕯️
Answer: A candle. - What has to be broken before you can use it? 🥚
Answer: An egg. - What has one eye but can’t see? 👁️
Answer: A needle. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - What has a head, a tail, but no body? 🪙
Answer: A coin. - What can you catch but not throw? 🤧
Answer: A cold. - What has a heart that doesn’t beat? ❤️
Answer: An artichoke. - What is full of holes but still holds water? 🧽
Answer: A sponge. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves? 🚧
Answer: A fence. - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What goes up but never comes down? 🎈
Answer: Your age. - What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? 🗺️
Answer: A map. - What has words but never speaks? 📖
Answer: A book. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it? 🍵
Answer: A teapot. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? 🤐
Answer: Silence. - What has an eye but cannot see? 🧵
Answer: A needle. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much more than a minute. What am I? 🍃
Answer: Your breath. - What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? ⏳
Answer: A human (crawling as a baby, walking as an adult, and using a cane in old age). - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - 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? 🔥
Answer: Fire.
Riddles About Everyday Objects
- 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 can travel around the world while staying in a corner? 🌍
Answer: A stamp. - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - What has a head, a tail, but no body? 🪙
Answer: A coin. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves? 🚧
Answer: A fence. - What is full of holes but still holds water? 🧽
Answer: A sponge. - What has hands but can’t clap? ⌚
Answer: A clock. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What has an eye but cannot see? 🧵
Answer: A needle. - What has to be broken before you can use it? 🥚
Answer: An egg. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much more than a minute. What am I? 🍃
Answer: Your breath. - What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? 🗺️
Answer: A map. - What has words but never speaks? 📖
Answer: A book. - What has a heart that doesn’t beat? ❤️
Answer: An artichoke. - What has one eye but can’t see? 👁️
Answer: A needle. - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 🚶♂️
Answer: Footsteps. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? ⏳
Answer: A human (crawling as a baby, walking as an adult, and using a cane in old age). - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? 🤐
Answer: Silence. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What has an eye but cannot see? 🧵
Answer: A needle.
Classic Riddles
- What has to be broken before you can use it? 🥚
Answer: An egg. - What goes up and down but never moves? 🎢
Answer: A staircase. - What has a head, a tail, but no body? 🪙
Answer: A coin. - What has keys but can’t open locks? 🗝️
Answer: A piano. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? 🕯️
Answer: A candle. - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? 🌍
Answer: A stamp. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What has a heart that doesn’t beat? ❤️
Answer: An artichoke. - What has one eye but can’t see? 👁️
Answer: A needle. - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? 🤐
Answer: Silence. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? 🗺️
Answer: A map. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - What has a head, a tail, but no body? 🪙
Answer: A coin. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - What has hands but can’t clap? ⌚
Answer: A clock. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - What has an eye but cannot see? 🧵
Answer: A needle. - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - What has to be broken before you can use it? 🥚
Answer: An egg. - What goes up and down but never moves? 🎢
Answer: A staircase. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What has a heart that doesn’t beat? ❤️
Answer: An artichoke. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove.
Riddles for Young Kids
- What has to be broken before you can use it? 🥚
Answer: An egg. - What has four legs and goes “Oom, Oom”? 🐄
Answer: A cow talking. - What has one eye but can’t see? 👁️
Answer: A needle. - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - What has hands but can’t clap? ⌚
Answer: A clock. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? 🤐
Answer: Silence. - What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? 🗺️
Answer: A map. - What has words but never speaks? 📖
Answer: A book. - What has an eye but cannot see? 🧵
Answer: A needle. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What has a heart that doesn’t beat? ❤️
Answer: An artichoke. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What goes up but never comes down? 🎈
Answer: Your age. - What has one eye but can’t see? 👁️
Answer: A needle. - What gets wetter the more it dries? 🧺
Answer: A towel. - What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? 🎹
Answer: A piano. - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? 🧤
Answer: A glove. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole. - What has a neck but no head? 🍾
Answer: A bottle. - What has hands but can’t clap? ⌚
Answer: A clock. - What can fill a room but takes up no space? 💡
Answer: Light. - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? 🔮
Answer: The future. - What has one eye but can’t see? 👁️
Answer: A needle. - What gets bigger the more you take away? 🕳️
Answer: A hole.
Justin Taylor is a puzzle enthusiast and connoisseur, dedicated to exploring the fascinating world of puzzles. With a knack for solving complex riddles and a deep understanding of puzzle mechanics, Justin’s contributions to Puzzlerpedia are both enlightening and entertaining, captivating readers of all skill levels.
