Riddles are a fantastic way to challenge your mind and have fun! For teens looking to test their problem-solving skills, we’ve compiled a list of 301 riddles that will not only entertain but also stimulate your brain.
Whether you’re hanging out with friends or just in need of some mental exercise, these riddles will keep you guessing and laughing. Dive in and enjoy these clever questions and their answers!
Classic Riddles 🕵️♂️
- What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock ⏰ - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp 📬 - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 💰 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🧵 - What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age 🎂 - What comes down but never goes up?
Answer: Rain 🌧️ - 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 📢 - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps 👣 - What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🍳 - I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle 🕯️ - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What has legs but doesn’t walk?
Answer: A table 🏷️ - What is light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath 💨 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter W 🌈 - What can be broken but is never held?
Answer: A promise 🤝 - What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
Answer: A teapot ☕ - What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, and can be broken but never held?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What is full of keys but can’t open any doors?
Answer: A keyboard ⌨️
Funny Riddles 😆
- Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field! 🌾 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your leg 🦵 - Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
Answer: They don’t have the guts! 💀 - What do you call fake spaghetti?
Answer: An impasta! 🍝 - What did one wall say to the other wall?
Answer: I’ll meet you at the corner! 📐 - Why don’t some couples go to the gym?
Answer: Because some relationships don’t work out! 💪 - Why did the bicycle fall over?
Answer: It was two-tired! 🚲 - What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite! ❄️🧛♂️ - What kind of music do mummies listen to?
Answer: Wrap music! 🎵 - Why did the math book look sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems! 📚 - What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
Answer: Nacho cheese! 🧀 - Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
Answer: In case he got a hole in one! ⛳ - Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing! 🍅 - What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear! 🐻 - Why did the computer go to the doctor?
Answer: Because it had a virus! 💻 - How do you organize a space party?
Answer: You planet! 🪐 - What do you call a fish wearing a bowtie?
Answer: Sofishticated! 🎀🐟 - What did the big flower say to the little flower?
Answer: “Hey, bud!” 🌸 - How does a penguin build its house?
Answer: Igloos it together! 🏠🐧 - What do you get when you cross a snowman with a dog?
Answer: Frostbite! ❄️🐕 - Why did the scarecrow become a successful neurosurgeon?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field! 🌾 - What’s brown and sticky?
Answer: A stick! 🪵 - Why did the coffee file a police report?
Answer: It got mugged! ☕ - Why did the duck go to the hospital?
Answer: To get a quack! 🦆 - What do you call a can opener that doesn’t work?
Answer: A can’t opener! 🥫 - Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything! 🔬 - Why did the banana go to the doctor?
Answer: Because it wasn’t peeling well! 🍌 - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator! 🐊 - What do you call a fake noodle?
Answer: An impasta! 🍜 - What did the left eye say to the right eye?
Answer: “Between you and me, something smells!” 👁️👁️
Brain Teasers 🤔
- What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age 🎂 - 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 has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🍳 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps 👣 - What is light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath 💨 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
Answer: A teapot ☕ - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, and can be broken but never held?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter W 🌈 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 💰 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️
Word Riddles 🧩
- What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
Answer: Incorrectly 📖 - What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book 📚 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What starts with an E, ends with an E, but only has one letter in it?
Answer: An envelope ✉️ - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤧 - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M 🕰️ - What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters in it?
Answer: A post office 📮 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book 📚 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🍳 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What is light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath 💨 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 💰 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age 🎂 - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️
Math Riddles 🔢
- What three positive numbers give the same answer when multiplied and added together?
Answer: One, two, and three (1×2×3 = 6 and 1+2+3 = 6) ➕➖ - I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
Answer: Seven (S-e-v-e-n) 7️⃣ - What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?
Answer: 36 (squares of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 🔢 - If you have two apples and you take away three, how many apples do you have?
Answer: Three apples (you took away three) 🍏 - What number do you get when you add 5 to 5 and then divide by 5?
Answer: 2 (10 ÷ 5 = 2) ➗ - A number multiplied by itself gives the same number. What number is it?
Answer: Zero (0×0 = 0) 🔢 - What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🍳 - 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 number comes next in the sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, ?
Answer: 30 (the pattern is adding consecutive even numbers) 🔢 - What is the smallest number that is divisible by all of the numbers from 1 to 10?
Answer: 2520 🔢 - How many sides does a triangle have?
Answer: Three 🔺 - What is the value of 3 cubed?
Answer: 27 (3×3×3) 🔢 - If you subtract one from me, I become less. What am I?
Answer: The number 1️⃣ - What is half of 10 plus 2?
Answer: 7 (5 + 2) ➕➗ - If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Answer: Nine (4+5) 🔢 - What is the sum of the angles in a triangle?
Answer: 180 degrees 🔺 - What is the product of the first five prime numbers?
Answer: 2310 (2×3×5×7×11) 🔢 - What is the number between 1 and 3 that is also a multiple of 2?
Answer: 2 🔢 - What number has no value but is used to separate numbers?
Answer: Zero (0) 🔢 - How many hours are there in a day?
Answer: 24 ⏰ - What is the square root of 64?
Answer: 8 🔢 - What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ?
Answer: 13 (Fibonacci sequence) 🔢 - What is the only even prime number?
Answer: 2 🔢 - If a dozen eggs cost $3, what is the cost of one egg?
Answer: 25 cents 🥚 - What is the smallest prime number?
Answer: 2 🔢 - What number comes after 99?
Answer: 100 🔢 - If you have a dollar and you spend 60 cents, how much do you have left?
Answer: 40 cents 💵 - What is the result of subtracting 12 from 20?
Answer: 8 ➖ - How many sides does a hexagon have?
Answer: Six 🔺 - What is the total of the first four even numbers?
Answer: 20 (2+4+6+8) 🔢
Classic Riddles 🕰️
- What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - 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 is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What starts with an E, ends with an E, but only has one letter in it?
Answer: An envelope ✉️ - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age 🎂 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵 - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 💰 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter W 🌈 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵 - What is light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath 💨 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽
Creative Riddles 🎨
- 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 🌬️ - I have a heart that doesn’t beat. What am I?
Answer: An artichoke 🥬 - What can be broken but is never held?
Answer: A promise 🤝 - 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 🔥 - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps 👣 - What has many keys but can’t open a single door?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - I’m full of holes but I can still hold water. What am I?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - 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 keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - I have a neck but no head. What am I?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - I have a heart that doesn’t beat. What am I?
Answer: An artichoke 🥬 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 💰 - What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age 🎂 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What starts with an E, ends with an E, but only has one letter in it?
Answer: An envelope ✉️ - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What is light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath 💨 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter W 🌈 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What has many keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵
Mystery Riddles 🕵️♀️
- What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - I have keys but can’t open locks. What am I?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has many keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🥬 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What is light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath 💨 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵 - What can be broken but is never held?
Answer: A promise 🤝 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter W 🌈 - What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age 🎂 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What is light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath 💨 - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 💰 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🥬 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What has many keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵
Brain Teasers 🧠
- What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🥚 - I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
Answer: A bank 🏦 - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps 👣 - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - 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 cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - I have a heart that doesn’t beat. What am I?
Answer: An artichoke 🥬 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧤 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What is light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath 💨 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - 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 is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter W 🌈 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg 🦵 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel 🏖️ - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What has many keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map 🗺️ - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🥬 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What has many keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤
James Wilson is a puzzle aficionado with a flair for storytelling and a passion for problem-solving. His expertise in a wide range of puzzles, from crosswords to logic puzzles, shines through in his compelling and informative articles. James’ ability to make puzzling both fun and accessible makes him a beloved member of the Puzzlerpedia team.
