50 Fun Riddles

1. I'm full of holes, yet I can still soak up a puddle and carry the water to the sink. What am I?

2. I have a neck but no head, and I wear a little cap to keep my drink from spilling. What am I?

3. I have keys that open no doors and pedals that move no wheels. What am I?

4. I have a head and a foot and four legs, yet I stay in the same room every night. What am I?

5. I go up and I go down, but I never move a single step. What am I?

6. I travel in pairs on your feet, but the washing machine always seems to keep one of me. What am I?

7. I'm dug from a mine and locked inside a wooden case for life, yet almost everyone has used me. What am I?

8. I have teeth but never chew, and I'm the only thing that lets you through the front door. What am I?

9. I'm slippery, I smell nice, and I get a little smaller every time you wash your hands with me. What am I?

10. I'm cold inside all year, I hum all night, and people open me just to stare at what's inside. What am I?

11. I fly without wings, but only when the wind blows and someone holds my string. What am I?

12. I'm a house you can roll up and carry in a bag. What am I?

13. I say welcome to every guest, and every guest wipes their feet on me. What am I?

14. I have a mouth but never eat, a bed but never sleep, and I run all day without legs. What am I?

15. I float without wings and I cry without eyes. What am I?

16. I follow you on sunny days, copy every move you make, and vanish when the lights go out. What am I?

17. My base is rooted in rock, I stand higher than the trees, and my summit seems still while clouds drift past. What am I?

18. I can fill a whole valley, you can walk straight through me, and I'm gone by the time the sun warms up. What am I?

19. I'm a mountain with a hot temper, and when I lose it, glowing rock pours out of my top. What am I?

20. I flash across the sky before the boom arrives, and I'm hotter than the surface of the sun. What am I?

21. Twice a day I creep up the beach and slip back out again, and nobody has to open a door for me. What am I?

22. I'm tiny and buried in the dark, but with water and time I can become a tree. What am I?

23. Kids build castles out of me, the tide knocks them down, and I sneak into your shoes on every beach day. What am I?

24. I spin all day without getting dizzy, and I carry everyone you've ever met. What am I?

25. I'm covered in sharp needles, yet I've never sewn a stitch in my life. What am I?

26. I start with T, I end with T, and I'm full of T. What am I?

27. Which five-letter word gets shorter when you add two letters to it?

28. Forward I'm heavy, but backward I'm not. What word am I?

29. I show up once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years. What am I?

30. Which everyday English word has three double letters in a row?

31. Read me forward or backward and I'm the same fast vehicle zooming around a track. What word am I?

32. What kind of room has no doors, no windows, and grows in the forest?

33. What kind of band never plays a single note?

34. Which state has four eyes but can't see a thing?

35. You can serve me, but no one can eat me. What am I?

36. Which building has the most stories?

37. I'm an odd number, but take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

38. Which word still has some left even after you take away the whole?

39. Ana's mom has four kids. Three of them are named April, May and June. What is the fourth one's name?

40. You're running a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?

41. Which tire on a moving car is carried as a backup instead of turning on an axle?

42. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain on Earth?

43. A dog runs straight across a wood from one edge to the opposite edge. At what point is it closer to the exit edge than the entrance?

44. Divide 30 by half and add 10. What do you get?

45. What letter comes next: O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, ...?

46. What goes up every year but never comes down?

47. What has its bottom at the top?

48. What can you hold in your left hand but never in your right hand?

49. A red house is made of red bricks and a blue house of blue bricks. What is a greenhouse made of?

50. A man walks home in pouring rain with no hat, no hood and no umbrella, yet not one hair on his head gets wet. How?