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Anyone can come up with a riddle. For instance—what’s black and white and hilarious? No, not the self-playing piano, but this text (hopefully). But was that a funny riddle? We very much doubt so.
However, if you’re looking for the funnies, the internet has long gathered funny riddles with answers that came from the artifice of folk over hundreds of years. So, it is best not to try to top them with our sub-par enigmas but instead check out this glorious list of only the best riddles ever!
If you think, ‘baaah, I don't want to spend half an hour cracking these hard charades!’ then don't worry, as their primary purpose is to entertain you rather than to give you a headache from overthinking. Some will be known to you and make you reminisce about your childhood. It was probably then that you last heard these tricky riddles!
Others will be entirely new for you; that’s when it is time for your smarts to shine. Of course, most of these mysteries could be named kids’ riddles, but who doesn't want to let their inner child have some fun from time to time? And what’s more relaxing for that than solving a couple of easy riddles for kids? Well, except for maybe jumping into puddles, stepping on dry leaves in autumn, and perhaps running your fingers along a picket fence making that funny drum sound.
Anyhoo, let’s skip straight to our selection of funny riddles, shall we? They are all supplied with answers to make it genuinely entertaining for you, but try to keep yourself from looking at them straight away! Vote for the ones you’ve liked the best, so the good riddles will hold their position at the top of our list. Once all of the steps above are done, be sure to share this list with your friends!
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#2
What is so unbelievably fragile that just by speaking it's name will break it?
#3
A prisoner is forced to go into one of three rooms, but he can choose which room. The first room is ablaze with fire. The second one is rigged with explosives that will go off as soon as he enters. The third contains a pair of lions who haven't eaten in years. Which room should he choose to survive?
#4
What rock group consists of four famous men, but none of them sing?
#6
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
#7
There are 10 kids and a bowl with 10 oranges in it. How do you divide up the oranges so that every kid gets and orange but one remains in the bowl?
#9
A magician promises that he can throw a ball as hard as he can and have it stop, change direction, and come back to him. He claims he can do it without the ball bouncing off of anything, the ball being tied to anything, or the use of magnets. How is this possible?
What Are Some Short Riddles to Get the Game Night Started?
In a world constantly moving, sometimes you need a quick dose of merriment. That’s where our collection of short riddles comes in handy! These bite-sized brain teasers pack a punch, delivering laughs in a compact and convenient form.
- Riddle: A girl fell off a 20-foot ladder. She wasn’t hurt. How?
Answer: She fell off the bottom step.
- Riddle: You’re in a race and pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
Answer: Second place.
- Riddle: You can hold me in your left hand but not your right. What am I?
Answer: Your right elbow.
- Riddle: You go at red and stop at green. What am I?
Answer: A watermelon.
- Riddle: What type of cheese is made backward?
Answer: Edam.
- Riddle: When is “L” greater than “XL”?
Answer: When using Roman numerals.
Whether you’re sharing them around the dinner table, during a break at school, or at a virtual hangout with friends, these snappy trick questions are the perfect recipe for instant amusement.
#13
What starts with "e," ends with "e," and contains one letter?
#14
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
#15
What can run, but never walks? Has a mouth, but never talks? Has a head, but never weeps? Has a bed, but never sleeps?
#16
The man who made it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What am I talking about?
#17
What kind of cheese is made backwards?
pmsfo 2 years ago
if you ever happen to visit a Dutch cheese shop and the man behind the counter offers you a small piece to try, do not take it because he is giving you the strongest tasting cheese they have. You won't be able to get the taste out of your mouth for 2-3 days. Dutch cheesemen enjoy seeing people's reaction to their strong cheeses.
#18
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 2 years ago
Money. I hear about it, I know how it looks like, is a lot around everywhere (apparently) but I never see it.
#19
There's a one-story house where everything inside is pink: pink walls, pink doors, pink floors, pink ceilings, pink windows, pink curtains, pink chairs, and pink tables. What color are the stairs?
IlovemydogShilo 2 years ago
The house is full of furniture covered in silk. Silk tables silk sofas silk cabinets. Except the chairs. They’re satin.
#20
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
What Are Some Short Riddles for Adults?
With so little time many of us have, short riddles might be the greatest brain teasers for adults looking to relax their minds, but in a timely manner.
- Riddle: What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: A mushroom.
- Riddle: What belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
Answer: Your name.
- Riddle: What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope.
- Riddle: Forwards I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
Answer: A ton.
- Riddle: Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
Answer: Letter C.
- Riddle: What has legs, but does not walk?
Answer: A chair.
You might not find these riddles in brain-teaser competitions, but we know they will make most adults scratch their heads.
#22
If a red-house is made of red bricks, has a red wooden door, and a red roof, and a yellow-house is made of yellow bricks, has a yellow wooden door, and a yellow roof, then what is a green-house made of?
#23
I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. Who am I?
#24
What is red and smells like blue paint?
#25
What sometimes freezes after it has been heated up?
#26
Sometimes I am born in silence, other times, no. I am unseen, but I make my presence known. In time, I fade without a trace. I harm no one, but I am unpopular with all. What am I?
IlovemydogShilo 2 years ago
I had a kid in the school I once worked in tell me this riddle and in true 8 year old boy fashion he answered by farting. 😂
#27
What five-letter word becomes shorter if you add two letters to it?
#28
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
#29
When you want to use me, you throw me away. When you're done using me, you bring me in. What am I?
#30
There is a house with four walls. All of the walls are facing south. A bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?
What Are Some Tricky Riddles That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head?
Your riddle game night approaches its finale, and now it’s time for the hardest brain-teasers to help determine the winner. Classic “What am I” riddles, tricky questions, and generally difficult word puzzles—they might take a lot of time to solve, so if you don't want to spend the whole night there, consider adding a timer. Additional pressure will identify the best puzzle solvers quickly! Consider adding these hard riddles to your game night:
- Riddle: You measure my life in hours, and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
Answer: A candle.
- Riddle: You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again, you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
Answer: All people were married.
- Riddle: I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead.
- Riddle: I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
Answer: A computer keyboard.
- Riddle: A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
Answer: A is D’s uncle.
- Riddle: First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
Answer: A fishhook.
We hope these tricky riddles to solve will help you finish off your game night with a bang. Make sure you have some fantastic prizes ready for the winners and participants!
#31
If life gets tough, what do you have that you can always count on?
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 2 years ago
I thought when life gets tough men use their hand, not only the fingers. 😜
#32
Why is the letter A the most like a flower?
#33
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you'll die. What is it?
#34
Why is Europe like a frying pan?
#35
You can break me without touching me, or even seeing me. What am I?
#36
3 gentleman are out fishing in a boat when a rogue wave knock them all overboard and underwater. Only 1 got his hair wet. Why?
#37
A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
#39
I have a neck, but no head, and I wear a cap. What am I?
#40
I travel all over the world, but always stay in my corner. What am I?
#41
I have a head but no body, a heart but no blood. Just leaves and no branches, I grow without wood. What am I?
#43
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
#44
Mr. Blue lives in the blue house. Mr. Yellow lives in the yellow house. Mr. Black lives in the black house. Who lives in the white house?
#45
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
#46
What is on the ground and also a hundred feet in the air?
#47
Why did the boy throw his watch out the window?
#49
What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?
#50
There are three apples on a table and you take away two of them. How many apples do you have now?
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 2 years ago
Now I have 3 apples 2 in my hands and 1 on the table. This is the story of showing 1 hand and asking "how many fingers you see here ? I see 5 fingers. Some down, some up, but they are 5 fingers.
#51
The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
#52
A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
Rich O'Brien 2 years ago
That's wrong. The painting is of the man speaking. That man's father, is my father's son. If he has no siblings, then he's an only child. His father's son is... Him. The painting is of him.
#53
A man is washing windows on the 25th floor of an apartment building. Suddenly, he slips and falls. He has nothing to cushion his fall, and no safety equipment — but he doesn't get hurt. How is this possible?
#54
A girl fell off of a 30-foot ladder, but she didn't get hurt at all. How is this possible?
#55
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
#57
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?
#58
What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
#59
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
#60
I'm the size of an elephant, but I weigh nothing. What am I?
#61
What can you catch, but not throw?
BigFootToo 2 years ago
There are a lot of people who've thrown a cold in many directions. When you cough, or sneeze you are throwing water droplets out your face
#63
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
#64
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
#65
I weigh nothing, but you can still see me. If you put me in a bucket, I make the bucket lighter. What am I?
#66
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
#67
A man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
#68
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
#69
You find me in December, but not in any other month. What am I?
#70
Two children are born on the same day by the same mother but they are not twins. How is that possible?
#71
You cannot keep this until you have given it. What is it?
#72
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
#73
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
#74
I am a word that begins with the letter I. If you add the letter A to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
#75
I have hundreds of wheels, but move, I do not. Call me what I am: call me a lot. What am I?
#76
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
#77
A man was driving a truck. His headlights weren't on, and the moon wasn't out. Ahead of him, a woman dressed in all black started crossing the road. Fortunately, the man braked so she could cross. How did he see her?
Stephan van der Merwe 2 years ago
Or maybe it was dark and he was wearing heat vision goggles, or light amplification goggles.
#78
What only gets wetter the more it dries?
Lucus Adams 2 years ago
Why did as soon as I read this expect to see that one guy responding "paper towel" or "washcloth"
#80
Ten ladies tried to fit under a small umbrella, none of them got wet. How did they do it?
#81
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
#82
What do you break before you use it?
#84
A man is pushing his car along, and when he comes to a hotel he shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
Lucus Adams 2 years ago
He lives in America and couldn't afford gas or anything else because cost of living and inflation.
#85
During what month do people sleep the least?
DDmaybeandor 2 years ago
I was trying to decide between factual February, or March (because of all the stomping).
#86
What is something that you can easily hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?
#87
Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead and they mutter and grumble. What are they?
#88
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
#89
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
#90
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
#91
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Sam Wallace 2 years ago
Q. Which is heavier: a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? A. A pound of feathers. Gold is measured in Troy pounds with only 12 ounces to the pound. Q. Which is heavier: an ounce of feathers or an ounce of gold? A. An ounce of gold. Troy ounces are just over 31 grams while avoirdupois ounces, which feathers are weighed in, are less than 29 grams.
#92
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
#93
What TV program should you watch in the bathtub?
#94
What question can you never answer "Yes" to?
#95
A horse attached to a 24-foot chain sees an apple 26 feet away. How can the horse reach the apple?
#96
Why is an island like the letter T?
#97
I'm an odd number. If you take away one of the letters in my name, I become even. What number am I?
#98
How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
José Vitor Lobo 2 years ago
With this logic, not even one. After a bite it's not empty anymore
#99
Which 5 letter words in the dictionary can be pronounced the same, even if it has 4 of its letters removed?
#100
Plucked from a fruit, bitter like a root, burning and bold, or even cold when sold. What am I?
#101
What question can you never answer yes to?
#102
What do you call a bear without an ear?
#103
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
#104
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
#105
I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
#106
Name the next letter in this sequence: J F M A M J J A S O N ?
#108
A man rode in to town on Tuesday, and left two days later on Tuesday. How so?
#109
What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
#110
This word I know? Six letters it contains. Take away the last... And only twelve remains. What is the word?
#111
Yellow I look and massive I weigh. In the morning I come to brighten your day. What am I?
#112
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
#115
A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten cows. If we call the pigs cows, how many cows will he have?
L.E. Misiak 2 years ago
I can identify as a wood elf. It doesn't make me a wood elf. Whatever people want to do in their own life is fine. Just don't expect people to change biological science for them. You look at me and know that I'm NOT a wood elf. You look at the pigs and know they aren't cows. Renaming something doesn't suddenly negate what it was before it was renamed.
#116
Jim is six feet tall, he works at a butcher's, and he wears size ten shoes. What does he weigh?
#118
What type of music do rabbits listen to?
#119
What are two things you wouldn't eat after waking up?
What do you think ?
Jamin P, Rose 2 years ago
'I am man's worst invention, yet sometimes fitting. A core component of one culture but a bane of others. What am I?'
MollyJune 2 years ago
"I stain the earth with blood, sweat and tears. My wrath befalls every nation. I am what man most fears, Yet I am man's creation. What am I?"
LoveLive Laugh 2 years ago
I hate how I see the answers before I can read it and try and guess for myself!
Jamin P, Rose 2 years ago
'I am man's worst invention, yet sometimes fitting. A core component of one culture but a bane of others. What am I?'
MollyJune 2 years ago
"I stain the earth with blood, sweat and tears. My wrath befalls every nation. I am what man most fears, Yet I am man's creation. What am I?"
LoveLive Laugh 2 years ago
I hate how I see the answers before I can read it and try and guess for myself!
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