25 Riddles for Kids With Answers
Twenty-five fun riddles for kids with answers hidden until they tap, sorted from easy to tricky. Great for classrooms, car journeys and screen-free family time.
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Riddles are brilliant for building vocabulary and lateral thinking, and they’re one of the best screen-free games for car journeys and waiting rooms. Answers are hidden: tap when you’re ready.
Easy riddles
1. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
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A clock.
2. What has lots of keys but can’t open a single door?
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A piano.
3. What goes up when rain comes down?
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An umbrella.
4. What has to be broken before you can use it?
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An egg.
5. I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?
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A coin.
6. What has four legs but can’t walk?
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A table.
7. What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
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A hole.
8. What can you hold without touching it?
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Your breath.
Medium riddles
9. What has one eye but can’t see?
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A needle.
10. What building has the most stories?
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A library.
11. What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?
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A teapot.
12. What can run but never walks?
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Water, or a river.
13. What has a neck but no head?
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A bottle.
14. What is full of holes but still holds water?
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A sponge.
15. What has words but never speaks?
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A book.
16. What kind of band never plays music?
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A rubber band.
Tricky riddles
17. What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
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A stamp.
18. I’m light as a feather, but even the strongest person can’t hold me for long. What am I?
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Your breath.
19. What comes down but never goes up?
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Rain.
20. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
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Footsteps.
21. What has many rings but no fingers?
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A tree.
22. What month has 28 days?
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All of them.
23. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
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Your name.
24. What can you catch but not throw?
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A cold.
25. What has a bottom at the top?
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Your legs.
Tips for riddle time
Give hints by narrowing the category (“It’s something in the kitchen”), let children make up their own riddles and celebrate creative wrong answers. For bigger kids and adults, try our riddles from easy to hard and what am I? riddles.
Riddles make great car games too; see our road trip games, and for twistier challenges try our lateral thinking puzzles.
Frequently asked questions
What age are these riddles for?
Most suit children aged five to ten, with the tricky ones good for older kids.
Are riddles good for children’s learning?
Yes. They build vocabulary, reasoning and creative thinking.
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