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The best riddles with answers are enigmas wrapped up in a puzzle and shrouded in mystery. It is up to you to unravel the secret and solve the riddles until that “A-ha!” moment that leaves you feeling so satisfied. Great riddles are the ones that challenge your mind and require your ability to look beyond the words and if the riddle stumps your friends that’s a bonus!

Tell me a riddle! We've assembled fantastic sets of riddles for kids into both printable and downloadable riddle quiz pages that could be used by teachers for fun lessons, homeschool learning, or just some simple wholesome family fun.

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I'm As Small As An Ant, As Big As A Whale

Riddle: I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeze but can come like a gale. By some, I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names, I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as a snail, but from me, you can't run. What am I?
Answer: I am a shadow.
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One Is To Three As Three Is To Five Riddle

Riddle: One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.  What is the pattern?
Answer: One has three letters in the word three has five letters in it five has four letters and four has four letters in it (if you try more numbers they will always come back to the number four: so four is the magic number)
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No Matter How Little Or How Much You Use Me You Change Me Every Month

Riddle: No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
Answer: A Calendar.
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Eight Letter Words

Riddle: What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer: The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.  Cool,huh?

Take It And Leave It

Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"
Answer: Footsteps.

Heads Or Tails

Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A Penny.

Rice Krispies

Riddle: David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
Answer: David.

Riddled For Days

Riddle: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Answer: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

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Riddle: I come in different shapes but my use is same, Push my buttons and I solve your problems, I remember things and then I don't, If there's something I'm not proud of, It is my memory! What am I?
Answer: A Calculator.

PowderPuff

Riddle: I go up & then come down, A sight to the sour eyes, people love me. Rhymes with mountain, a pen in my name, A state of matter, who am I?
Answer: Water Fountain

I Am Not Your Boss But I Guide Your Decisions...

Riddle: I am not your boss but I guide your decisions, I am not your trainer, but I dictate your pace, I am not a Judge but I measure your success. Who Am I?
Answer: The riddle "I am not your boss but I guide your decisions..." is unanswered. Do you know the answer? If so, click ANSWER and add your answer in the comments section.

Packaged Long

Riddle: My head is in the clouds but I cannot fly. The fruity flavor is inside of me; I’m packaged long but not fat you see. What am I?
Answer: Air heads!

I’m A Tale That Sounds Grand

Riddle: I’m a tale that sounds grand, but on this day, don’t take a stand. What am I?
Answer: Fake news! Fake news stories are a modern April Fools' tradition, designed to mislead for fun.

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African Animals

Riddle: Why don't African animals play games?
Answer: There are too many cheetahs!

What Has A Head A Tail Is Brown And Has No Legs

Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A Penny.

Football Bet

Riddle: John bet Tom $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts. Tom agrees but loses the bet. Why did Tom lose the bet?
Answer: John said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. "Before" any football game starts, the score is always 0-0.

Why Couldn't The Pirate Learn The Alphabet

Riddle: Why can't a pirate ever finish the alphabet?
Answer: Because he always gets lost at sea!

No Body No Nose Riddle

Riddle: What has no body and no nose?
Answer: Nobody knows.

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Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #4 Series 1

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Answer: I left my heart in San Francisco.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #21 Series 1

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Answer: Take me out to the ball game.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #27 Series 1

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Answer: Scuttlebutt.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #53 Series 1

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Answer: Environment.
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