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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 Was Carried Into A Dark Room And Set On Fire

Riddle: I was carried into a dark room and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?
Answer: A Candle.
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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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Solution

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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You Live In A One Story House Made Entirely Of Redwood

Riddle: You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
Answer: What stairs? You live in a one-story house.

They Have Not Flesh, Nor Feathers, Nor Scales, Nor Bone

Riddle: They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Answer: Gloves.

What Is Black When You Buy It, Red When You Use It Riddle

Riddle: What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Answer: Charcoal.

What Can You Catch But Not Throw

Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold.

My Life Can Be Measured In Hours, I Serve By Being Devoured

Riddle: My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
Answer: I am a candle.

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Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #5 Series 1

Answer: Moon over Miami.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #11b Series 1

Answer: Loaded Dice.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #15 Series 1

Answer: Don't call us, We'll call you.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #33 Series 1

Answer: Here comes de judge.
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