45 Dirty Riddles - Riddles about Dirt
Funny Dirty Riddles from the original Riddles website. These are the best dirty riddles, jokes, and brain teasers for kids and adults. Entertain your classmates or share with your family.
1. Riddle: Kids Riddles B
I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
Answer: A blackboard.
2. Riddle: Sneeze You Might
I'm clean when I'm black, Dirty when white; Get too close, And you might sneeze. What am I?
Answer: A Chalkboard.
3. Riddle: Hundreds of Legs
I have hundreds of legs but I can only lean; You make me feel dirty so you feel clean. What am I?
Answer: A Broom.
4. Riddle: Three Lives Have I
Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?
Answer: Water. Explanation: Water can be in the form of a liquid, solid (ice), and/or a gas (water vapor) which is represented by "three lives". As a liquid, it is used to bathe, as a gas it creates clouds that float in the sky, and as a solid (ice), it can split rocks or create glaciers that scour the earth as they move downhill.
5. Riddle: All the Dirty Places
I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone's dirty business. What am I?
Answer: A Vacuum Cleaner.
6. Riddle: Don't Think Dirty
I start with a "p" and end with "o-r-n" and I'm a major player in the film industry. What am I?
Answer: Popcorn.
7. Riddle: Soap dirty or floor clean
If you drop the soap on the floor, is the floor clean or the soap dirty?
Answer: It depends on the floor.
8. Riddle: Getting dirtier
What gets dirtier the more you wash?
Answer: Water.
9. Riddle: Three Lives Riddle
Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?
Answer: I am Water.
10. Riddle: I have three lives
Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?
Answer: Water.
Related: Black Riddles
11. Riddle: Whiter When Dirtier
What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
Answer: A chalkboard.
12. Riddle: Saw can not cut riddle
What is made of wood but no saw on earth is sharp enough to cut?
Answer: Sawdust.
13. Riddle: Baseball Dinner
Why was the baseball player's food always dirty?
Answer: He always stepped on the plate.
14. Riddle: Rock Singer
Which rock singer really, REALLY needs a shower?
Answer: Mud-donna.
15. Riddle: Holes
How much dirt is in a hole that was dug 5m deep and 6m wide?
Answer: There is no dirt because it was dug out.
16. Riddle: Animal Crossing
Why did the chicken cross the road twice, and jump in the mud?
Answer: He was a dirty double-crosser.
17. Riddle: The beginning, the present, and the end.
I control what once was, what is, and what is to come. Some know not to waste me, whilst others take me for granted. What am I?
Answer: Time.
18. Riddle: Gooey Riddle
I move very easily, I am gooey, If you touch me I'll leave a substance behind. What am I?
Answer: Slime.
19. Riddle: You drink me every day
I'm gentle enough to soothe your skin, light enough to fly in the sky, and strong enough to crack rocks. What am I?
Answer: Water.
20. I can be your best friend or your worst enemy...
I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. I can make you clean or filthy. You can ride on me, or I can glide on you. Sharp I am mean, dull I am cruel. What am I?
Answer: A Razor.
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21. Riddle: My thunder rolls beneath me, and my lightning flares above...
My thunder rolls beneath me, and my lightning flares above. I dust the crust, and when I bust, all I touch will I shove. What am I?
Answer: I am a volcano.
22. Riddle: Dirty
A farmer has never taken a shower in his life. He gets dirty every day, wears no cleansing scents, and is always clean at the end of the day. How is this possible?
Answer: The farmer takes a bath every day.
23. Riddle: Hard Riddle
I make the leaves green, I make the dirt brown, I make the bluebirds blue, and I make all of your dreams come true. What am I?
Answer: A box of crayons.
24. Riddle: Dusty ones
I sit here collecting dust, I can wait forever to open me and you will not be disappointed, I can make you laugh, cry, and sad, I contain all the knowledge of the world, let me take you to a faraway land. What am I?
Answer: A book.
25. Riddle: What did one slug say to the other slug?
What did one slug say to the other slug?
Answer: I'll get you the next slime.
26. Riddle: Shower
What cleans but never ever gets dirty?
Answer: A bar of soap.
27. Riddle: A Waste
I am wasteful, but home to those unwanted. What am I?
Answer: A bin
28. Riddle: I play on a diamond, I play fair, I always get dirty, And then I run home. What Am I?
I play on a diamond, I play fair, I always get dirty, And then I run home. What am I?
Answer: Baseball Player
29. Riddle: Hard as Iron
I can flow like a river, and come from dust, I age hard as iron, but never rust. What am I?
Answer: Concrete (liquid state before solidification).
30. Riddle: Needed
Each day many people come and visit me, however, they usually only stay for a few minutes. I am considered by many to be very dirty yet few people would want to live without me. What am I?
Answer: A toilet.
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31. Riddle: A dirty tuba
How do you clean a dirty tuba?
Answer: With a tuba of toothpaste!
32. Riddle: Soap Stealer
What do you call someone that steals soap?
Answer: A dirty crook.
33. Riddle: What's Strong Enough to Crack Rocks? | What Am I?
I am gentle enough to soothe your skin, light enough to fly in the sky, and strong enough to crack rocks. What am I?
Answer: I'm Water.
34. Riddle: Dirty Rug
Why is a dirty rug like a bad boy?
Answer: Both need beating.
35. Riddle: Without taking a shower
What do you call a person who crosses the road twice without taking a shower?
Answer: A dirty double-crosser.
36. Riddle: Ancient Riddle #5
Four hang, four sprang, two-point the way, two to ward off dogs, one dangles after, always rather dirty. What am I?
Answer: A cow.
37. Riddle: Wacky Wood
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood that was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
Answer: Sawdust.
38. Riddle: Riddle proverb 6
A recently purchased implement for brushing away floor dirt invariably effaces the dirt most efficiently. What is the proverb?
Answer: A new broom sweeps clean.
39. Riddle: The sound of _____
I can soothe you, or drive you nuts. I can be quiet but also blare in your ears. What does this? Figure that out, and you have found out the riddle.
Answer: Music ( ROCK!!!! or classical)
40. Riddle: Pea joke pt 2
Can you guess who pea's friend is? He is something that grows on trees, doesn't get bothered by bees, Is often eaten, for enjoyment and taste, and is often thrown away in waste. (Just trying to make it rhyme)
Answer: Nut!
Related: Murder Riddles
41. Riddle: The dirty age
What do you call a dirty age?
Answer: A MESS-age
42. Riddle: Bitter Combination
Half of me builds towers and cities, the other half is squirming in the dirt. When I am whole, I become angry and bitter. Who am I?
Answer: Wormwood.
43. Riddle: Dirty Robber
Who robbed stagecoaches and wore dirty clothes?
Answer: Messy James.
44. Riddle: 49 Peaches
There are 50 horses and 50 kings riding along an old dirt road. They came to a peach tree with 50 peaches. Each took one, yet there were still 49 left. How is this possible?
Answer: Each is the name of one of the kings and he's the only one that took one!
45. Riddle: Not Appreciated
Black I am and much admired, men seek me until they're tired. When they find me, they break my head and take from me my resting bed. What am I?
Answer: Coal
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