125 Water Riddles - Riddles about Water
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1. I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
What am I2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Answer: The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
3. Always in you, Sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
Answer: Water.
4. I am full of holes but I can still hold water. What am I?
Answer: A sponge!
5. There is a green house. Inside the green house, there is a white house Inside the white house there is a red house. Inside the red house, there are lots of babies. What is it?
Answer: It is a watermelon. Explanation: The skin of the watermelon is green (green house), the watermelon rind is white (white house), the watermelon flesh is red (red house), and the watermelon seeds located in the red flesh are the babies.
6. When will water stop running downhill?
Answer: When it reaches the bottom.
7. I have lakes but no water, No cars but I have streets; Many places and borders, But I'm in one piece. What am I?
Answer: A Map.
8. There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?
Answer: The bodies were goldfish because their fishbowl got knocked over onto the floor and broke.
9. The rungs of a 10-foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers the ladder?
Answer: It will never cover the ladder because as the water rises, so will the floating ship.
10. What has holes but still holds water?
Answer: A Sponge.
11. What runs without legs?
Answer: Water.
12. I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?
Answer: I'm a Sponge.
13. What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
Answer: A map.
14. 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.
15. You go at red but stop at green. What am I?
Answer: Watermelon! You eat the red part, and you stop eating at the green part.
16. You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
Answer: A reflection.
17. You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer, and a five-minute timer, how can you boil the egg for only two minutes?
Answer: Once the water is boiling, turn the three-minute timer and five-minute timer over. When the three-minute timer runs out, put the egg in the boiling water. When the five-minute timer runs out, two minutes have elapsed and it is time to take the egg out of the water. You don't need the four-minute timer for this riddle.
18. This old one runs forever but never moves at all. It has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?
Answer: A Waterfall.
19. How do you spell hard water with three letters?
Answer: ICE.
20. You can drop me from the tallest building and I will be well, but if u drop me in water I die. What am I?
Answer: Paper.
21. I am essential to life, yet I can take your breath away. I am both in you and around you. What am I?
Answer: Water.
22. My first four letters describe all living things. My last five letters are another word for a knight. My job is to save you, and I'm a fan of water. Who am I?
Answer: I’m a lifeguard.
23. If you feed me, I live, but if you water me, I die. What am I?
Answer: A Fire
24. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
Answer: Fire!
25. Why did mom test the bath water before putting Silly Billy in?
Answer: To prevent son-burn.
26. I have seas with no water, coasts with no sand, towns without people, and mountains without land. What am I?
Answer: A map.
27. I have an eye but am blind, a sea, but no water; a bee, but no honey; Tea but no coffee; and a why, but no answer. What am I?
Answer: The alphabet.
28. What gets dirtier the more you washes?
Answer: Water.
29. Late afternoons I often bathe. I'll soak in water piping hot. My essence goes through my see through clothes. Used up am I; I've gone to pot. What am I?
Answer: I'm a tea bag!
30. I sail an ocean you'll never swim, and I voyage seas with white-cotton ease yet my hold is filled with water. What am I?
Answer: A cloud.
31. When in hot water I get harder. I am only useful once broken. Some people eat only the white part for its low fat, high protein nutritional content. What am I?
Answer: I am an egg.
32. I am seen in the water and seen in the sky, I am in the rainbow, a jay's feather, and lapis lazuli. What am I?
Answer: The color blue. Why each clue points to blue:
- Water: Large bodies of water often look blue because they reflect the color of the sky and, to a lesser extent, water weakly absorbs longer wavelengths (reds) more than shorter ones (blues), leaving a bluish appearance.
- Sky: The sky appears blue due to Rayleigh scattering—shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight scatter more in the atmosphere, making the dome of the sky look blue. Rainbow: Blue is one of the visible color bands in a rainbow, between green and indigo.
- Jay’s feather: Many blue jays look blue not from pigment but from structural coloration—the microscopic structure of the feathers scatters light to produce blue.
- Lapis lazuli: This gemstone is famously deep blue because of the mineral lazurite.
33. Say "silk" five times. Now, spell "silk." What do cows drink?
Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," Your brain is obviously over-stressed and may even overheat. It may be that you need to content yourself with reading something more appropriate such as "Children's World." Just Kidding.
34. You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be fine. But drop me in water and I will die. What am I?
Answer: Paper.
35. What is that which every one can divide, but no one can see where it has been divided?
Answer: Water.
36. What can't be burned in fire, nor drowned in water?
Answer: Ice.
37. I can be hot, I can be cold, I can run and I can be still, I can be hard and I can be soft. What am I?
Answer: Water.
38. 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
39. I am the water of life, but seeing too much of me is never good. I am what binds families together, but I can be defied. What am I?
Answer: Blood.
40. What runs but never walks?
Answer: Water or a tap.
41. Bright as diamonds, Loud as thunder, Never still, A thing of wonder. What am I?
Answer: A Waterfall.
42. 20 people jump into an empty pool filled with water and nothing else. After, they jumped in 24 heads came back up. How is this possible?
Answer: There was 20 foreheads.
43. My shape and sizes differ. Every time you dip me in water, I become smaller. What am I?
Answer: Soap.
44. No matter how much rain falls on me, I can't get any wetter. What am I?
Answer: Water.
45. I'm not an airplane, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I?
Answer: A cloud.
46. I have an eye in the middle of me, but as you see, I cannot see. I am dark and not far away. You don't see me every day. I am not night and I am not bright. I can have twists and water and scares. What am I?
Answer: A hurricane.
47. Large as a mountain, small as a pea, Endlessly swimming in a waterless sea. What am I?
Answer: Asteroids.
48. What's weightless, visible to the naked eye, and when you put it in a barrel of water it will make the barrel lighter in weight?
Answer: A hole!
49. What is full of holes and can still hold water?
Answer: A sponge.
50. A precious stone as clear as a diamond. Seek it out when the suns near the horizon. Though you can walk on water with its power. Try to keep it, and it will vanish in an hour. What am I?
Answer: Ice.
51. I can trap many different things and colors, ever-changing, not boring. Look closely and you may find yourself also caught in my trap. What am I?
Answer: A mirror, or a pool of water.
52. What did one water glass say to the other water glass when they fell off the table?
Answer: Nothing. They just cracked up.
53. I follow soap to clear its trace, I wash away what suds embrace. What am I?
Answer: Water. Water is used to rinse away suds and residue after using soap.
54. Wherever the wind does go, Towards there I dance; With the sun above me I grow; Yet without water below, I can never survive; And the taller I grow, The deeper I become. What am I?
Answer: A Tree!
55. I'm blue at day and black at night; I do contain some creatures born and died. What am I?
Answer: Sea water.
56. If boiling water is poured into a thick drinking glass as well as a very thin wine glass. Which of the two is more likely to crack?
Answer: The thick glass is more likely to crack since glass is a poor conductor of heat. In a thin glass, the heat passes more quickly from the glass into the surrounding air, causing the glass to expand equally. When hot water is poured into a thick glass, the inner surface expands, but the outer surface does not. It is this extreme stress on the glass that causes it to crack.
57. The king of the jungle, rare as gold, black as night, in light not there and night not seen. Goes in water, goes on trees, goes in caves, goes on the ground. Claws of knives, teeth of swords, roar of death but silent as a mouse. What is it?
Answer: A black panther (black jaguar)
58. What goes down but doesn't go up?
Answer: A waterfall.
59. What body of water was named after a famous spy?
Answer: James Pond.
60. A duck arrives near a lake. He sees a sign where it is written "No swimming allowed.", but the duck jumps into the water. Why?
Answer: Because ducks can't read.
61. I possess a halo of water, walls of stone, and a tongue of wood. Long I have stood; what am I?
Answer: A castle.
62. Imagine you are deserted on an island lighted up with fire. You have no bucket so you cannot use the seawater. How do you escape?
Answer: Just stop imagining.
63. When it is cold I expand and when it is warm I contract. What am I?
Answer: Water/ice.
64. What liquid is represented by "hijklmno"?
Answer: Water. Hijklmno is "H to O" in the alphabet. Water is H20.
65. Many always do say that I am life. I occupy most part of the earth surface, yet I'm found in you. What am I?
Answer: Water.
66. Martha and George died, there was glass and water all around but, no blood. How did they die?
Answer: They were fish.
67. Water on wind; Light, I rescind. What am I?
Answer: A Cloud
68. Spelled forward is a brand of bottled water, spelled backwards is is what you call a person lack of judgement. What word am I?
Answer: Evian, naive.
69. What does an island and the letter T have in common?
Answer: They're both in water.
70. In Jamaica, if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through the water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit? Or will it make no difference?
Answer: 40 degrees Fahrenheit. At 20 degrees Fahrenheit the water would be ice.
71. We're both found in you; one thicker than the other; one colourless and the other colored. What are we?
Answer: Water and blood.
72. Why do dolphins swim in salt water?
Answer: Pepper makes them sneeze.
73. What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
Answer: A Cupcake.
74. I am a window, I am a lamp, I am clouded, I am shining, and I am colored; set in white, I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but I have no words. What am I?
Answer: I am an eye.
75. I am both a killer and a savior, it depends on those who wield me. I will bring you from deep water to the shallows, or maybe I could be the one who will hang you in the gallows. What am I?
Answer: A rope.
76. I am related to the water, but I am not wet. I am related to a shadow, but I am multi-colored. I am an illusion, but I show what is real. What am I?
Answer: A mirror!
77. I trap warmth, Spray forth ice and water, and slip through your fingers with ease What am I?
Answer: Clouds.
78. I am hot. I am hidden. I am cold. I am hard. I am sharp. I am soft. I am still. I am moving. I am above. I am below. I am two and one. Always changing. Always the same. What am I?
Answer: Water.
79. To cross the water I'm the way, For water I'm above: I touch it not and, truth to say, I neither swim nor move. What am I?
Answer: I am a bridge, to help you cross.
80. While stranded in the desert, you come across two creatures offering water. Only, one has no nose, and one has spines. They say that one has poison, and the other will keep you going for a few more hours. Which one can't you trust?
Answer: The one with no nose, for it’s a snake that bears poison. The other is a cactus, which has water in it.
81. Salmon need me. Gravity uses me. At a distance I look gorgeous, but get too close and I become hazardous. If you do see me, I am usually pretty tall. What am I?
Answer: I am a Waterfall.
82. What do you swallow that swallows you?
Answer: Water.
83. What can be underwater, under fire, on fire and taking water all at the same time?
Answer: Submarine. Underwater meaning in water. Under fire meaning getting shot at. On fire meaning burning. Taking water meaning water is flooding into or through something.
84. What did the beaver say when he slipped in water?
Answer: Dam-it!
85. My veins of green may go unseen, Til on the ground I lay around. What am I?
Answer: "Leaves" - Reasoning: Leaves contain veins to transport water through the leaf, and as people would need to be up close to see them. Hence, these veins go unseen as they spend most of their time up in trees attached to branches. You only really get to see them when they fall to the ground.
86. I hold the keys to places with no real traces. There are cities sans houses, mountains without trees, and waters lacking fish. To find out what I am and unlock more fun word. What could I be?
Answer: A map.
87. How can you make a needle float?
Answer: Take a thin piece of tissue paper and place the tissue paper under the needle before putting the needle in the water. The tissue paper will eventually sink and the needle will remain floating.
88. Larry is dead the window is open. There is a glass and water on the floor, and Mary is sleeping. What happened?
Answer: Larry is a fish. the breeze from the window knocked over his fishbowl it broke and he died from no water.
89. Two of me become one, a union so true. I am transparent and pure, a liquid so clear. Quenching thirst, a gift without fear. What am I?
Answer: A water drop.
90. What breaks on water but never on land?
Answer: A wave.
91. They can be harbored, but few hold water, You can nurse them, but only by holding them against someone else, You can carry them, but not with your arms, You can bury them, but not in the earth. What are they?
Answer: A grudge.
92. I was walking on the sand by the beach, not touching the water. When I turned around, there were no footprints. How come?
Answer: I was walking backward!
93. In the light, I may reflect. In the dark, I'm cold and wet. What am I?
Answer: Water.
94. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
Answer: The Letter C. The letter "C" sounds like the word "sea". The sea is a large body of salt water. The riddle relies on a play on words (a pun) where the name of the letter "C" is phonetically identical to the English word "sea".
95. How can you put some water in a colander?
Answer: Freeze some water into ice, and put the ice into the colander. Ice is still water, just in its solid state.
96. What has holes but can still hold water?
Answer: An easy one!? The answer is SPONGE! Isn't that easy, my friend?
97. What is the thing which, Once poured out, Cannot be gathered again?
Answer: Water or liquid.
98. What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A Sponge.
99. They grab me, carry me, roast me on an open flame, grind me to pieces, blast what's left apart with boiling water, then finally, consume me. This happens to me and my billions of brothers daily. What am I?
Answer: I am (or rather, I become) Coffee! (Coffee bean also acceptable)
100. Can you drop a full glass and spill no water?
Answer: Yes, if the glass is full of milk (or anything else but water).
101. You'll rarely find me in the forest, and hardly want to in the desert. I'm deadly in flight, but I never dance on water without an audience. What am I?
Answer: Skipping Stone.
102. I can dive in water but am not a diver. What am I?
Answer: Unanswered
103. Two mothers and two daughters went to the grocery store to buy watermelons. Strangely, they only walked out of the grocery store with three watermelons, but this was enough for each of them to have one watermelon. How is it possible?
Answer: Only three people went grocery shopping: a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter. The grandmother is also a mother (she is the mother's mother), and the mother is also a daughter (she is the grandmother's daughter).
104. A boat capsized there are no survivors and there are only 20 people on the boat but 24 heads are in the water. How is this possible?
Answer: Easy twenty foreheads.
105. A girl walked into a bar and ordered some water. The bartender then threw a big hairy spider at her. A few minutes later, the girl thanked the man and walked out. Why?
Answer: The girl had the hiccups and the man scared them away by throwing the big hairy spider at her.
106. Part carbon, part water, I am poison to the fishes. Many have falsely claimed my name, for I am the pause that refreshes. What am I?
Answer: I am Soda Pop!
107. I'm scared of the water, But not scared of heights; I'm light and come in different colors, But typically just white. What am I?
Answer: Tissue
108. Asher and Miles were shipwrecked. Miles was swept away by a strong current and woke up on an island. And Asher found a small wooden boat in the middle of the ocean. Both guys were thirsty and hungry. Who's going to survive for longer?
Answer: Miles will survive for longer because the water on the island might as well be drinkable. But Asher can't drink the ocean water because the amount of salt in it is too dangerous for people to consume safely.
109. A traveler starts a journey. For the first week he goes east. The second he goes in all directions. The third he flies up into the sky. In the fourth he comes back down. Who is the traveler?
Answer: An iceberg. It travels East as an iceberg, free flowing water when melted, flies up to sky when evaporated, falls back down as rain.
110. I bought your aquarium for freshwater fish, I'm so glad but only one kind so far to surface, So, for now, I'll say thank you for the... what?
Answer: Purchase (perches).
111. What goes in the water red, and comes out black?
Answer: Iron.
112. I have your ohs and your wishes, Your life force and your death gasp. You can visit me, or we can get stuck together; Either way, you'll arrive pale and leave quenched. What am I?
Answer: A well. “Your ohs”: The interjection “oh, well” uses “well” as a conversational filler. “Your wishes”: A “wishing well” is where people toss coins and make wishes. “Your life force”: Wells hold water, essential for life; drinking from a well sustains you. “Your death gasp”: “Farewell” (said at life’s end) contains “well,” and grief often “wells up” as tears. “You can visit me”: A literal water well is a place you go to draw water. “We can get stuck together”: “As well” means “together/also,” and “well… well” is a phrase people repeat when stuck or hesitating. “Arrive pale and leave quenched”: A pun on “pail/pale”—you come with a pail to the well and leave with thirst quenched and the pail filled; or you come looking drained (“pale”) and leave revived by water. All clues point to “well” through its literal meaning (water source) and its many idiomatic uses.
113. A man crosses a desert in 10 days with no water. How?
Answer: He's a camel named Abdul. The unexpected twist (a camel, not a man) mirrors the surprise element of April Fools' pranks.
114. I sound a color, But that's the old me; I grow near the water; I'm what your doing. What am I?
Answer: Read/Reed
115. A man was lying dead on the floor. Next to him was a puddle of water. How did he die?
Answer: The man was stabbed with an icicle.
116. I am filled with hotness. I don't mind how hot water is. What am I?
Answer: A hot water bottle.
117. A man buys a glass and fills it halfway with water. Is it half full or half empty?
Answer: Half empty. Because it was empty to begin with, it was 2/2 empty, and now it is 1/2 empty.
118. NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?
Answer: Birds, unlike humans, need gravity to swallow. Humans can swallow even while hanging upside down.
119. I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but I need water to live. What am I?
Answer: I am an AI language model designed to answer questions and provide information on a wide range of topics.
120. What does a stone become when in the water?
Answer: A whetstone.
121. Cleopatra and Anthony were near a fish bowl and somehow they died. What happened?
Answer: Cleopatra and Anthony were fish and a cat knocked over their fish bowl and since fish can't survive without water they died!!
122. When are eyes not eyes?
Answer: When the wind makes them water.
123. When is a ship at sea not on the water?
Answer: When she is on fire.
124. Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?
Answer: Three melons!
125. A man walked in to a bar and asked for a glass of water the bar man took out a gun and poined it at him the man who asked for the glass of water just smiled and walked away happy Why?
Answer: He had the hicupps
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