Riddles with Answers

Last updated: Apr 02, 2025

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

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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Problem of the Week

One Is To Three As Three Is To Five 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)

Enigma of the Week

No Matter How Little Or How Much You Use Me You Change Me Every Month

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

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

The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"

Answer: Footsteps.

Heads Or Tails

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

Answer: A Penny.

Rice Krispies

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

Answer: David.

Riddled For Days

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

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

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...

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 and add your answer in the comments section.

Packaged Long

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

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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