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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 riddles pages that could be used by teachers for fun lessons, homeschool learning, or just some simple wholesome family fun. 

This month's featured riddle quizzes are St. Patrick's Day Riddles and Easter Riddles.  Enjoy!

Riddle Of The Day

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What Day Is Today?
Riddle: Tomorrow Is Neither Wednesday Nor Thursday. Yesterday Was Not Friday Or Saturday. Today Is Not Thursday Nor Monday Nor Sunday. What Day Is Today?
Answer: Friday.
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How Many Plums?
Riddle: A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?
Answer: None. A pear tree does not bear plums.
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Teacher Wearing Sunglasses
Riddle: Why does the teacher wear sunglasses when she comes to the class?
Answer: Because the students are bright.
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Best Riddles

You've found the best riddles and answers in the world. Whether you’re a riddle wizard or a newb Riddles.com has the best riddles with answers all in one place.

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

One Hard Riddle
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?

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

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

Three Consecutive 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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Riddles for Kids

Riddles for kids are a safe and easy way to improve your child’s problem-solving skills and stimulate critical thinking.

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Riddles for Kids

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

First And Last
Riddle: What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Answer: Your name.

Kids Riddles M
Riddle: I make two people out of one. What am I?
Answer: A mirror.

Broken Usefulness
Riddle: What is more useful when it is broken?
Answer: An egg.

Kids Riddles B
Riddle: I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
Answer: A blackboard.
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Riddles For Adults

Riddles for adults. Are you old enough to take on these adult riddles? A New Kind of Grown-Up Fun with riddles and answers for adults.

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Riddles for Adults with Answers

In Love
Riddle: A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
Answer: An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Killer Wife, Or Not?
Riddle: 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 together 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.

Time Passes
Riddle: You have me today, Tomorrow you'll have more; As your time passes, I'm not easy to store; I don't take up space, But I'm only in one place; I am what you saw, But not what you see. What am I?
Answer: Memories.

Simple Addition
Riddle: If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
Answer: 11 o'clock plus 2 hours = 1 o'clock 9 o'clock plus 5 hours = 2 o'clock

Don't Think Too Dirty!
Riddle: What's at least 6 inches long, goes in your mouth, and is more fun if it vibrates?
Answer: A toothbrush. Come on.
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Brain Teasers

Brain teasers that require thought, intellect, and a dab of creativity. Moreover, teasing your brain will require you to think hard and sometimes think outside the box.

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Brain Teasers

What Color?
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.

Carnival Trick
Riddle: A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Answer: The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.

The Mustard Family
Riddle: Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
Answer: There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.

Six Faces
Riddle: What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? "What is it?"
Answer: A die (dice).

Killer Wife, Or Not?
Riddle: 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 together 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.
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Easy Riddles

Easy riddles with answers are great for elementary kids and teenagers alike. Our riddle resources encourage people of all ages to stimulate thinking in new ways with low tech amusement.

Easy Riddles with Answers
Easy Riddles

Put Me Out
Riddle: 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.

Keep Out
Riddle: What runs around the whole yard without moving?
Answer: A fence.

Enough Fish For All IQ Test
Riddle: Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
Answer: There was the father, his son, and his son's son. This equals 2 fathers and 2 sons for a total of 3!

Heads Up
Riddle: What can you catch but never throw?
Answer: A cold.

The Bus Driver Riddle
Riddle: A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign, and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not?
Answer: He was walking...not driving.
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Hard Riddles

Challange your brain and try to solve these hard riddles. Hint: The harder riddles require you to think outside the box!

Difficult/Hard Riddles with Answers
Difficult Riddles

Priceless
Riddle: I am something people love or hate. I change people's appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people, I will fool them. To others, I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I?
Answer: Age.

Only One Color, But Not One Size,
Riddle: Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?
Answer: It's a shadow!

No Hands
Riddle: Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it?
Answer: A shirt.

Simple Addition
Riddle: If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
Answer: 11 o'clock plus 2 hours = 1 o'clock 9 o'clock plus 5 hours = 2 o'clock

Eight Eights That Add Up To 1000
Riddle: How can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
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Funny Riddles

Our funny riddles will provide mind engaging fun for all ages. These silly riddles for kids will have your whole family laughing hilariously!

Funny Riddles with Answers
Funny Riddles

Down South Funny Riddle
Riddle: Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Answer: Because it has Greece at the bottom.

Lucky To Be...
Riddle: Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Answer: This man is bald!

Spell Cow
Riddle: How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?
Answer: SEE O DOUBLE YOU.

Monkey Sitting On A Tree
Riddle: There are two monkeys on a tree and one jumps off. Why does the other monkey jump too?
Answer: Monkey see monkey do.

Talking Parrot - Dress Up Your Pet Day
Riddle: A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
Answer: The parrot was deaf.
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Math Riddles

Math riddles and number puzzles that challenge your lateral thinking. Test your logic and calculation skills with these numerical conundrums. Get the obvious answers to math riddles.

Math Riddles with Answers
Math Riddles

Even Seven
Riddle: How do you make the number 7 even without addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division?
Answer: Drop the "S".

Eight Eights That Add Up To 1000
Riddle: How can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.

Strange Subtraction
Riddle: How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?
Answer: F  I V  E Remove the 2 letters F and E from five and you have IV which is the Roman numeral for four.

What About Circles
Riddle: How many sides does a circle have?
Answer: Two. The inside and the outside.

Subtraction Riddle
Riddle: How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Answer: Once, because after you subtract 5 from 25 it becomes 20.
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New Riddles
New Riddles
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As Small As Your Thumb Riddle
Riddle: As small as your thumb, I am light in the air. You may hear me before you see me, but trust that I'm here. What am I?
Answer: A hummingbird

I’m Alive But Without Breath Riddle
Riddle: I'm alive, but without breath; I'm as cold in life as in death; I'm never thirsty, though I always drink. What am I?
Answer: The riddle "I’m alive but without breath riddle" is unanswered. Do you know the answer? If so, click ANSWER and add your answer in the comments section.

Every Person Is An Equal

Riddle: I am a man, I am short, I can wear boy clothes. Who am I?
Answer: A dwarf.

What Is Large Yet Never Grows Riddle
Riddle: What is large, yet never grows; has roots that cannot be seen; and is taller than trees?
Answer: A mountain.

What Is Always Old And Sometimes New Riddle
Riddle: What is always old and sometimes new; never sad, sometimes blue; never empty, but sometimes full; never pushes, always pulls?
Answer: The moon.
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Riddle Quizzes

Easter Riddles
An Easter Riddles collection everyone in the family will enjoy. For use in classrooms and scavenger hunts this riddle collection is fun. Print or Download PDF.
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Mothers Day Riddles
A Few Mother's Day Riddles collection to share with your mon on her special day... Happy Mother's Day! Print or Download PDF.
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Fathers Day Riddles
Some Fun Father's Day Riddles to share with your dad on his special day... Happy Father's Day! Print or Download PDF.
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Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #1 Series 1
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Answer: When it's springtime in the Rockies.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #4 Series 1
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Answer: I left my heart in San Francisco.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #29 Series 1
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Answer: Time to hit the hay.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #53 Series 1
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Answer: Environment.
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