Riddles, Brain Teasers & Puzzles

Last updated: May 19, 2025

Solve Fun Riddles Daily

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.

Riddle Of The Day

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What Has Holes But Still Holds Water

What has holes but still holds water?

Answer: A Sponge.

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Problem of the Week

How Many Plums?

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.

Enigma of the Week

You Walk Up To A Mountain That Has Two Paths

You walk up to a mountain that has two paths. One leads to the other side of the mountain, and the other will get you lost forever. Two twins know the path that leads to the other side. You can ask them only one question. Except! One lies and one tells the truth, and you don't know which is which. So, What do you ask?

Answer: You ask one twin, "Are you twins?". If he says "Yes", he is telling the truth. Therefore, you ask the other twin which way to go and go the opposite way because he is lying. If he says "No", he is the liar and you ask the other twin which way to go because he is telling the truth.

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Top 5 Most Popular Riddles

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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New Riddles

It Never Lies.

I have no mouth, so I cannot lie. I see the truth, without use of eyes. If you feel ready, then think carefully: What is it you see, when you look at me?

Answer: A reflection.

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!

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Never In Day

What happens only in the middle of each month, in all of the seasons, except summer and happens only in the night, never in the day?

Answer: The letter N

I’m A Day When Truth Takes A Twist

I’m a day when truth takes a twist, and laughter is hard to resist. What am I?

Answer: April Fools' Day This directly references April Fools' Day, a time when people twist the truth with pranks to spark laughter.

Filled With Air And Hide Under Your Seat

I’m filled with air and hide under your seat; sit down, and I’ll give you a treat. What am I?

Answer: A whoopee cushion. A classic prank tool, it’s a staple of April Fools' Day mischief.

April Fools

A mother walked out her front door on June 24th and said, "April is finally here!" How is this possible?

Answer: April is her daughter and she just came back from college.

What Do May Flowers Bring

If April showers bring may flowers, what do may flowers bring?

Answer: Pilgrims. Alternate answer: Prankenstein (instead of Pilgrims). A twist on the classic riddle, “Prankenstein” (a play on Frankenstein) fits the monstrously playful spirit of April Fools'.