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What Am I Riddles to Solve

Am I a bug? Perhaps a rug? Do you know me? Do you not? Don't think too hard you'll blow your top! What am I? Only you can answer that question.

“What am I?” and the similar “Who am I?” or “What is it?” riddles all have a very similar form. Many are rhymes and sound like limericks. They usually give multiple clues that lead you to a specific answer. If you get stuck on one, clear your head and try and look at it from a completely different angle.

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.
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Riddle: I make two people out of one. What am I?
Answer: A mirror.
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.
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? Riddle Meme.
Riddle: I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
Answer: A blackboard.
Riddle: My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
Answer: I am a candle.
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. <a href="https://www.riddles.com/what-am-i-riddles">What am I</a>? Riddle Meme.
Riddle: This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What am I?
Answer: Your Breath.
Riddle: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead.
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I? Riddle Meme.
Riddle: The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
Answer: A hole.
Riddle: I have two hands, but I can not scratch myself. What am I?
Answer: A clock.
Riddle: Always in you, Sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
Answer: Water.

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