Here are 30+ famous riddles for you to enjoy! Riddles are like puzzles or games where you have to think carefully to find the answer. They're fun to solve and often have clever tricks behind them. So, let's dive in and explore the world of famous riddles together!
1. Walk on the living, they don't even mumble.
Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.
2. Look at me. I can bring a smile to your face, A tear to your eye,
Or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I?
3. I look at you, you look at me I raise my right,
you raise your left What is this object?
4. What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes,
but not in decades, years, or days?
5. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
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6. What is that which belongs to you But others use it more than you do?
7. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
8. You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be fine,
but if you drop me in water I die.
What am I?
9. As I walked along the path I saw something with four fingers and one thumb, but it was not flesh, fish, bone or fowl.
10. My tines are long. My tines are short. My tines end ere. My first report. What am I?
11. The rich men want it, the wise men know it, the poor all need it, the kind men show it.
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12. I have streets, but no pavement. I have cities, but no buildings. I have forests, yet no trees.I have rivers, yet no water.
13. What word becomes shorter when you add letters to it?
14. You see it once in June, three times in September and never in May. What is it?
15. What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left hand?
16. What falls, but does not break, and what breaks but does not fall?
Answer: Night falls and day breaks
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17. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
18. I never was, am always to be; everyone's looking, but no one sees me. What am I?
19. The man who built it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't want it. The man who's using it doesn't know he's using it. What is it?
20. Rich people want it, poor people have it, and if you eat it, you die. What is it?
21. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
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22. What word is spelled wrong in the dictionary?
23. Three eyes have I, all in a row; when the red one opens, all freeze like the snow.
24. I have a tail, and I have a head, but I have no body. I am NOT a snake. What am I?
25. What is the only English word with three sets of double letters?