70 Riddles for Older Kids That’ll Make Them Think Twice!
Ready to put your brainpower to the test? These 70 short and smart riddles are perfect for older kids who love a good challenge. They’re not too tricky, but definitely not too easy either.
Whether you’re at school, at home, or just passing time with friends, these riddles will sharpen your mind and make you giggle.
- I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
Answer: Echo
- I have keys but no locks. What am I?
Answer: Piano
- What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: Towel
- I go up but never come down. What am I?
Answer: Age
- What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: Egg
- I have a face and two hands but no arms. What am I?
Answer: Clock
- What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: Cold
- What begins with T, ends with T, and has T inside?
Answer: Teapot
- What has legs but doesn’t walk?
Answer: Table
- What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: Sponge
- What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: Coin
- I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: Candle
- What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: Mushroom
- What belongs to you but others use it more than you?
Answer: Your name
- The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Answer: Footsteps
- What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “M”
- What goes around the world but stays in the same spot?
Answer: Stamp
- If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll smile back. What am I?
Answer: Mirror
- What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: Clock
- What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: Stamp
- What has a neck but no head?
Answer: Bottle
- What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: Needle
- I’m not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Answer: Fire
- What comes down but never goes up?
Answer: Rain
- I’m found in socks, scarves, and mittens, and often in the paws of playful kittens.
Answer: Yarn
- What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: Hole
- What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Answer: Light
- What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
Answer: Glove
- What kind of band never plays music?
Answer: Rubber band
- What has ears but cannot hear?
Answer: Corn
- The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
Answer: Hole
- What’s black and white and read all over?
Answer: Newspaper
- I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?
Answer: Barber
- I fly without wings and cry without eyes. What am I?
Answer: Cloud
- What has cities, rivers, and mountains but no people?
Answer: Map
- What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
Answer: Incorrectly
- What gets sharper the more you use it?
Answer: Brain
- What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: Comb
- What can’t be used until it’s broken?
Answer: Egg
- What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
Answer: Palm
- What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: Future
- What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
Answer: Staircase
- What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: Garbage truck
- I’m always running, but I never walk. What am I?
Answer: Water
- What word starts and ends with an E but has only one letter in it?
Answer: Envelope
- What can run but can’t walk?
Answer: Water
- What has no beginning, middle, or end?
Answer: Circle
- What do you find at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: W
- I have teeth but can’t eat. What am I?
Answer: Zipper
- What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
Answer: Paint
- What has stripes but no color?
Answer: Zebra crossing
- I’m light as a feather, yet even the strongest man can’t hold me for long. What am I?
Answer: Breath
- I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
Answer: Joke
- What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
Answer: Post office
- I go up and down but never move. What am I?
Answer: Elevator
- I’m white and cold and fall from the sky. What am I?
Answer: Snow
- What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence
- What has a ring but no finger?
Answer: Telephone
- I’m small and yellow, I can be split, and monkeys love me. What am I?
Answer: Banana
- What has a spine but no bones?
Answer: Book
- I’m a fruit and a color. What am I?
Answer: Orange
- What comes in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “M”
- I have an eye but cannot see. What am I?
Answer: Hurricane
- What’s easy to lift but hard to throw?
Answer: Feather
- What gets shorter as it grows older?
Answer: Pencil
- I never ask questions, but I’m always answered. What am I?
Answer: Doorbell
- What begins and has no end, and is the end of all that begins?
Answer: Death
- I’m tall when I’m standing, and flat when I’m lying down. What am I?
Answer: Paper
- The more you remove from me, the stronger I get. What am I?
Answer: Silence
- I have roots but no trunk. What am I?
Answer: Tooth
How many did you solve without looking? These riddles are a great way to keep your brain active while having a blast. Share them with your friends or test your parents. Stay curious, keep challenging yourself, and remember: every riddle you solve makes you a little bit sharper.