Crack the Code: 100+ Riddles with Answers + Downloadable Images

1

I can travel the world but always stay in a corner. What am I?

Stamp

2

I am always coming but never arrive. What am I?

Tomorrow

3

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

A penny (coin)

4

I sit in a corner yet travel all over the world. What am I?

A stamp

5

What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?

Day and Night

6

I’m sometimes hot, sometimes cold; people love me and people scold me. What am I?

Coffee (or tea)

7

I am round and bright at night. What am I?

Moon

8

I’m a drink made from tea leaves. What am I?

Tea

9

I have numbers but I am not a math book. What am I?

Calendar

10

What has a tongue but cannot taste?

A shoe

11

I can be cracked or told, and sometimes played for fun. What am I?

A joke

12

I live in a shell and sometimes become pearls. What am I?

An oyster

13

I’m the red planet. What am I?

Mars

14

I get bigger the more you take away. What am I?

Hole

15

I come after victory, I can be a party or a quiet moment. What am I?

Celebration

16

I move without wings, I roar without a mouth, I can drown a town. What am I?

A flood

17

I am invisible but can be heard. What am I?

Wind

18

I have a bottom at the top. What am I?

A leg

19

I can run but never walk. What am I?

River

20

I am always hungry and must be fed, yet if you drink me I die. What am I?

Fire

21

I’m sometimes held and sometimes broken; I’m used to trust. What am I?

A promise

22

I can be opened but never closed; I can be told but never seen. What am I?

A secret

23

I move without touching and can lift things. What am I?

Magnetism

24

I can be cracked, told, or made — I make people laugh. What am I?

A joke

25

What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?

Your right elbow

26

What tastes better than it smells?

A tongue

27

I have wings but cannot fly, often found on bread. What am I?

A butterfly (on bread? odd) — better: a stamp has "wings" (no). Alternate riddle: a windmill has sails. I'll give clear: a windmill has blades but cannot fly.

28

I have a tongue but cannot taste. What am I?

Shoe

29

I have a face but no eyes, mouth, or nose. What am I?

A clock

30

I have color but no pigment, and can brighten the darkest night. What am I?

Light

31

I have a face but no eyes. What am I?

A clock

32

I am always coming but never arrive. What am I?

Tomorrow

33

I am light as a feather, yet even the strongest cannot hold me. What am I?

Breath

34

What goes up but never comes down?

Your age

35

I’m used to measure time but I have no hands. What am I?

A calendar

36

I am round and bright at night. What am I?

Moon

37

I’m full of keys but I can’t open locks. What am I?

A piano

38

I am always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?

The future

39

I am always hungry, I must always be fed. What am I?

Fire

40

I am full of holes but I hold water. What am I?

A sponge

41

I start with “e”, end with “e”, and usually contain only one letter. What am I?

An envelope

42

I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?

Yarn

43

I am used to cut but I’m not a knife. What am I?

Scissors

44

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?

A barber

45

I have a head and tail and am normally tossed for fun; I decide yes or no. What am I?

A coin

46

I have a bark but no bite; I live in the ground and reach to the sky. What am I?

A tree

47

I am often full of stories, but I never speak. What am I?

A book

48

I can travel anywhere but stay in the same place. What am I?

Map

49

I go up and down but never walk. What am I?

Stairs

50

I’m taken by surprise and I’ll vanish if you try to look at me directly. What am I?

A reflection in broken glass (or a mirage)

51

I’m bought to eat but never eaten. What am I?

A plate

52

I am alive without breath and cold as death. What am I?

A fish (classic riddle)

53

What has an eye but cannot see and is often found in a storm?

A hurricane

54

I have a ring but no finger. What am I?

A telephone

55

I’m a place where you watch movies. What am I?

A cinema

56

I move without touching yet can lift objects. What am I?

Magnetism

57

I’m round, yet flat, and I can tell you where you are. What am I?

A compass

58

I am always in front of you but never seen. What am I?

The future

59

I shine but I am not alive. What am I?

Light

60

I make two people out of one. What am I?

A mirror

61

I get sharper the more I am used. What am I?

Brain

62

I shine only at night and hide during the day. What am I?

The moon

63

I am not a bird but I can build a nest. What am I?

A squirrel (or beaver)

64

I have a spine but no bones, pages but no leaves. What am I?

A book

65

I can fly without wings and fall without touching the ground. What am I?

Snow

66

I get wetter as I dry. What am I?

A towel

67

I get sharper the more I am used. What am I?

Brain

68

I can travel at the speed of light and never weigh a thing. What am I?

A photon (light)

69

I’m clear, tasteless, and keep you alive. What am I?

Water

70

I can travel anywhere but stay in one place. What am I?

Map

71

I make two from one. What am I?

A mirror

72

I follow you all day but vanish at night. What am I?

Shadow

73

I build up castles and tear down mountains. I make some blind and help others see. What am I?

Sand

74

I have four legs but cannot walk. What am I?

A table

75

I keep things cold and sometimes white with frost. What am I?

A refrigerator

76

I move without touching, yet I can lift things. What am I?

Magnetism

77

I am sometimes hot, sometimes cold; I often make you thirsty. What am I?

Soup (or weather) — accept: soup

78

I am a king but also a common insect. What am I?

A monarch (butterfly)

79

I spin and hum and keep you cool in summer. What am I?

A fan

80

I have keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside. What am I?

A keyboard

81

What has four wheels and flies?

A garbage truck

82

I am not alive yet I grow. What am I?

Fire

83

I am not alive but I die if you water me. What am I?

Fire

84

I am round and bright at night. What am I?

Moon

85

I’m always in the middle of day and night. What am I?

The letter A

86

I have teeth but cannot bite. What am I?

Comb

87

I am not alive but grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

Fire

88

I have eyes but cannot see. What am I?

A needle

89

What travels around the world but stays in one spot?

A postage stamp

90

I can fly without wings, cry without eyes. What am I?

Cloud

91

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

Breath

92

I can’t be used until it’s broken. What am I?

An egg

93

I move without legs and roar without a mouth. What am I?

Wind

94

What has a head, a tail, but no body?

A coin

95

I fly in the sky but I’m not alive. What am I?

A kite

96

I can be hard or soft, sweet or sour, and dress a salad. What am I?

Dressing (or fruit) — (accept: vinaigrette)

97

I go around the world but always stay in the corner. What am I?

A stamp

98

I have a neck but no head, and I hold your drink. What am I?

A bottle

99

I am always hungry and if you give me water I die. What am I?

Fire

100

What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head that never weeps?

A river

101

I move without legs and roar without a mouth. What am I?

A waterfall