101 Clever Riddles for Adults
Hey adults, you guys have definitely grown up but not enough to solve all the puzzles in your life. Some things are still a mystery in your life and you need to sort them out with time. While we are not going to discuss the routine life in this article. We are only aiming at giving it a mysterious turn.
Its always a good idea to test your nerves from time to time and this article is a humble effort to it. In this post, we are going to provide you 101 brain-teasing riddles for adults to test your cleverness. So enough boring routine adults, lets bring some creativity and spark. So what are you waiting for? Lets jump into solving these clever riddles.
Riddles for Adults with Answers
What moves but never rolls?
Answer: A rocking chair.
I have a voice but no words, a waist but no body. I can’t speak without my bow. What am I?
Answer: A violin.
I start dry and end wet, the longer I steep, the richer I taste. What am I?
Answer: Tea.
A man stands on one side of a river, and his dog crosses without getting wet or using a bridge. How?
Answer: The river was frozen.
Why did a bus driver give seven apples to a woman he loves before leaving for a trip?
Answer: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater, and hangs him. Yet they have dinner later. How?
Answer: She’s a photographer developing a picture.
When I’m measured, I’m known. When I’m gone, I’m missed. What am I?
Answer: Time.
What word starts with two letters signifying a male, three for a female, and four for a great man, but the whole word means a great woman?
Answer: Heroine.
If you hike south, east, and north, and see a bear at your campsite, what color is the bear?
Answer: White, because you’re at the North Pole.
Turn me on my side, and I’m infinite. Cut me in half, and I am nothing. What am I?
Answer: The number 8.
What changes every month but is used the same, no matter how much or little?
Answer: A calendar.
How can 8 + 8 equal 4?
Answer: 8 AM plus 8 hours equals 4 PM.
What gets stronger if lost once, but disappears forever if lost twice?
Answer: Trust.
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What can save a life when in the middle of the door, but leave a widow if thrown out the window?
Answer: The letter N (door -> donor, window -> widow).
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I exist for one breath, but the gentlest touch can end me. What am I?
Answer: A bubble.
What comes through the window but often sends people to war?
Answer: A draft.
I am cold but alive, I drink but never thirst. What am I?
Answer: A fish.
What has one but none if it stands alone?
Answer: A choice.
What can exist in a glass room but has no hinges, forests, or paper?
Answer: A thought.
You throw me away when you need me, and pick me up when you don’t. What am I?
Answer: An anchor.
Ashley and Allison share everything but are not twins. What are they?
Answer: Triplets.
What do you hold but never touch?
Answer: Your breath.
What coat is always wet when worn?
Answer: A coat of paint.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Answer: The egg, as dinosaurs laid eggs before chickens existed.
How do you turn six into an odd number?
Answer: Remove the letter S, leaving “IX” (9 in Roman numerals).
I have branches but no leaves or fruit. What am I?
Answer: A bank.
How many bananas can you eat on an empty stomach?
Answer: Just one, because after that, your stomach isn’t empty.
What belongs to you but is used more often by others?
Answer: Your name.
I never was, but always will be. What am I?
Answer: Tomorrow.
Paul works at a butcher shop. He’s six feet tall and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
Answer: Meat.
I have a mouth but never speak, a bed but never sleep. What am I?
Answer: A river.
What is so light that no one can hold it for more than five minutes?
Answer: Breath.
What breaks without falling, and falls without breaking?
Answer: Day breaks and night falls.
How can a girl go 25 days without sleep?
Answer: She sleeps at night.
What word signifies a man, a woman, and a great woman?
Answer: Heroine.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
Answer: An echo.
You measure my life in hours, and I’m smaller when I serve. The wind is my enemy. What am I?
Answer: A candle.
I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees. What am I?
Answer: A map.
What do you see in the middle of March and April but not at the beginning or end?
Answer: The letter R.
A boat is full of people, yet there isn’t a single person on it. Why?
Answer: All the people are married.
I come from the ground and am surrounded by wood. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead.
What word becomes younger when you add two letters?
Answer: Young (add “ng” to get younger).
What’s always running but never has legs?
Answer: Water.
3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat spell what?
Answer: Chicago.
I am heavy, but take two letters away, and I become 8. What am I?
Answer: Weighty.
What belongs neither to a guest nor a trespasser but fits perfectly?
Answer: Home.
I fly without wings and am only visible in the sunlight. What am I?
Answer: A shadow.
What is found by few but sought by many?
Answer: Redemption.
What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, and if you eat it, you’ll die?
Answer: Nothing.
What word, spelled forward, is something you do every day, but spelled backward, is something you hate?
Answer: Live (spelled backward is evil).
What connects two people but only touches one?
Answer: A wedding ring.
What has no beginning and no end, but is the ending of all that begins?
Answer: Death.
What five-letter word stays the same when you remove the first, third, and last letters?
Answer: Empty.
I start dry and end wet. I go in light and come out heavy. What am I?
Answer: A teabag.
What starts with M, ends with X, and has countless letters?
Answer: A mailbox.
What do you have to break before you can use it?
Answer: An egg.
What do you need to answer but never asks a question?
Answer: A phone.
A room is full of family members, but one isn’t doing anything. Who is it?
Answer: The baby.
I get thrown out when needed but brought back when not. What am I?
Answer: An anchor.
41 Clever Riddles for Kids
What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano.
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin.
I have a bed but never sleep. What am I?
Answer: A river.
What has lots of keys but none that can open doors?
Answer: A keyboard.
I go up but never come down. What am I?
Answer: Your age.
What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold.
What has four legs but can’t walk?
Answer: A table.
I am always running but never get tired. What am I?
Answer: A clock.
What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock.
What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg.
What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel.
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
Answer: An echo.
What runs but never walks?
Answer: Water.
What has a face but no eyes or mouth?
Answer: A clock.
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Answer: Light.
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge.
What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle.
What has many needles but can’t sew?
Answer: A Christmas tree.
What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow.
What gets sharper the more you use it?
Answer: Your brain.
What can travel around the world but stays in one place?
Answer: A stamp.
What’s so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence.
What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age.
What has ears but can’t hear?
Answer: Corn.
What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg.
What gets bigger the more you take away?
Answer: A hole.
What has a heart but no body?
Answer: A deck of cards
What has an eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle.
What has teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb.
What gets shorter as it grows older?
Answer: A pencil.
What comes down but never goes up?
Answer: Rain.
What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: A garbage truck.
What has a bark but no bite?
Answer: A tree.
What is black and white and read all over?
Answer: A newspaper.
What has legs but doesn’t walk?
Answer: A table.
What is round and goes up and down?
Answer: A ball.
What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle.
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T inside?
Answer: A teapot.
What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but can’t go outside?
Answer: A keyboard.