Welcome to your daily journey of mind-bending puzzles!
This guide presents a riddle for every day of the year, designed to challenge your thinking and bring a smile to your face.
Immerse yourself in a world of creativity and logic, and make each day a little more intriguing.
January
January 1
- Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
- Answer: An echo.
January 2
- Riddle: You measure my life in hours, and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. What am I?
- Answer: A candle.
January 3
- Riddle: I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
January 4
- Riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
- Answer: The letter “R”.
January 5
- Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
- Answer: All the people on the boat are married.
January 6
- Riddle: What disappears as soon as you say its name?
- Answer: Silence.
January 7
- Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
January 8
- Riddle: What runs all around the backyard but never moves?
- Answer: A fence.
January 9
- Riddle: What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
- Answer: A promise.
January 10
- Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
- Answer: Your age.
January 11
- Riddle: I have keys but no locks, and space but no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
- Answer: A keyboard.
January 12
- Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries?
- Answer: A towel.
January 13
- Riddle: I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
- Answer: A barber.
January 14
- Riddle: You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
- Answer: The match.
January 15
- Riddle: A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
- Answer: He was bald.
January 16
- Riddle: What can you keep after giving it to someone?
- Answer: Your word.
January 17
- Riddle: What has many teeth but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
January 18
- Riddle: What has one eye but can’t see?
- Answer: A needle.
January 19
- Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
- Answer: A coin.
January 20
- Riddle: What building has the most stories?
- Answer: A library.
January 21
- Riddle: What invention lets you look right through a wall?
- Answer: A window.
January 22
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
January 23
- Riddle: What has lots of eyes but can’t see?
- Answer: A potato.
January 24
- Riddle: What has words but never speaks?
- Answer: A book.
January 25
- Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
- Answer: A glove.
January 26
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
January 27
- Riddle: What has a neck but no head?
- Answer: A bottle.
January 28
- Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
- Answer: The future.
January 29
- Riddle: What goes through cities and fields but never moves?
- Answer: A road.
January 30
- Riddle: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
- Answer: Light.
January 31
- Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
- Answer: A bank.
February
February 1
- Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
- Answer: An egg.
February 2
- Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
- Answer: A candle.
February 3
- Riddle: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
- Answer: Darkness.
February 4
- Riddle: I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but if you water me, I’ll die. What am I?
- Answer: Fire.
February 5
- Riddle: What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
- Answer: A bed.
February 6
- Riddle: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
- Answer: Money.
February 7
- Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
- Answer: The letter “M”.
February 8
- Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
February 9
- Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
- Answer: Footsteps.
February 10
- Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
February 11
- Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
- Answer: Your right elbow.
February 12
- Riddle: What has keys but can’t open locks?
- Answer: A piano.
February 13
- Riddle: What has legs but doesn’t walk?
- Answer: A table.
February 14
- Riddle: What comes down but never goes up?
- Answer: Rain.
February 15
- Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
- Answer: A cold.
February 16
- Riddle: I’m often running, yet I never move. What am I?
- Answer: A river.
February 17
- Riddle: What goes up and down stairs without moving?
- Answer: A carpet.
February 18
- Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
- Answer: A clock.
February 19
- Riddle: What can you see once in a second, twice in a decade, but never in a century?
- Answer: The letter “E”.
February 20
- Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
- Answer: An artichoke.
February 21
- Riddle: What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
- Answer: A palm.
February 22
- Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
- Answer: A sponge.
February 23
- Riddle: What has ears but can’t hear?
- Answer: Corn.
February 24
- Riddle: I’m found in socks, scarves, and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
- Answer: Yarn.
February 25
- Riddle: What is always running but never gets tired?
- Answer: A refrigerator.
February 26
- Riddle: I have hands, but I cannot scratch myself. What am I?
- Answer: A clock.
February 27
- Riddle: I’m not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
- Answer: Fire.
February 28
- Riddle: What can’t be put in a saucepan?
- Answer: Its lid.
February 29 (Leap Year Bonus)
- Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
- Answer: The word “ton”.
Now that February is complete, get ready to take on March with another set of challenging riddles!
March
March 1
- Riddle: I have keys without locks and space without rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
- Answer: A keyboard.
March 2
- 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 every person. What am I?
- Answer: Pencil lead.
March 3
- Riddle: I have a face and two hands, but no arms or legs. What am I?
- Answer: A clock.
March 4
- Riddle: I start with an “E,” end with an “E,” but usually contain only one letter. What am I?
- Answer: An envelope.
March 5
- Riddle: What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
- Answer: A teapot.
March 6
- Riddle: I’m always on the dinner table, but you don’t get to eat me. What am I?
- Answer: Plates and silverware.
March 7
- Riddle: I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?
- Answer: A coin.
March 8
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
- Answer: A piano.
March 9
- Riddle: I’m not a bird, but I can fly through the sky. I’m not a river, but I’m full of water. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
March 10
- Riddle: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
- Answer: Silence.
March 11
- Riddle: What comes once in a year, twice in a month, four times in a week, and six times in a day?
- Answer: The letter “E”.
March 12
- Riddle: What travels around the world but stays in one corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
March 13
- Riddle: What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
- Answer: Your name.
March 14
- Riddle: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
- Answer: Short.
March 15
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
March 16
- Riddle: What has an eye but can’t see, a tongue but can’t speak, and a soul but cannot be heard?
- Answer: A shoe.
March 17
- Riddle: I am something. I am nothing. I am a fool. I am wise. I am darkness. I am light. What am I?
- Answer: A shadow.
March 18
- Riddle: I can be long or short; I can be grown or bought; I can be painted or left bare; I can be round or square. What am I?
- Answer: Nails.
March 19
- Riddle: What has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a mouth but never talks?
- Answer: A river.
March 20
- Riddle: I have a thousand needles but do not sew. What am I?
- Answer: A porcupine.
March 21
- Riddle: What has four eyes but can’t see?
- Answer: Mississippi.
March 22
- Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
- Answer: Footsteps.
March 23
- Riddle: I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
- Answer: A battery.
March 24
- Riddle: I have no doors, but I have keys. I have no rooms, but I do have space. What am I?
- Answer: A keyboard.
March 25
- Riddle: I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
March 26
- Riddle: What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
March 27
- Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
- Answer: Seven (remove the ‘s’, it becomes “even”).
March 28
- Riddle: What has a bark, but no bite?
- Answer: A tree.
March 29
- Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
- Answer: The letter “M”.
March 30
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
March 31
- Riddle: I run, but never walk. I have a bed, but I don’t sleep. What am I?
- Answer: A river.
That’s it for March! Keep up the good work and continue with April for more daily riddles!
April
April 1
- Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
- Answer: The future.
April 2
- 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.
April 3
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
April 4
- Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
- Answer: Your legs.
April 5
- Riddle: What kind of coat is best put on wet?
- Answer: A coat of paint.
April 6
- Riddle: I’m taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
- Answer: Pencil lead.
April 7
- Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
- Answer: A penny.
April 8
- Riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
- Answer: A hole.
April 9
- Riddle: I have a neck, but no head. I wear a cap, but I have no hat. What am I?
- Answer: A bottle.
April 10
- Riddle: What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water?
- Answer: A map.
April 11
- Riddle: The more you take away from me, the bigger I shall get. What am I?
- Answer: A hole.
April 12
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
- Answer: A piano.
April 13
- Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds a lot of water?
- Answer: A sponge.
April 14
- Riddle: What question can you never answer “yes” to?
- Answer: Are you asleep yet?
April 15
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
April 16
- Riddle: What begins with an “E” but only contains one letter?
- Answer: An envelope.
April 17
- Riddle: What has one eye but cannot see?
- Answer: A needle.
April 18
- Riddle: What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
- Answer: Incorrectly.
April 19
- Riddle: I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
April 20
- Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
- Answer: Seven (remove the ‘S’, it becomes “even”).
April 21
- Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
- Answer: Your right elbow.
April 22
- Riddle: What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
April 23
- Riddle: What has words but never speaks?
- Answer: A book.
April 24
- Riddle: I am an instrument that you can hear, but you cannot touch or see me. What am I?
- Answer: Your voice.
April 25
- Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
- Answer: A clock.
April 26
- Riddle: I get wetter the more I dry. What am I?
- Answer: A towel.
April 27
- Riddle: I go in dry and come out wet. The longer I stay in, the stronger I get. What am I?
- Answer: A tea bag.
April 28
- Riddle: What comes down but never goes up?
- Answer: Rain.
April 29
- Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
- Answer: An artichoke.
April 30
- Riddle: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
- Answer: A river.
You’ve completed April! Ready for more brain teasers? Head on to May for the next set of daily riddles!
May
May 1
- Riddle: What has keys but can’t open locks?
- Answer: A piano.
May 2
- Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
- Answer: An egg.
May 3
- Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
- Answer: Footsteps.
May 4
- Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
- Answer: An echo.
May 5
- Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
- Answer: A candle.
May 6
- Riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
- Answer: The letter “R”.
May 7
- Riddle: What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
- Answer: Short.
May 8
- Riddle: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
- Answer: Silence.
May 9
- Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
- Answer: All the people on the boat are married.
May 10
- Riddle: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
May 11
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
May 12
- Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries?
- Answer: A towel.
May 13
- Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
- Answer: Your right elbow.
May 14
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
- Answer: A keyboard.
May 15
- Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
May 16
- Riddle: I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
- Answer: A barber.
May 17
- Riddle: What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
- Answer: A promise.
May 18
- Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
May 19
- Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
- Answer: Your age.
May 20
- Riddle: I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?
- Answer: A coin.
May 21
- Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
- Answer: A bank.
May 22
- Riddle: What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
May 23
- Riddle: What has a neck but no head?
- Answer: A bottle.
May 24
- Riddle: I can fill a room, but I take up no space. What am I?
- Answer: Light.
May 25
- Riddle: What has words but never speaks?
- Answer: A book.
May 26
- Riddle: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
- Answer: A river.
May 27
- Riddle: I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
May 28
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
May 29
- Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
- Answer: A sponge.
May 30
- Riddle: I have keys but no locks, and space but no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
- Answer: A keyboard.
May 31
- Riddle: What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not alive?
- Answer: A glove.
You’ve successfully made it through May! Keep the momentum going and dive into June for more daily riddles!
June
June 1
- Riddle: What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
- Answer: A joke.
June 2
- Riddle: I go in dry and come out wet. The longer I stay in, the stronger I get. What am I?
- Answer: A tea bag.
June 3
- Riddle: What is always coming but never arrives?
- Answer: Tomorrow.
June 4
- Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
- Answer: An artichoke.
June 5
- Riddle: I have many teeth but I can’t bite. What am I?
- Answer: A comb.
June 6
- Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
- Answer: A glove.
June 7
- Riddle: What has one eye but can’t see?
- Answer: A needle.
June 8
- Riddle: What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
- Answer: A clock.
June 9
- Riddle: I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
- Answer: A battery.
June 10
- Riddle: What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?
- Answer: Your left hand.
June 11
- Riddle: I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
- Answer: A keyboard.
June 12
- Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
- Answer: A penny.
June 13
- Riddle: I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?
- Answer: A nose.
June 14
- Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much longer than a few minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
June 15
- Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds a lot of water?
- Answer: A sponge.
June 16
- Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
- Answer: A clock.
June 17
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
June 18
- Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
- Answer: The future.
June 19
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
- Answer: A piano.
June 20
- Riddle: I am something. I am nothing. I am a fool. I am wise. I am darkness. I am light. What am I?
- Answer: A shadow.
June 21
- Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
- Answer: Footsteps.
June 22
- Riddle: What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
- Answer: A bed.
June 23
- Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
- Answer: A cold.
June 24
- Riddle: What has a ring but no finger?
- Answer: A telephone.
June 25
- Riddle: What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
- Answer: A palm.
June 26
- Riddle: What is always running but never moves?
- Answer: A refrigerator.
June 27
- Riddle: I’m often running, yet I never move. What am I?
- Answer: A river.
June 28
- Riddle: I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
- Answer: Fire.
June 29
- Riddle: I’m not a bird, but I can fly through the sky. I’m not a river, but I’m full of water. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
June 30
- Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
- Answer: The word “ton”.
You’ve successfully completed June! Get ready to test your wits with the riddles of July.
July
July 1
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
- Answer: A piano.
July 2
- Riddle: What begins with an “E” but only contains one letter?
- Answer: An envelope.
July 3
- Riddle: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
- Answer: Light.
July 4
- Riddle: I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have eyes, but once I did. What am I?
- Answer: A fossil.
July 5
- Riddle: What has an eye but can’t see?
- Answer: A needle.
July 6
- Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
- Answer: The letter “M”.
July 7
- Riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
- Answer: A hole.
July 8
- Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
- Answer: Seven (remove the “S”).
July 9
- Riddle: I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
July 10
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
July 11
- Riddle: What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
- Answer: A bed.
July 12
- Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
- Answer: Your legs.
July 13
- Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
- Answer: An echo.
July 14
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
July 15
- Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries?
- Answer: A towel.
July 16
- Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
- Answer: A penny.
July 17
- Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
- Answer: A bank.
July 18
- Riddle: What can you keep after giving it to someone?
- Answer: Your word.
July 19
- Riddle: I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
- Answer: A barber.
July 20
- Riddle: I am something. I am nothing. I am a fool. I am wise. I am darkness. I am light. What am I?
- Answer: A shadow.
July 21
- Riddle: What has a ring but no finger?
- Answer: A telephone.
July 22
- Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
July 23
- Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
- Answer: A cold.
July 24
- Riddle: What has many teeth but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
July 25
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
July 26
- Riddle: What is always running but never gets tired?
- Answer: A refrigerator.
July 27
- Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
- Answer: The future.
July 28
- Riddle: I have a neck, but no head. I wear a cap, but I have no hat. What am I?
- Answer: A bottle.
July 29
- Riddle: I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
- Answer: A keyboard.
July 30
- Riddle: I am an instrument that you can hear, but you cannot touch or see me. What am I?
- Answer: Your voice.
July 31
- Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
- Answer: Your age.
You’ve conquered the riddles for July! Continue on to August for another month of daily challenges!
August
August 1
- Riddle: What has many teeth but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
August 2
- Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
- Answer: Your right elbow.
August 3
- Riddle: What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
- Answer: A fence.
August 4
- Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
- Answer: The letter “M”.
August 5
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
August 6
- Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
- Answer: A sponge.
August 7
- Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
- Answer: A bank.
August 8
- Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
- Answer: Seven (remove the “S”).
August 9
- Riddle: What has words but never speaks?
- Answer: A book.
August 10
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
August 11
- Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
- Answer: An echo.
August 12
- Riddle: What has a ring but no finger?
- Answer: A telephone.
August 13
- Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
- Answer: A glove.
August 14
- Riddle: What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
- Answer: A promise.
August 15
- Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
August 16
- Riddle: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
August 17
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
August 18
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
- Answer: A piano.
August 19
- Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
- Answer: Your age.
August 20
- Riddle: I am something. I am nothing. I am a fool. I am wise. I am darkness. I am light. What am I?
- Answer: A shadow.
August 21
- Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
August 22
- Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
- Answer: A penny.
August 23
- Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
- Answer: A cold.
August 24
- Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
- Answer: A clock.
August 25
- Riddle: What has one eye but can’t see?
- Answer: A needle.
August 26
- Riddle: I have a neck, but no head. I wear a cap, but I have no hat. What am I?
- Answer: A bottle.
August 27
- Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
- Answer: Your legs.
August 28
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open locks?
- Answer: A keyboard.
August 29
- Riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
- Answer: A hole.
August 30
- Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
- Answer: An artichoke.
August 31
- Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
- Answer: The word “ton”.
Fantastic job finishing August! Ready for more brain teasers? Move on to September for the next set of daily riddles!
September
September 1
- Riddle: I’m not alive, but I can 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.
September 2
- Riddle: I have keys but no locks. I have a space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
- Answer: A keyboard.
September 3
- Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries?
- Answer: A towel.
September 4
- Riddle: What has a head, a tail, but no body?
- Answer: A coin.
September 5
- Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
- Answer: A cold.
September 6
- Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
- Answer: The letter “M”.
September 7
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
September 8
- Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
- Answer: An echo.
September 9
- Riddle: What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water?
- Answer: A map.
September 10
- Riddle: What has many teeth but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
September 11
- Riddle: What has a ring but no finger?
- Answer: A telephone.
September 12
- Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
September 13
- Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
September 14
- Riddle: I have a neck, but no head. I wear a cap, but I have no hat. What am I?
- Answer: A bottle.
September 15
- Riddle: I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
September 16
- Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
- Answer: Your age.
September 17
- Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
- Answer: The future.
September 18
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
September 19
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
September 20
- Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
- Answer: A clock.
September 21
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
- Answer: A piano.
September 22
- Riddle: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
- Answer: A river.
September 23
- Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
- Answer: A bank.
September 24
- Riddle: What has one eye but can’t see?
- Answer: A needle.
September 25
- Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds a lot of water?
- Answer: A sponge.
September 26
- Riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
- Answer: A hole.
September 27
- Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
- Answer: Your legs.
September 28
- Riddle: I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
September 29
- Riddle: I’m an instrument that you can hear, but you cannot touch or see me. What am I?
- Answer: Your voice.
September 30
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
You’ve successfully tackled September! Move on to October for another month of daily riddles!
October
October 1
- Riddle: What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
- Answer: A clock.
October 2
- Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
- Answer: A cold.
October 3
- Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
- Answer: An echo.
October 4
- Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
- Answer: A candle.
October 5
- Riddle: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
- Answer: Darkness.
October 6
- Riddle: I have keys but no locks. I have a space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
- Answer: A keyboard.
October 7
- Riddle: What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
- Answer: A bed.
October 8
- Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
October 9
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
October 10
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
October 11
- Riddle: What has many teeth but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
October 12
- Riddle: I have a neck, but no head. I wear a cap, but I have no hat. What am I?
- Answer: A bottle.
October 13
- Riddle: What has words but never speaks?
- Answer: A book.
October 14
- Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
- Answer: An artichoke.
October 15
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
October 16
- Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
October 17
- Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
- Answer: Your age.
October 18
- Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
- Answer: Your legs.
October 19
- Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
- Answer: A bank.
October 20
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
October 21
- Riddle: What has a ring but no finger?
- Answer: A telephone.
October 22
- Riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
- Answer: A hole.
October 23
- Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
- Answer: Seven (remove the “S”).
October 24
- Riddle: I am something. I am nothing. I am a fool. I am wise. I am darkness. I am light. What am I?
- Answer: A shadow.
October 25
- Riddle: What has a head, a tail, but no body?
- Answer: A coin.
October 26
- Riddle: What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not alive?
- Answer: A glove.
October 27
- Riddle: What has one eye but can’t see?
- Answer: A needle.
October 28
- Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
- Answer: The letter “M”.
October 29
- Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
- Answer: A clock.
October 30
- Riddle: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
- Answer: A river.
October 31
- Riddle: I’m not a bird, but I can fly through the sky. I’m not a river, but I’m full of water. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
Great job completing October’s riddles! Head on to November for the next set of daily brain teasers!
November
November 1
- Riddle: I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
November 2
- Riddle: What can you keep after giving it to someone?
- Answer: Your word.
November 3
- Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
- Answer: A piano.
November 4
- Riddle: What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
- Answer: A clock.
November 5
- Riddle: I’m taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
- Answer: Pencil lead.
November 6
- Riddle: What has one eye but can’t see?
- Answer: A needle.
November 7
- Riddle: What has a neck but no head?
- Answer: A bottle.
November 8
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
November 9
- Riddle: What has a head, a tail, but no body?
- Answer: A coin.
November 10
- Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
- Answer: An echo.
November 11
- Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries?
- Answer: A towel.
November 12
- Riddle: What has a ring but no finger?
- Answer: A telephone.
November 13
- Riddle: I have cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
November 14
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
November 15
- Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
- Answer: The letter “M”.
November 16
- Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
- Answer: Seven (remove the “S”).
November 17
- Riddle: I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
November 18
- Riddle: What has words but never speaks?
- Answer: A book.
November 19
- Riddle: What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not alive?
- Answer: A glove.
November 20
- Riddle: I am not alive, but I can die. What am I?
- Answer: A battery.
November 21
- Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
- Answer: The future.
November 22
- Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
- Answer: A cold.
November 23
- Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
- Answer: Your age.
November 24
- Riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
- Answer: A hole.
November 25
- Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
- Answer: An artichoke.
November 26
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
November 27
- Riddle: What has many teeth but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
November 28
- Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
- Answer: A candle.
November 29
- Riddle: What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
- Answer: A bed.
November 30
- Riddle: I have a neck, but no head. I wear a cap, but I have no hat. What am I?
- Answer: A bottle.
You’ve made it through November! Get ready to wrap up the year with the riddles of December!
December
December 1
- Riddle: What has keys but can’t open locks?
- Answer: A piano.
December 2
- Riddle: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
- Answer: Light.
December 3
- Riddle: I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
- Answer: Fire.
December 4
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
December 5
- Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
- Answer: A glove.
December 6
- Riddle: What has an eye but can’t see?
- Answer: A needle.
December 7
- Riddle: What is always running but never moves?
- Answer: A refrigerator.
December 8
- Riddle: I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
- Answer: A cloud.
December 9
- Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
- Answer: A sponge.
December 10
- Riddle: I have a neck but no head. I wear a cap, but I have no hat. What am I?
- Answer: A bottle.
December 11
- Riddle: What can you keep after giving it to someone?
- Answer: Your word.
December 12
- Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
- Answer: Your right elbow.
December 13
- Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
December 14
- Riddle: What has a ring but no finger?
- Answer: A telephone.
December 15
- Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
- Answer: The letter “M”.
December 16
- Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
- Answer: Your age.
December 17
- Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
- Answer: An echo.
December 18
- Riddle: What has words but never speaks?
- Answer: A book.
December 19
- Riddle: I am not alive, but I can die. What am I?
- Answer: A battery.
December 20
- Riddle: What has many teeth but can’t bite?
- Answer: A comb.
December 21
- Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
December 22
- Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
- Answer: The future.
December 23
- Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
December 24
- Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
- Answer: A rubber band.
December 25
- Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds a lot of water?
- Answer: A sponge.
December 26
- Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries?
- Answer: A towel.
December 27
- Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
- Answer: A stamp.
December 28
- Riddle: What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
- Answer: A bed.
December 29
- Riddle: What has a head, a tail, but no body?
- Answer: A coin.
December 30
- Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
- Answer: A clock.
December 31
- Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
- Answer: The word “ton”.
Congratulations on completing the entire year of daily riddles! You’ve now got a riddle for every day, plus a bonus one for leap years. Keep challenging your mind and have fun sharing these with friends and family!