The Riddles Of The Day For 2025!

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.

Table of Contents

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!

Ellie

As owner of Fun Riddles, Ellie curates and tests the web’s most accessible riddles, brain teasers, and lateral-thinking puzzles, organized by difficulty with hints and answers educators can trust.