• What has keys but can’t open locks? (A piano)
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played? (A joke)
• What is full of holes but still holds water? (A sponge)
• What belongs to you but others use it more than you do? (Your name)
• What has a neck but no head? (A bottle)
• What has hands but cannot clap? (A clock)
• What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? (A penny)
• What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? (A keyboard)
• What has to be broken before you can use it? (An egg)
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? (The letter ‘m’)
• What gets wetter as it dries? (A towel)
• What goes up but never comes down? (Your age)
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? (A clock)
• What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? (A map)
• What is light as a feather, but even the strongest person can’t hold it for long? (Breath)
• What has one eye but can’t see? (A needle)
• What has a mouth but doesn’t eat, has a bed but doesn’t sleep? (A river)
• What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not living? (A glove)
• What has words but never speaks? (A book)
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? (A stamp)

• What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? (A penny)
• What has keys but can’t open locks? (A piano)
• What has a neck but no head? (A bottle)
• What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? (A keyboard)
• What has to be broken before you can use it? (An egg)
• What gets wetter as it dries? (A towel)
• What goes up but never comes down? (Your age)
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? (A clock)
• What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water? (A map)
• What has one eye but can’t see? (A needle)
• What has a mouth but doesn’t eat, has a bed but doesn’t sleep? (A river)
• What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not living? (A glove)
• What has words but never speaks? (A book)
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? (A stamp)
• What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands? (Your breath)
• What has a head, a foot, and four legs, but can’t walk? (A bed)
• What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and allows you to enter but not go in? (A keyboard)
• What can you catch but not throw? (A cold)
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat? (Artichoke)
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? (The future)

Another Basic riddles

• What has a face but cannot smile? (A clock)
• What has keys but can’t open any doors? (A computer keyboard)
• What can be seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? (The letter “R”)
• What has a bark but no bite? (A tree)
• What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks? (A river)
• What has a head and a tail but no body? (A coin)
• What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it? (A promise)
• What has hands but cannot clap? (A clock)
• What has legs but can’t walk? (A table)
• What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? (A glove)
• What has eyes but can’t see? (A potato)
• What has a bed but never sleeps, and can run but never walks? (A river)
• What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you? (Pride)
• What goes up and down but remains in the same place? (A staircase)
• What can fill a room but takes up no space? (Light)
• What has branches but no leaves, and is taller than a house? (A library)
• What has a bottom at the top? (Your legs)
• What has teeth but cannot bite? (A comb)
• What has keys that open no locks, and space but no room? (A piano)
• What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up up it goes, and yet it never grows? (A mountain)

• What has hands but cannot clap? (A clock)
• What can be heard but never seen, and only speaks when it’s spoken to? (An echo)
• What has a heart that never beats, and can turn its head but has no brain? (A scarecrow)
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played, but never eaten? (A joke)
• What has keys but can’t open any locks? (A piano)
• What gets smaller every time you use it? (A pencil)
• What has a neck but no head? (A bottle)
• What has wings but cannot fly, eyes but cannot see, and a mouth but cannot speak? (A windmill)
• What is full of holes but still holds water? (A sponge)
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? (The future)
• What has a foot but no legs? (A ruler)
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? (The letter “m”)
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? (A clock)
• What has one eye but cannot see? (A needle)
• What belongs to you but others use it more than you do? (Your name)
• What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? (Silence)
• What goes up and down but remains in the same place? (A staircase)
• What has a bed but never sleeps, and can run but never walks? (A river)
• What has a mouth but doesn’t eat, has a bed but doesn’t sleep? (A river)
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? (A stamp)

Getting over with Basic riddles

• What can you hold without touching or using your hands? (Your breath)
• What has a head, a foot, and four legs but can’t walk? (A bed)
• What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and allows you to enter but not go in? (A keyboard)
• What can you catch but not throw? (A cold)
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat? (Artichoke)
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? (The future)
• What can’t be burned in a fire nor drowned in water? (Ice)
• What has a face but no eyes, hands but no fingers, and tells but doesn’t speak? (A clock)
• What has a tongue but cannot taste, eyes but cannot see, and a soul but cannot live? (A shoe)
• What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and is ever-present yet never seen? (A keyboard)
• What can you break without touching it? (A promise)
• What can fly without wings and cry without eyes? (Clouds)
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? (A stamp)
• What has a head, a tail, but no body? (A coin)
• What has a bed but never sleeps, and a mouth but never eats? (A river)
• What can you keep after giving it to someone else? (Your word)
• What can you see once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? (The letter “M”)
• What has a foot but no legs? (A ruler)
• What can be measured but has no length, width, or height? (Time)
• What has a head, a foot, but no body? (A bed)