• What has five fingers but isn’t alive?
• I have no bones, no muscles, no skin, but I can open and close. What am I?
• What can you hold without ever touching?
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
• I’m full of holes, yet I can hold water. What am I?
• What can you feel but never see?
• 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?
• What can be used to write, but never runs out of ink?
• What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
• I start with a ‘h’ and end with a ‘d’, but I’m not a hand. What am I?
• What has fingers but cannot type?
• I am always in your hand but never in your fist. What am I?
• What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?
• What gets bigger the more you take away?
• I have ten fingers but can’t count. What am I?
• I have four fingers and a thumb, but I am not alive. What am I?
• What is always with you but often overlooked?
• I can wave, but I’m not a flag. What am I?
• I have a palm but cannot hold anything. What am I?

• What has a nail but cannot be hammered?
• I have no mouth, yet I can speak. What am I?
• What can be cold as ice, yet warm as a hug?
• What can be measured but has no length?
• What can create, shape, and mold but has no physical form?
• I am always on hand but never have fingers. What am I?
• What can grasp the wind but never let go?
• What can be held tightly in the palm of your hand but never touched?
• What has lines but cannot write?
• I can point but have no fingers. What am I?
• What can hold time but never stop it?
• What can touch everything but cannot be touched?
• What can hold a key but cannot open a lock?
• I can be shaken, stirred, or waved, but I’m not a drink. What am I?
• What can be seen but never held?
• What can be gloved but never wear gloves?
• What can be used to greet, but not to speak?
• What can be passed, but never held?
• What can be counted on but has no fingers?
• What can be played but never wins or loses?

Another Hands riddles

• What has fingers but can’t type?
• What can you hold without ever touching?
• What gets stronger the more it’s flexed?
• What can open doors without keys?
• What can grasp but has no arms?
• What can be shaken without making a sound?
• What can feel but has no heart?
• What can be clenched but never cries?
• What has a palm but can’t read?
• What can wave but doesn’t move?
• What can be crossed without getting upset?
• What can be reached for but never touched?
• What can point the way without a compass?
• What can catch but never throws back?
• What can be worn but never gets tired?
• What can be bitten but feels no pain?
• What can be extended but never recoils?
• What can be given but never taken?
• What can be traced but never caught?
• What can be raised but never goes up?

• What gets warmer as it is held, yet has no temperature? (Answer: A handshake)
• What can grasp but has no fingers? (Answer: A glove)
• What is always on hand but never says a word? (Answer: A watch)
• What can be held in the palm yet can’t be caught? (Answer: Water)
• What has fingers but cannot type? (Answer: A glove)
• What helps you find your way, but never moves? (Answer: A compass)
• What can be cracked, yet never broken? (Answer: A knuckle)
• What can turn back time but has no hands? (Answer: A clock)
• What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand? (Answer: Your left hand)
• What can you catch, but never throw? (Answer: A cold)
• What can be counted on but has no fingers? (Answer: A calculator)
• What can be raised but never lifted? (Answer: Your hand)
• What can hold memories but has no brain? (Answer: A photograph)
• What can be used to strike but never gets hit? (Answer: A match)
• What can be given a shake, yet remains the same? (Answer: A hand)
• What can be spun but never turns? (Answer: A top)
• What has four fingers and a thumb, but isn’t alive? (Answer: A glove)
• What can be clenched but never closed? (Answer: A fist)
• What can be reached for but never touched? (Answer: Tomorrow)
• What can be held tight, yet slips away? (Answer: Time)

Getting over with Hands riddles

• What can wield a sword but isn’t a knight?
• What can be folded but isn’t paper?
• What can be clasped but isn’t a necklace?
• What can create music but isn’t an instrument?
• What can caress but isn’t a breeze?
• What can juggle but isn’t a clown?
• What can tap a rhythm but isn’t a drummer?
• What can hold a secret but isn’t a lock?
• What can trace lines but isn’t a pencil?
• What can snap but isn’t a twig?
• What can be extended for a handshake but isn’t a greeting?
• What can be adorned with rings but isn’t a finger?
• What can build but isn’t a construction worker?
• What can be used to cast a spell but isn’t a wand?
• What can tap on a screen but isn’t a keyboard?
• What can be raised to vote but isn’t a hand?
• What can cup water but isn’t a glass?
• What can be studied in palmistry but isn’t fate?
• What can support a chin but isn’t a pillow?
• What can thread a needle but isn’t a thread?