- What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
- What has a face and hands but can’t see or touch? A clock.
- What grows when it eats but dies when it drinks? Fire.
- What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
- What can you catch but not throw? A cold.
- What has a bed but never sleeps? A river.
- 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 tongue but cannot talk? A shoe.
- What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? A stamp.
- What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
- What has keys but can’t open locks? A keyboard.
- What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
- What can be cracked, made, told, and played? A joke.
- What gets wetter as it dries? A towel.
- What has one eye but can’t see? A needle.
- What can be heard but not seen and only speaks when spoken to? An echo.
- What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? The letter ‘m’.
- What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? A penny.
- What can fill a room but takes up no space? Light.
- What has keys but doesn’t open any doors? A computer keyboard.
- What has a head and a foot but no body? A bed.
- What can be filled but never emptied? A pillow.
- What has hands but cannot clap? A wall clock.
- What gets smaller every time you use it? Soap.
- What has eyes but can’t see? A potato.
- What has many stories but can’t talk? A bookshelf.
- What can you hold without touching it at all? Your breath.
- What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future.
- What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up? An umbrella.
- What has keys but can’t drive? A piano.
- What has a bottom at the top? Your legs.
- What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
- What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive? A glove.
- What can you break without touching it? A promise.
- What goes up and down but doesn’t move? A staircase.
- What is full of holes but still holds water? A sponge.
- What has four legs but can’t walk? A table.
- What can you find in a house that is not a window, yet you can still see through it? A keyhole.
- What can you catch but not throw? A cold.
Another Home riddles
- What has a face but cannot smile? A clock.
- What has no doors but many keys? A piano.
- What has rooms but no walls? A house plan.
- What has a mouth but never speaks? A mailbox.
- What is always in the corner but never moves? A stamp.
- What can be filled but never holds anything? A shadow.
- What can run but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps? A river.
- What can be cracked but never eaten? A secret.
- What can be closed but never opened? An eye.
- What can you hear but not touch or see? A whisper.
- What has branches but no leaves, trunk or roots? A bank.
- What has a bottom at the top? Your legs.
- What has hands but cannot clap? A watch.
- What can be seen through but never touched? A window.
- What has no locks but can be opened? A book.
- What has a heart that doesn’t beat? An artichoke.
- What has keys but can’t open locks? A computer keyboard.
- What has a head, a foot, and four legs, but can’t walk? A bed.
- What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
- What gets wetter as it dries? A towel.
- What has a bottom at the top? Your legs.
- What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
- What has a mouth but cannot eat? A river.
- What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
- What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
- What can be cracked but never eaten? A joke.
- What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
- What has a face but no eyes? A clock.
- What can be seen but not touched? A dream.
- What has no beginning, end, or middle? A circle.
- What has many keys but can’t open any locks? A keyboard.
- What can be opened but never closed? A book.
- What can be filled but never holds anything? A sieve.
- What has a head and a foot but no legs? A bed.
- What can be felt but never held? Emotions.
- What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it? A promise.
- What has no doors but many keys? A piano.
- What has one eye but cannot see? A needle.
- What has teeth but cannot eat? A comb.
- What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future.
Getting over with Home riddles
- What has a head and a foot but no legs? A bed.
- What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
- What has a mouth but cannot eat? A river.
- What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
- What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
- What can be cracked but never eaten? A joke.
- What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
- What has a face but no eyes? A clock.
- What can be seen but not touched? A dream.
- What has no beginning, end, or middle? A circle.
- What has many keys but can’t open any locks? A keyboard.
- What can be opened but never closed? A book.
- What can be filled but never holds anything? A sieve.
- What has a head and a foot but no legs? A bed.
- What can be felt but never held? Emotions.
- What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it? A promise.
- What has no doors but many keys? A piano.
- What has one eye but cannot see? A needle.
- What has teeth but cannot eat? A comb.
- What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future.
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