• What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
• What gets wetter as it dries? A towel.
• What has a face but cannot see? A clock.
• What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
• What has wings but cannot fly? A housefly.
• What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows? A mountain.
• What runs but never walks, murmurs but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never eats? A river.
• 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 a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never eats, and runs but never walks? A river.
• What has one eye but cannot see? A needle.
• What has a mouth but doesn’t speak, a bed but never sleeps? A river.
• What is full of holes but can still hold water? A sponge.
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played? A joke.
• What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do? Your name.
• What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water? A map.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
• What can be as big as an elephant but weigh nothing? Its shadow.
• What can you catch but not throw? A cold.
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat? An artichoke.

• What has a bed but never sleeps, a table but never eats, and a door but never walks? A house.
• What has stairs but no legs, and rooms but no walls? A building.
• What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand? Your left hand.
• What has keys that open no locks, with space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside? A keyboard.
• What has four legs but can’t walk? A table.
• What has eyes but can’t see? A potato.
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future.
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock.
• What can fill a room but takes up no space? Light.
• What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? A piano.
• What can be opened but never closed? A book.
• What has a mouth but doesn’t speak, and a bed but never sleeps? A river.
• What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
• What has a tail and a head but no body? A coin.
• What can be caught but never thrown? A cold.
• What has a face that can’t smile? A clock.
• What has keys but can’t unlock anything? A computer keyboard.
• What has legs but doesn’t walk? A chair.
• What has a mouth but never eats, and a bed but never sleeps? A river.
• What has a head and a foot but no body? A bed.

Another House riddles

• What has keys but can’t unlock anything? A typewriter.
• What has a roof but no walls? A gazebo.
• What has a bed but never sleeps, a kitchen but never cooks, and a living room but never moves? An RV.
• What can be filled with boxes but never filled with knowledge? A warehouse.
• What has a handle but no door? A teapot.
• What has windows but no glass? A greenhouse.
• What has a tongue but cannot taste, and a spine but cannot walk? A book.
• What can be built without nails? Sandcastle.
• What has a heart that never beats? A brick.
• What has hands but can’t hold anything? A clock.
• What is a room without doors or windows? A mushroom.
• What has a face but cannot smile? A clock.
• What can you find in a corner but is never there when you look? A shadow.
• What has a mouth but doesn’t talk, and a bed but doesn’t sleep? A river.
• What has legs but never walks, a head but never thinks? A table.
• What can be filled but never emptied? A balloon.
• What has a ring but no finger? A telephone.
• What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
• What can be seen in the sky but never touched? A rainbow.
• What has a foot but no legs? A ruler.

• What has keys but cannot open locks? A computer keyboard.
• What has a face but cannot frown? A clock.
• What can be filled but never gets full? A bathtub.
• What has a mouth but never eats, and a bed but never sleeps? A river.
• What has four walls and leaks water? A sponge.
• What has branches but no leaves, and a trunk but no bark? A library.
• What can be as big as a mountain but weighs nothing? A cloud.
• What has eyes but cannot see? A potato.
• What has a bottom at the top? A leg.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
• What has a mouth but cannot talk? A river.
• What has a bed but never sleeps? A hospital.
• What can you catch but not throw? A cold.
• What has a head and a foot but no body? A bed.
• What is tall when it’s young and short when it’s old? A candle.
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? A stamp.
• What has keys but no locks? A piano.
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat? An artichoke.
• What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? A penny.
• What has cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and forests but no trees? A map.

Getting over with House riddles

• What has a face but no eyes, hands but no arms? A clock.
• What has a bed but never sleeps, and a head but never thinks? A flowerpot.
• What has a door but no hinges, a roof but no walls? A tent.
• What has keys but can’t unlock anything? A typewriter.
• What has windows but no glass? A picture frame.
• What has a mouth but doesn’t speak, and a bed but doesn’t sleep? A river.
• What has a handle but no door? A teacup.
• What has a foot but no legs? A ruler.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
• What has branches but no leaves, and a trunk but no bark? A library.
• What has a head and a foot but no body? A bed.
• What has keys that open no locks, with space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside? A keyboard.
• What has legs but cannot walk? A chair.
• What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
• What has a face but cannot smile? A clock.
• What has a bed but never sleeps, a table but never eats, and a door but never walks? A house.
• What can be filled but never gets full? A bathtub.
• What has a tongue but cannot taste, and a spine but cannot walk? A book.
• What can be caught but never thrown? A cold.
• What has four walls and leaks water? A sponge.