• What is long and sometimes irregular, yet always punctual? A sentence.
• What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
• What disappears once it’s mentioned? Silence.
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future.
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? The letter ‘m’.
• What is full of holes but still holds water? A sponge.
• What is always coming but never arrives? Tomorrow.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
• What has many needles but doesn’t sew? A clock.
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock.
• What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you? Your name.
• What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
• What has one eye but can’t see? A needle.
• What travels around the world but stays in one corner? A stamp.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A keyboard.
• What gets wetter as it dries? A towel.
• 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 a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? A glove.
• What runs around the house but doesn’t move? A fence.

• What goes up and down but never moves? The stock market.
• What has a beginning, middle, and end, but is always in the middle of yesterday and tomorrow? Today.
• What has hands that can’t hold, a face that can’t smile, and yet it tells you the time? A clock.
• What can be cracked, made, and told, but never owned? A joke.
• What is full of holes but still holds water? A sieve.
• What can be measured but has no length, width, or height? Time.
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? A stamp.
• What is always on its way here but never actually arrives? Tomorrow.
• What can be heard and caught, but never seen or touched? An echo.
• What has keys but can’t open locks, and tells you the time? A clock.
• What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening? A human (crawls as a baby, walks as an adult, and uses a cane in old age).
• What has one face but many eyes? A potato (eyes on a potato).
• What goes round and round the wood but never goes into the wood? The bark of a tree.
• What gets smaller every time you use it? A pencil.
• What can fill a room but takes up no space? Light.
• What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? The letter ‘m’.
• What has a tail and a head but no body? A coin.
• What can be opened but never closed? A book.
• What is always in front of you but cannot be seen? The future.
• What can you break without touching it? A promise.

Another Period riddles

• What has a face but cannot smile, and hands but cannot wave? A clock.
• What runs but has no legs? A river.
• What flies without wings? Time.
• What is always behind you but never catches up? The past.
• What can you see but cannot touch? Reflection.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
• What is full of holes but still holds water? A sponge.
• What has a bed but never sleeps? A riverbed.
• What is always moving forward but never backward? Time.
• What has a face but no eyes, hands but no fingers? A clock.
• What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? Silence.
• What becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Short.
• What has a mouth but cannot eat, a bed but cannot sleep? A river.
• What begins with an “e” and ends with an “e” but only has one letter in it? An envelope.
• What has keys but can’t open doors? A computer keyboard.
• What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
• What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away? Charcoal.
• What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
• What can you hear but not see, and always comes to an end? The wind.
• What has many keys but can’t open any locks? A piano.

• What has hands but cannot hold anything? A clock.
• What has a face but no eyes, hands but no arms? A clock.
• What can you hear but never see and always seems to be running out? Time.
• What starts with ‘t’, ends with ‘t’, and is filled with ‘t’? A teapot.
• What can you catch but not throw? A cold.
• What is easy to get into but hard to get out of? Trouble.
• What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
• What can be broken without being touched? A promise.
• What can be as big as an elephant but weighs nothing? Its shadow.
• What has a bed but never sleeps? A riverbed.
• What has a ring but no finger? A phone.
• What can you see but cannot hold, that disappears when you speak its name? Silence.
• What gets wetter the more it dries? A towel.
• What has a face and two hands but no body? A clock.
• What has a head, a tail, but no body? A coin.
• What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it? Silence.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
• What has one foot but no legs? A ruler.
• What can you hold without ever touching it? A conversation.
• What has a mouth but cannot eat, moves but has no legs? A river.

Getting over with Period riddles

• What has hands but can’t clap? A clock.
• What can be measured but has no weight? Time.
• What has a face but no eyes, hands but no arms? A clock.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A piano.
• What can you hear but not touch, see but not hold? Music.
• What gets bigger the more you take away? A hole.
• What has wings but can’t fly, a face but can’t cry? A clock.
• What has one eye but can’t see? A needle.
• 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 is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future.
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played but never held? A joke.
• What has keys but can’t open locks? A keyboard.
• What is always coming but never arrives? Tomorrow.
• What runs around the house but doesn’t move? A fence.
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? A stamp.
• What goes up and never comes down? Age.
• What has a head, a tail, but no body? A coin.
• What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
• What has hands but can’t write? A clock.