• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? (Answer: The future)
• What has keys but can’t open locks? (Answer: A piano)
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? (Answer: A stamp)
• What runs but never walks, murmurs but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps? (Answer: A river)
• What has a neck but no head? (Answer: A bottle)
• What belongs to you but others use it more than you do? (Answer: Your name)
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? (Answer: The letter ‘m’)
• What goes up but never comes down? (Answer: Your age)
• What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water? (Answer: A map)
• What has a heart but no organs? (Answer: A deck of cards)
• What has a head, a tail, but no body? (Answer: A coin)
• What can you catch but not throw? (Answer: A cold)
• What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside? (Answer: A keyboard)
• What can fill a room but takes up no space? (Answer: Light)
• What gets wetter as it dries? (Answer: A towel)
• What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? (Answer: A glove)
• What has one eye but can’t see? (Answer: A needle)
• What has legs but can’t walk? (Answer: A table)
• What starts with an ‘e’ and ends with an ‘e’ but only contains one letter? (Answer: An envelope)
• What has many keys but can’t open any locks? (Answer: A piano)

• What gets bigger the more you play with it?
• What has keys but can’t open locks?
• What starts with ‘t’ and ends with ‘t’ and is full of ‘t’?
• What is something you can hold without touching or using your hands?
• What goes up and down but never moves?
• What has many eyes but cannot see?
• What can you catch but not throw?
• What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
• What has a head, a tail, but no body?
• What can you fill with air but it will never burst?
• What has one foot but no legs?
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
• What has a neck but no head?
• What has keys but can’t open doors?
• What has a bed but never sleeps?
• What is light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
• What has many stories but cannot talk?
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
• What can you catch but never throw?
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

Another Play riddles

• What has keys but can’t open locks? (A piano)
• What can you catch but not throw? (A cold)
• What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’, and has thousands of letters? (Post office)
• What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? (A penny)
• What belongs to you but is used more by others? (Your name)
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? (The letter ‘M’)
• What has keys but can’t open locks? (A keyboard)
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? (A stamp)
• What is full of holes but still holds water? (A sponge)
• What has a neck but no head? (A bottle)
• What has hands but can’t clap? (A clock)
• What has a face and two hands but no body? (A clock)
• What gets wetter as it dries? (A towel)
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played? (A joke)
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat? (An artichoke)
• What has one eye but can’t see? (A needle)
• What has teeth but can’t bite? (A comb)
• What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water? (A map)
• What goes up but never comes down? (Your age)
• What can you hear, but not touch or see? (Your name)

• What has keys but can’t open locks, and you play with it?
• What can bounce but can’t jump, and is always fun to toss around?
• What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of holes, yet holds water?
• What can you catch but not throw?
• What is full of holes but can still hold water?
• What gets wetter as it dries?
• What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
• What comes down but never goes up?
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
• What has a neck but no head?
• What is hard to get but easy to lose, and can be found on a court?
• What is full of holes but can still hold a lot of sand?
• What can you kick without ever touching it?
• What can you serve but never eat?
• What can be hit but never hurt?
• What has hands but cannot clap?
• What has a face but no eyes, hands but no arms?
• What is easy to throw away but hard to catch?
• What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
• What can you build, break, and bury in the sand?

Getting over with Play riddles

• What has strings but can’t be strummed, and you play with it indoors?
• What is round and bounces, often found on the court, and can be dribbled?
• What is shaped like a cube but rolls around, and you can throw it for your pet to fetch?
• What has numbers but isn’t a calculator, and you use it to play games of chance?
• What is colorful, can fly high in the sky, and you control its movements with a string?
• What is made of paper, you can fold it into shapes, and it’s used to create fun little figures?
• What is a board with squares, pieces, and strategies, often played in two?
• What is a tool for artists, but children often use it for fun, creating colorful drawings?
• What is a small, handheld device, with buttons to press, and you play video games on it?
• What is like a swing but spins around, and you hold on tight as it twirls?
• What is a cylindrical toy that extends when you push it down, then pops back up?
• What is a set of cards with pictures and symbols, and you use it to play memory games?
• What is a container filled with pieces, and you use them to build structures or create scenes?
• What is a square object, made of foam or rubber, and you throw it back and forth to each other?
• What is a small vehicle, powered by batteries or pedals, and children ride it around for fun?
• What is a game played with a net, a small ball, and rackets, often seen in tournaments?
• What is a long, flexible tube, and you hold one end while spinning it around your body?
• What is a puzzle made of interlocking pieces, and you try to put it together to form a picture?
• What is a cylindrical object, filled with sand or beans, and you toss it back and forth to improve coordination?
• What is a toy shaped like an animal, with springs for legs, and you push it down to see it bounce back up?