Riddle: What word can go before stone, bank and bag?
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Sand.
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Daily riddles with answers
Below you will find all our daily riddles (with answers). Remember, we publish a new fun riddle every single day so keep coming back for more riddles!
What word can go after key, cap and corner?
Riddle: What word can go after key, cap and corner?
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Stone.
Why won’t they let elephants on the beach?
Riddle: Why won’t they let elephants on the beach?
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They can’t keep their trunks up.
I’m part of a belt that is too big to wear yet if I fall off it could lead to despair. What am I?
Riddle: I’m part of a belt that is too big to wear yet if I fall off it could lead to despair. What am I?
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An asteroid.
You take my clothes off when you put your clothes on. What am I?
Riddle: You take my clothes off when you put your clothes on. What am I?
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A hanger.
I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?
Riddle: I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?
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A cherry.
Men walk over me but boats go under me. What am I?
Riddle: Men walk over me but boats go under me. What am I?
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A bridge.
How do you go from 98 to 720 using just one letter?
Riddle: How do you go from 98 to 720 using just one letter?
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Add an “x” between “ninety” and “eight”. 90 x 8 = 720.
What animal is made up of calcium, nickel and neon?
Riddle: What animal is made up of calcium, nickel and neon?
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A CaNiNe.
What animal has no wings but yet will fly?
Riddle: What animal has no wings but yet will fly?
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A caterpillar. It will fly when it becomes a butterfly.
If there’s no break during me then I’m sure to end with a different type of break. What am I?
Riddle: If there’s no break during me then I’m sure to end with a different type of break. What am I?
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A set in tennis.
What animal has more lives than a cat?
Riddle: What animal has more lives than a cat?
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A frog, it croaks every night!
Play me with a ball and bat or hear me chirp in a top hat. What am I?
Riddle: Play me with a ball and bat or hear me chirp in a top hat. What am I?
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Cricket.
Why did the game warden arrest the ghost?
Riddle: Why did the game warden arrest the ghost?
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He did not have a current haunting license.
What does a ghost keep in their stable?
Question: What does a ghost keep in their stable?
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Night-mares.
Where does divorce come before marriage?
Riddle: Where does divorce come before marriage?
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In the dictionary.
I can hold up thousands of tons, but cannot hold up a single grain of sand. What am I?
Riddle: I can hold up thousands of tons, but cannot hold up a single grain of sand. What am I?
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Water.
I have six eggs. I broke two, I cooked two and I ate two. How many eggs are left?
Riddle: I have six eggs. I broke two, I cooked two and I ate two. How many eggs are left?
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I have four eggs left because I broke, cooked and ate the same two eggs.
I am overlooked by everyone but everyone has me. What am I?
Riddle: I am overlooked by everyone but everyone has me. What am I?
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Nose.
How can a leopard change its spots?
Riddle: How can a leopard change its spots?
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By moving from one spot to another.
What do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?
Riddle: What do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?
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Cool music.
What lives in winter and dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward?
Riddle: What lives in winter and dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward?
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An icicle.
What number serves as a warning?
Riddle: What number serves as a warning?
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Four (“Fore!”).
Which is the largest room in the world?
Riddle: Which is the largest room in the world?
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The room for improvement.
What do ghosts sing in the shower?
Riddle: What do ghosts sing in the shower?
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Rhythm and boos.
Where do sailors take their baths?
Riddle: Where do sailors take their baths?
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In a tubmarine.
What is the laziest mountain in the world?
Riddle: What is the laziest mountain in the world?
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Mount Everest, of course!
I count time but have no end. Tick tick but I am not a clock. What am I?
Riddle: I count time but have no end. Tick tick but I am not a clock. What am I?
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A metronome.
What word leaves you sick if you take away the first letter?
Riddle: What word leaves you sick if you take away the first letter?
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Music.
I have three eyes and only one leg. Obey me, or you will be sorry. What am I?
Riddle: I have three eyes and only one leg. Obey me, or you will be sorry. What am I?
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A traffic light.
Why did the orange stop in the middle of the road?
Riddle: Why did the orange stop in the middle of the road?
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It ran out of juice.
It can be painful to receive or a delicious drink. What is it?
Riddle: It can be painful to receive or a delicious drink. What is it?
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Punch.
Where can you see how popular a spider is?
Riddle: Where can you see how popular a spider is?
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On a web-site.
What do you call a snail on a boat?
Riddle: What do you call a snail on a boat?
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A snailor.
What three letters change a girl into a woman?
Riddle: What three letters change a girl into a woman?
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AGE.
What word can go after floor, lip and sandwich?
Riddle What word can go after floor, lip and sandwich?
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Filler.
Who works when he plays and plays when he works?
Riddle: Who works when he plays and plays when he works?
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A musician.
What gets sharper the more you use it?
Riddle: What gets sharper the more you use it?
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Your brain.
What game did the pirate’s parrot always want to play?
Riddle: What game did the pirate’s parrot always want to play?
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Hide and speak.
In birth I spring forth and in life I unfold. In death I wilt and die but rebirth restores all. What am I?
Riddle: In birth I spring forth and in life I unfold. In death I wilt and die but rebirth restores all. What am I?
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A leaf.
Which part of a road do ghosts love to travel the most?
Riddle: Which part of a road do ghosts love to travel the most?
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The dead end.
I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by objects, but built by minds. What am I?
Riddle: I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by objects, but built by minds. What am I?
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Friendship.
Which Star Wars character do pirates like the most?
Riddle: Which Star Wars character do pirates like the most?
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Aarrggh-2-D-2.
A woman has 7 children and half of them are boys. How is this possible?
Riddle: A woman has 7 children and half of them are boys. How is this possible?
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She has all boys. The other half are boys too.
What word can go before assessment, awareness and harm?
Riddle: What word can go before assessment, awareness and harm?
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Self.
I have three letters, cut one off and I become stronger. Cut two off and I become ten.
Riddle: I have three letters, cut one off and I become stronger. Cut two off and I become ten.
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A fox. Remove the f to leave ox, a strong animal. Cut off the fo to leave X, the Roman numeral for 10.
What do you call a pirate with two eyes and two legs?
Riddle: What do you call a pirate with two eyes and two legs?
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A rookie.
You can use it to look through a wall. What is it?
Riddle: You can use it to look through a wall. What is it?
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A window.
Take off my skin and I won’t cry but you will! What am I?
Riddle: Take off my skin and I won’t cry but you will! What am I?
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An onion.
What number has all its letters in alphabetical order when spelled out?
Riddle: What number has all its letters in alphabetical order when spelled out?
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Forty.
What does someone else have to take before you can get it?
Riddle: What does someone else have to take before you can get it?
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A photograph.
What has two spines and a lot of ribs and carries much but never moves?
Riddle: What has two spines and a lot of ribs and carries much but never moves?
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Train tracks.
Up on high I wave away but not a word can I say. What am I?
Riddle: Up on high I wave away but not a word can I say. What am I?
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A flag.
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
Riddle: Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
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The ‘C’.
Nobody has ever walked this way. What is it?
Riddle: Nobody has ever walked this way. What is it?
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The Milky Way.
My father is the moon and my mother is the sea. I die when I reach land. What am I?
Riddle: My father is the moon and my mother is the sea. I die when I reach land. What am I?
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Waves.
What book of few words can change the physical state of something its used on but can also describe two of the same thing?
Riddle: What book of few words can change the physical state of something its used on but can also describe two of the same thing?
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Matchbook.
Left to right I’m yours to prize. Right to left I organize. What am I?
Riddle: Left to right I’m yours to prize. Right to left I organize. What am I?
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Reward/Drawer.
What word can go after sun, street and head?
Riddle: What word can go after sun, street and head?
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Light or lamp.
I fly when I am born but lie when I’m alive and run when I am dead. What am I?
Riddle: I fly when I am born but lie when I’m alive and run when I am dead. What am I?
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A snowflake.
Where can you find a pirate’s bathroom?
Riddle: Where can you find a pirate’s bathroom?
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The poop deck.
What sound does a space turkey make?
Riddle: What sound does a space turkey make?
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Hubble, Hubble, Hubble.
What can provide food before it is alive, while it is alive, and after it is dead?
Riddle: What can provide food before it is alive, while it is alive, and after it is dead?
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Chicken.
What’s the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers and four sons?
Riddle: What’s the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers and four sons?
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Four chairs. The four fathers could be grandfathers and are already sons.
I have teeth but no mouth though two of us can bite. Revolutionary power but rarely in sight. What am I?
Riddle: I have teeth but no mouth though two of us can bite. Revolutionary power but rarely in sight. What am I?
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Gears.
What can never be put in a saucepan?
Riddle: What can never be put in a saucepan?
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Its lid.
What must take a bow before it can speak?
Riddle: What must take a bow before it can speak?
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A violin.
Which part of a mermaid weighs the most?
Riddle: Which part of a mermaid weighs the most?
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Her scales.
My sister is your keeper and with my sister I share a son. Where you are warm I am cold and where I have two, you have but one.
Riddle: My sister is your keeper and with my sister I share a son. Where you are warm I am cold and where I have two, you have but one.
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The moon.
Why would it be boring to eat at a restaurant on the moon?
Riddle: Why would it be boring to eat at a restaurant on the moon?
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Because there is no atmosphere.
How can you tell if a ghost is about to faint?
Riddle: How can you tell if a ghost is about to faint?
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They turn pale as a sheet.
How do you make a pirate angry?
Riddle: How do you make a pirate angry?
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Take away the “p” and he becomes irate.
What word can go after tie, ice and circuit?
Riddle: What word can go after tie, ice and circuit?
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Breaker.
What type of music are balloons scared of?
Riddle: What type of music are balloons scared of?
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Pop music.
What does a cat have that no other animal has?
Riddle: What does a cat have that no other animal has?
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Kittens.
Why did all the pecans go to space?
Riddle: Why did all the pecans go to space?
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They were astro-nuts.
What grades did the pirate get in school?
Riddle: What grades did the pirate get in school?
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High C’s.
I am mostly a belt but won’t hold tight to your waist. You can use me in stroll or you can use me in haste. Match my pace and I will hold you in place.
Riddle: I am mostly a belt but won’t hold tight to your waist. You can use me in stroll or you can use me in haste. Match my pace and I will hold you in place.
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A treadmill.
What did the doctor prescribe to the sick lemon?
Riddle: What did the doctor prescribe to the sick lemon?
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Lemon-aid.
Which kind of phone can make music?
Riddle: Which kind of phone can make music?
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A saxophone.
I stay up when I lay down. What am I?
Riddle: I stay up when I lay down. What am I?
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An insomniac.
How did the pirate stop computer hackers?
Riddle: How did the pirate stop computer hackers?
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He installed a patch.
What should you say when you meet a ghost?
Riddle: What should you say when you meet a ghost?
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“How do you boo?”
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
Riddle: When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
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When you’re a mouse.
What turns everything around but does not move?
Riddle: What turns everything around but does not move?
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A mirror.
You can’t see me but I can see through you. What am I?
Riddle: You can’t see me but I can see through you. What am I?
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An x-ray.
What word can go before ball, weave and case?
Riddle: What word can go before ball, weave and case?
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Basket.
I live in the trees though I sound like a sneeze. You hit me with a hammer and eat my brain.
Riddle: I live in the trees though I sound like a sneeze. You hit me with a hammer and eat my brain.
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Cashew.
Why did the musician put his head on the piano?
Riddle: Why did the musician put his head on the piano?
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He wanted to play by ear.
I can be told and I can be made. I can be cracked and I can be played. What am I?
Riddle: I can be told and I can be made. I can be cracked and I can be played. What am I?
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A joke.
Which one of Santa’s reindeer can you see in outer space?
Riddle: Which one of Santa’s reindeer can you see in outer space?
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Comet.
If eggs are $0.12 a dozen then how many eggs can you get for a dollar?
Riddle: If eggs are $0.12 a dozen then how many eggs can you get for a dollar?
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100 eggs. If they are $0.12 a dozen, they are one penny each.
A looming face of sheer rock or a face feigning tough talk. What am I?
Riddle: A looming face of sheer rock or a face feigning tough talk. What am I?
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A bluff.
Why did the ghost take an elevator ride every day?
Riddle: Why did the ghost take an elevator ride every day?
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To raise his spirits.