Riddle: A cowboy rides into town on Friday and stays for three days but then leaves on Friday. How does he do it?
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He leaves on his horse who is called ‘Friday’.
Daily riddle
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 before room, less and band?
Riddle: What word can go before room, less and band?
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Head.
What has four eyes but cannot see?
Riddle: What has four eyes but cannot see?
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Mississippi.
I have married many women but have never been married. Who am I?
Riddle: I have married many women but have never been married. Who am I?
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A priest.
What grows up while growing down?
Riddle: What grows up while growing down?
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A goose or duck.
If the right one is the wrong one then which one is the right one?
Riddle: If the right one is the wrong one then which one is the right one?
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The left one.
What can you hold in your left hand but not your right?
Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not your right?
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Your right elbow.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
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A sponge.
When my neighbor makes mistakes I get rid of them. Who am I?
Riddle: When my neighbor makes mistakes I get rid of them. Who am I?
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An eraser on a pencil.
What can be seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Riddle: What can be seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
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The letter R.
Give me food and I will live but give me water and I will die. What am I?
Riddle: Give me food and I will live but give me water and I will die. What am I?
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Fire.
Come up and we go but go down and we stay. What am I?
Riddle: Come up and we go but go down and we stay. What am I?
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An anchor.
You go at red but stop at green. What am I?
Riddle: You go at red but stop at green. What am I?
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A watermelon.
What becomes white when it is dirty?
Riddle: What becomes white when it is dirty?
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A blackboard.
What is always coming but never arrives?
Riddle: What is always coming but never arrives?
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Tomorrow.
With one you’re wounded and with two you’re blind. Cut me in half and I mend things you’ll find. What am I?
Riddle: With one you’re wounded and with two you’re blind. Cut me in half and I mend things you’ll find. What am I?
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An eyepatch.
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
Riddle: What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
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An echo.
Two fathers and two sons are in a car yet there are only three people in the car. How?
Riddle: Two fathers and two sons are in a car yet there are only three people in the car. How?
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They are a grandfather, father and son.
What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing at all?
Riddle: What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing at all?
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The shadow of an elephant.
What has six faces but does not wear makeup and has twenty-one eyes but cannot see?
Riddle: What has six faces but does not wear makeup and has twenty-one eyes but cannot see?
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A die (dice).
I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
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A candle.
Forward I am heavy but backward I am not. What am I?
Riddle: Forward I am heavy but backward I am not. What am I?
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Ton.
What word can go before bank, type and line?
Riddle: What word can go before bank, type and line?
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Blood.
What is there one of in every corner and two of in every room?
Riddle: What is there one of in every corner and two of in every room?
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The letter ‘O’.
What seven letter word becomes longer when a letter is removed?
Riddle: What seven letter word becomes longer when a letter is removed?
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Lounger. It becomes longer when the third letter is removed.
Turn me on my side and I am everything but cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
Riddle: Turn me on my side and I am everything but cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
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The number 8. On its side, it looks like the mathematical symbol for infinity. When you cut the number eight in half in the middle horizontally, it looks like two zeroes.
What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?
Riddle: What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?
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A pillow.
What do you bury when it’s alive and dig up when it’s dead?
Riddle: What do you bury when it’s alive and dig up when it’s dead?
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A plant.
A man fell off a 20-foot ladder but he wasn’t hurt. How?
Riddle: A man fell off a 20-foot ladder but he wasn’t hurt. How?
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He fell off the bottom rung of the ladder.
The more there is the less you see. What am I?
Riddle: The more there is the less you see. What am I?
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Darkness.
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
Riddle: What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
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A deck of playing cards.
I am a sister but I may not have any siblings. Who am I?
Riddle: I am a sister but I may not have any siblings. Who am I?
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A nun.
How many days are there in 4 years?
Riddle: How many days are there in 4 years?
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1,461 (365 x 4 and then add 1 because one of the years is a leap year).
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Riddle: What English word has three consecutive double letters?
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Bookkeeper.
If an electric train is traveling north which way is the smoke going?
Riddle: If an electric train is traveling north which way is the smoke going?
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There is no smoke, it’s an electric train.
What goes up and down but does not move?
Riddle: What goes up and down but does not move?
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A flight of stairs.
People buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I?
Riddle: People buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I?
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Plates and cutlery.
What goes up but never comes back down?
Riddle: What goes up but never comes back down?
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Your age.
I am a bird and a fruit and a person. Who am I?
Riddle: I am a bird and a fruit and a person. Who am I?
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A Kiwi.
What 3 digit number will give you the same answer whether you subtract 5 or divide by 5?
Riddle: What 3 digit number will give you the same answer whether you subtract 5 or divide by 5?
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6.25.
The more holes you add to me the less holes I will have. What am I?
Riddle: The more holes you add to me the less holes I will have. What am I?
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A net.
What can be long or short or heavy or light but only one at a time?
Riddle: What can be long or short or heavy or light but only one at a time?
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Wait / weight.
I’m only big when I stand at the front or alone. What am I?
Riddle: I’m only big when I stand at the front or alone. What am I?
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The letter I.
I have a spine but no other bones. I wear a jacket but no other clothes. What am I?
Riddle: I have a spine but no other bones. I wear a jacket but no other clothes. What am I?
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A book.
A slender body, a tiny eye, no matter what happens, I never cry. What am I?
Riddle: A slender body, a tiny eye, no matter what happens, I never cry. What am I?
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A needle.
I add six to eleven and get five. How is this correct?
Riddle: I add six to eleven and get five. How is this correct?
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It’s talking about time. If you add six hours to 11 o’clock, you get 5 o’clock.
What five letter word has one left when two are removed?
Riddle: What five letter word has one left when two are removed?
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Stone.
When does today come before yesterday?
Riddle: When does today come before yesterday?
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In the dictionary.
A father’s child, a mother’s child, yet no one’s son. Who am I?
Riddle: A father’s child, a mother’s child, yet no one’s son. Who am I?
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The daughter.
What English word retains the same pronunciation even after you take away four of its five letters?
Riddle: What English word retains the same pronunciation even after you take away four of its five letters?
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Queue.
You’re in a house with four walls facing south, you step outside and see a bear. What color is the bear?
You’re in a house with four walls facing south, you step outside and see a bear. What color is the bear?
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White. If all 4 walls are facing south then they’re at the North Pole.
Half of me will mend, the other half will imprison. When I am together, I will poison. Who am I?
Riddle: Half of me will mend, the other half will imprison. When I am together, I will poison. Who am I?
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Hemlock.
How can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Riddle: How can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
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888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Riddle: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
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Short. (Add the two letters ‘er’ to the end and it becomes ‘shorter’).
What has many keys but can’t open a single door?
Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single door?
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A piano.
What word can go before wheel, horse, and ridge?
Riddle: What word can go before wheel, horse, and ridge?
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Cart.
I’m a god, a planet, and a measurer of heat. Who am I?
Riddle: I’m a god, a planet, and a measurer of heat. Who am I?
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Mercury.
I have only two words but thousands of letters. What am I?
Riddle: I have only two words but thousands of letters. What am I?
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Post Office.
What word can go after short, water and night?
Riddle: What word can go after short, water and night?
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Fall.
What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
Riddle: What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
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A map.
I shave several times a day yet I still have a beard. Who am I?
Riddle: I shave several times a day, yet I still have a beard. Who am I?
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A barber.
What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
Riddle: What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
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Trouble.
The more you take the more you leave behind. What am I?
Riddle: The more you take the more you leave behind. What am I?
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Footsteps.
I fly without wings and I cry without eyes. What am I?
Riddle: I fly without wings and I cry without eyes. What am I?
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A cloud.
How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?
Riddle: How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?
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Take two letters (the first and last letters) from the word FIVE and you are left with IV, which is the Roman numeral for the number 4.
What word can come after dream, steam and life to form other words?
Riddle: What word can come after dream, steam and life to form other words?
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Boat.
What 4-letter word can be written forwards or backwards or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
Riddle: What 4-letter word can be written forwards or backwards or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
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The word NOON.
I have no means to fly nor flee, so a fire is the end of me. When the fire is done and o’er, I get my old name back once more.
Riddle: I have no means to fly nor flee, so a fire is the end of me. When the fire is done and o’er, I get my old name back once more.
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Ash.
You answer me although I never ask you questions. What am I?
Riddle: You answer me although I never ask you questions. What am I?
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A telephone.
What goes up when the rain comes down?
Riddle: What goes up when the rain comes down?
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An umbrella.
I have two hands, but I can’t scratch myself. What am I?
Riddle: I have two hands, but I can’t scratch myself. What am I?
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A clock or watch.
The more you take away the bigger I become. What am I?
Riddle: The more you take away the bigger I become. What am I?
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A hole.
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
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Lunch and dinner.
If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
Riddle: If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
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You would be in 2nd place.
I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.
Riddle: I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.
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194.
What gets wet while drying?
Riddle: What gets wet while drying?
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A towel gets wet while it is drying you.
Gain a lot of me and you’ll be heavy. Earn a lot of me and you’ll be rich.
Riddle: Gain a lot of me and you’ll be heavy. Earn a lot of me and you’ll be rich.
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Pounds.
What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left?
Riddle: What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left?
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Your left hand.
What is as light as a feather but you can’t hold it for long?
Riddle: What is as light as a feather but you can’t hold it for long?
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Your breath.
If you’re given one you’ll have either two or none. What is it?
Riddle: If you’re given one you’ll have either two or none. What is it?
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A choice.
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Riddle: What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
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Your name.
What two whole positive numbers have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?
Riddle: What two whole positive numbers have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?
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The numbers 1 and 9.
Lose me once I’ll come back stronger, lose me twice I’ll leave forever. What am I?
Riddle: Lose me once I’ll come back stronger, lose me twice I’ll leave forever. What am I?
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A tooth.
What runs around the whole yard without moving?
Riddle: What runs around the whole yard without moving?
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A fence runs around the whole yard without moving.
I make two people out of one. What am I?
Riddle: I make two people out of one. What am I?
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A mirror makes two people out of one.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
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An egg has to be broken before you can use it.
What has a neck but no head and two arms but no hands?
Riddle: What has a neck but no head and two arms but no hands?
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A shirt.
How do you make the number 7 even?
Riddle: How do you make the number 7 even?
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Drop the “S” from the word seven and you are left with the word even!
What starts with ‘e’, ends with ‘e’ and has one letter in it?
Riddle: What starts with ‘e’, ends with ‘e’ and has one letter in it?
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Envelope.
My head is red but turns black when you scratch it. What am I?
Riddle: My head is red but turns black when you scratch it. What am I?
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A matchstick.