Riddle: I am known for keeping friends and family within my walls often made of wood. I have a single window, through which they watch you from the place they’re stood. What am I?
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A photo frame.
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Riddle: I am known for keeping friends and family within my walls often made of wood. I have a single window, through which they watch you from the place they’re stood. What am I?
A photo frame.
Riddle: Only briefly will I remember your face even if you continuously impress me. I cannot fly far even with feathers, perhaps it’s better for me to be down. What am I?
A pillow.
Riddle: You do not want me to be permanent but to avoid me is a mistake. You can let me help you but precious time it will take. What am I?
Sleep.
Riddle: I have a bark but I have no bite. I’m rarely still but I never wander. What am I?
A tree.
Riddle: I can’t be saved though people try. When fun is had they say I fly. What am I?
Time.
Riddle: They say I’m money, I can be spent. I can be wasted, but never lent. What am I?
Time.
Riddle: On sea of silver or field of brass, seal the likeness locked behind glass. What am I?
A mirror.
Riddle: I act like a cat and I look like a cat yet I am not a cat. What am I?
A kitten.
Riddle: Dogs cry when they see me. You sleep as I walk by. I am known to drive you mad. What am I?
The moon.
Riddle: I am beat but never bruised, I have a key without a lock. I am heard but cannot hear, I am fast and slow, yet never move. What am I?
Music.
Riddle: I exist where there is light but direct sunlight kills me. What am I?
A shadow.
Riddle: One way I’m loose, one way I’m tight. Out with left, in with right. What am I?
A screw.
Riddle: Hold my tail while I fish for you. What am I?
A net.
Riddle: I can’t be bought but I can be stolen with a glance. I’m worthless to one but priceless to two. What am I?
Love.
Riddle: Enter through one but exit through three. Once you succeed I am on thee. What am I?
A t-shirt or jumper.
Riddle: I go through a door but never go in and never come out. What am I?
A keyhole.
Riddle: One of me can completely stop you. But multiple of me can only slow you down… What am I?
Period. As in the riddle, multiple periods make an ellipsis.
Riddle: I start at the end, and finish at the beginning, and wherever I go, I am cold. What am I?
Winter. It starts at the end of one year and ends at the beginning of the next.
Riddle: I have thousands of ears, but I’m a terrible listener. What am I?
A cornfield.
Riddle: Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?
The letter ‘r’.
Riddle: You see me once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a day. What am I?
The letter ‘e’.
Riddle: I build up castles and I tear down mountains. I make some men blind but I help others to see. What am I?
Sand.
Riddle: Born in the past but only live in the present. Sometimes false, always personal. What am I?
Memories.
Riddle: I can run but not walk. Thought is not far behind me. What am I?
Nose.
Riddle: People knock on me to say hello but lock me up after their visitors go. What am I?
A door.
Riddle: I go up and down at the very same time, and never stop. What am I?
Stairs.
Riddle: Open me and you can’t see me without a mirror. Close me and you can’t see me at all. What am I?
Your eyes.
Riddle: I can be sun, I can be sand, and I can be bird. What am I?
A clock (sundial, hourglass and cuckoo clock).
Riddle: When you take me out of a window you leave a grieving wife. When you stick me in a door you will save somebody’s life. What am I?
The letter ‘n’. Take it from the word ‘window’ and you are left with ‘widow’. Add it to the word ‘door’ and you get ‘donor’.
Riddle: I might come through your window and I’m often at the bar. Sometimes I’m used to send your kids to die in lands afar. What am I?
Draft.
Riddle: I am something you sit on but can’t take with you. What am I?
The floor.
Riddle: You can see me in water but I never get wet. What am I?
A reflection.
Riddle: Look in my face and I am somebody. Look in my back and I am nobody. What am I?
A mirror.
Riddle: I have no feet and no hands and no wings, but I climb to the sky. What am I?
Smoke.
Riddle: You can see through me yet I am not transparent, you can pick holes in me yet I occupy no space. What am I?
A lie.
Riddle: I have no bones and no legs but if you keep me warm, I will soon walk away. What am I?
An egg.
Riddle: I turn everything around but I cannot move. When you see me you see you. What am I?
A mirror.
Riddle: I’m much like my four friends but I stand to the side. When they pose for a fight, I like to duck outside. What am I?
Thumbs.
Riddle: I am able to turn cattle to crows and sticks to cranes. What am I?
The letter ‘r’. Add an ‘r’ to the word cows and it becomes crows. Add an ‘r’ to the word canes and it becomes cranes.
Riddle: I’m ready to walk when I’m all tied up, but I really should stop when I’m untied. What am I?
A shoe.
Riddle: I don’t have eyes but once I did see. Once I had thoughts but now I’m white and empty. What am I?
A skull.
Riddle: I am sharp to the touch but with a letter on the end I lose my point. What am I?
Needles (add an s and it becomes needless).
Riddle: Born in an instant, I tell all stories. I can be lost, but I never die. What am I?
Memories.
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?
An asteroid.
Riddle: You take my clothes off when you put your clothes on. What am I?
A hanger.
Riddle: If there’s no break during me then I’m sure to end with a different type of break. What am I?
A set in tennis.
Riddle: I can hold up thousands of tons, but cannot hold up a single grain of sand. What am I?
Water.
Riddle: I am overlooked by everyone but everyone has me. What am I?
Nose.
Riddle: I have three eyes and only one leg. Obey me, or you will be sorry. What am I?
A traffic light.
Riddle: In birth I spring forth and in life I unfold. In death I wilt and die but rebirth restores all. What am I?
A leaf.
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?
Friendship.
Riddle: Up on high I wave away but not a word can I say. What am I?
A flag.
Riddle: My father is the moon and my mother is the sea. I die when I reach land. What am I?
Waves.
Riddle: Left to right I’m yours to prize. Right to left I organize. What am I?
Reward/Drawer.
Riddle: I fly when I am born but lie when I’m alive and run when I am dead. What am I?
A snowflake.
Riddle: I have teeth but no mouth though two of us can bite. Revolutionary power but rarely in sight. What am I?
Gears.
Riddle: I stay up when I lay down. What am I?
An insomniac.
Riddle: You can’t see me but I can see through you. What am I?
An x-ray.
Riddle: I can be told and I can be made. I can be cracked and I can be played. What am I?
A joke.
Riddle: A looming face of sheer rock or a face feigning tough talk. What am I?
A bluff.