Riddle: You can’t see me but I can see through you. What am I?
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An x-ray.
What am I riddles
What am I riddles with answers
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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.
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.
Halo of water and tongue of wood, walls of stone, long as I stood. What am I?
Riddle: Halo of water and tongue of wood, walls of stone, long as I stood. What am I?
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A castle.
If you drop me I’m sure to crack but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
Riddle: If you drop me I’m sure to crack but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
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A mirror.
I go around in circles but always straight ahead. I never complain no matter where I am led. What am I?
Riddle: I go around in circles but always straight ahead. I never complain no matter where I am led. What am I?
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A wheel.
I start talking and then twist and I end that but yet persist. You must have two of me to start but one’s enough to make some art. What am I?
Riddle: I start talking and then twist and I end that but yet persist. You must have two of me to start but one’s enough to make some art. What am I?
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The letter ‘t’.
I have more legs than a man yet I am slower. I have more hearts than a man yet I am feeble. I never last longer than a year but part of me lasts a lifetime. What am I?
Riddle: I have more legs than a man yet I am slower. I have more hearts than a man yet I am feeble. I never last longer than a year but part of me lasts a lifetime. What am I?
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A pregnant woman.
Clothed with figures I know no math. I am unfazed by strength and wrath. My studies take a heavy toll. I shake the ground on which I roll. What am I?
Riddle: Clothed with figures I know no math. I am unfazed by strength and wrath. My studies take a heavy toll. I shake the ground on which I roll. What am I?
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Dumbbells.
By losing height or width or solidity, I double. The tiniest accessory makes me 50% larger. What am I?
Riddle: By losing height or width or solidity, I double. The tiniest accessory makes me 50% larger. What am I?
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A music note. Lose width: An eighth note becomes a quarter note. Lose solidity: a quarter note becomes a half note. Lose height: a half note becomes a whole note. Tiny accessory: You put a dot after a note and it makes it 50% longer.
With pointed fangs and in plain sight, my bloodless victims are bound by my bite. What am I?
Riddle: With pointed fangs and in plain sight, my bloodless victims are bound by my bite. What am I?
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A stapler.
I can be flipped and broken but I never move. I can be closed, and opened, and sometimes removed. I am sealed by hands. What am I?
Riddle: I can be flipped and broken but I never move. I can be closed, and opened, and sometimes removed. I am sealed by hands. What am I?
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Deal.
I hit the tall and miss the small. In a flash I am gone. What am I?
Riddle: I hit the tall and miss the small. In a flash I am gone. What am I?
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Lightning.
You hold my tail while I fish for you. What am I?
Riddle: You hold my tail while I fish for you. What am I?
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A net.
You always find me in the past, I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. What am I?
Riddle: You always find me in the past, I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. What am I?
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History.
I’m the beginning of the end and the end of time and space. I am in everything and surround every place. What am I?
Riddle: I’m the beginning of the end and the end of time and space. I am in everything and surround every place. What am I?
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The letter ‘E’.
I’m lighter than what I’m made of and more of me is hidden than is seen. What am I?
Riddle: I’m lighter than what I’m made of and more of me is hidden than is seen. What am I?
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An iceberg.
I get smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?
Riddle: I get smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?
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A bar of soap.
Cloud is my mother and wind is my father. I come down but never go up. What am I?
Riddle: Cloud is my mother and wind is my father. I come down but never go up. What am I?
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Rain.
I’m a kind of cup that doesn’t hold water but makes a lot of noise repeatedly. What am I?
Riddle: I’m a kind of cup that doesn’t hold water but makes a lot of noise repeatedly. What am I?
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Hiccup.
I am nothing but holes tied to holes yet I am as strong as iron. What am I?
Riddle: I am nothing but holes tied to holes yet I am as strong as iron. What am I?
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A chain.
Always in you and sometimes on you. If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
Riddle: Always in you and sometimes on you. If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
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Water.
Though blind as well I can lead the blind well. What am I?
Riddle: Though blind as well I can lead the blind well. What am I?
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A cane.
You heard me before and then again. Afterward I die until you call me again. What am I?
Riddle: You heard me before and then again. Afterward I die until you call me again. What am I?
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Echo.
I can be found on a present or the front of a boat or after the rain. What am I?
Riddle: I can be found on a present or the front of a boat or after the rain. What am I?
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Bow.
Front and back and fire and slide. Open and closed and glass and side. What am I?
Riddle: Front and back and fire and slide. Open and closed and glass and side. What am I?
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Door.
I am bought by the yard but worn by the foot. What am I?
Riddle: I am bought by the yard but worn by the foot. What am I?
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Carpet.
I sometimes run but I but never walk. You follow me wherever you go. What am I?
Riddle: I sometimes run but I but never walk. You follow me wherever you go. What am I?
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Your nose.
I am what remains when nothing is left. What am I?
Riddle: I am what remains when nothing is left. What am I?
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Right.
I cover you though you lose me every day and you’d die without me. What am I?
Riddle: I cover you though you lose me every day and you’d die without me. What am I?
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Skin.
I touch the Earth and I touch the sky but if I touch you you’ll likely die. What am I?
Riddle: I touch the Earth and I touch the sky but if I touch you you’ll likely die. What am I?
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Lightning.
I am deaf and dumb and blind but always tell the truth. What am I?
Riddle: I am deaf and dumb and blind but always tell the truth. What am I?
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A mirror.
Forwards I’m what you do every day but backwards I’m wicked. What am I?
Riddle: Forwards I’m what you do every day but backwards I’m wicked. What am I?
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Live.
I am a seed with three letters in my name but take away the last two and I still sound the same. What am I?
Riddle: I am a seed with three letters in my name but take away the last two and I still sound the same. What am I?
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A pea.
I have branches but no fruit or trunk or leaves. What am I?
Riddle: I have branches but no fruit or trunk or leaves. What am I?
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A bank.
I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
Riddle: I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
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The lead in a pencil.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.