Death is an inevitable part of life that many find uncomfortable to talk about directly. However, riddles about death can allow us to explore our feelings and curiosity about this topic in an indirect way. Here are 91 creepy riddles about death with answers to test your detective skills.
1-10 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
1. What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
2. I have cities with no people, forests with no trees, mountains with no rocks and waterless seas. What am I?
Answer: A map
3. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Answer: Your name
4. People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
Answer: A coffin
5. What runs all around a backyard yet never moves?
Answer: A fence
6. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
7. I am not really there until the end approaches. What am I?
Answer: Death
8. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
9. What has hands but cannot clap?
Answer: A clock
10. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
11-20 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
11. I creep up as you grow older. The more you talk, the faster I approach. What am I?
Answer: Silence
12. I am lighter than air but a million men cannot lift me up. What am I?
Answer: A bubble
13. What is filled with holes yet holds water?
Answer: A sponge
14. What can you break without ever touching it?
Answer: A promise
15. I have a head like a cat and a tail like a rat. But I’m neither a cat nor a rat. What am I?
Answer: A rattlesnake
16. What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
17. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name
18. What month of the year has 28 days?
Answer: All of them
19. What goes up and down but does not move?
Answer: Stairs
20. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Answer: A piano
21-30 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
21. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Answer: Your name
22. What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
23. What has many teeth but cannot bite?
Answer: A comb
24. What has hands but cannot clap?
Answer: A clock
25. What goes all around the yard but never moves?
Answer: A fence
26. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
27. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map
28. What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
29. What has words, but never speaks?
Answer: A book
30. What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle
31-40 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
31. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name
32. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
33. What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
34. What month of the year has 28 days?
Answer: All of them
35. What starts with E, ends with E, but only has one letter?
Answer: An envelope
36. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Answer: Your name
37. People make me, save me, change me, spend me. What am I?
Answer: Money
38. What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library
39. What has 13 hearts but no organs?
Answer: A deck of cards
40. What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel
41-50 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
41. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name
42. What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book
43. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
44. What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle
45. What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age
46. What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock
47. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
48. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
49. What month has 28 days?
Answer: All of them
50. What starts with E, ends with E, and only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
51-60 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
51. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
52. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
53. What is broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
54. What month of the year has 28 days?
Answer: All of them
55. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Answer: A piano
56. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
57. What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book
58. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
59. What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library
60. What starts with E, ends with E, but only has one letter?
Answer: An envelope
61-70 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
61. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
62. What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
63. What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book
64. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
65. What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age
66. What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock
67. What starts with E, ends with E, and only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
68. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
69. What is full of holes but can still hold water?
Answer: A sponge
70. What month has 28 days?
Answer: All of them
71-80 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
71. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
72. What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
73. What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book
74. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
75. What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock
76. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
77. What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
78. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Answer: A piano
79. What starts with E, ends with E, but only has one letter?
Answer: An envelope
80. What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle
81-90 Creepy Death Riddles With Answers
81. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
82. What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
83. What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book
84. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
85. What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age
86. What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock
87. What month has 28 days?
Answer: All of them
88. What is full of holes but can still hold water?
Answer: A sponge
89. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
90. What starts with E, ends with E, but only has one letter?
Answer: An envelope
91. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
Conclusion
Riddles about death, while creepy, allow us to think about and discuss this unavoidable part of life. They reveal how the abstract concept of death permeates our language, relationships, possessions, lifetimes, and sense of self. Solving these morbid puzzles requires lateral thinking, metaphorical interpretation, and contemplation of mortality. Though uneasy, these dark riddles illuminate the subject we all inevitably face, and the shared human experience of being alive.
