Eyes are one of the most complex and intricate parts of the human body. They allow us to see the world around us in vivid color and detail. Eyes have long fascinated humankind, being associated with wisdom, intuition, and insight. This fascination has led to numerous riddles and puzzles being created about eyes throughout history. Riddles engage our critical thinking skills and imagination in fun ways. In this article, we have collected 85 riddles about eyes along with their answer explanations. Some may be simple while others more challenging. See how many you can get right!
Riddles About Eyes
Set 1
1. I have an eye but cannot see. What am I?
Answer: A needle.
2. People buy me to see. I have lenses but no eyes. What am I?
Answer: Glasses.
3. I come to life when living eyes close. What am I?
Answer: Dreams.
4. I am less than a shadow and lighter than a feather, yet the strongest man cannot hold me for long. What am I?
Answer: Breath.
5. I have a face but no eyes, a body but no limbs. What am I?
Answer: A clock.
6. A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.” The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Answer: The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote ‘your exact weight’ on the paper.
7. What has hands but cannot clap?
Answer: A clock.
8. What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel.
9. Every dawn begins with me, at dusk I’ll be the first you see. And daybreak couldn’t come without what midday centers on. What am I?
Answer: The letter D.
10. I am a protector. I sit on a bridge. One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide. What am I?
Answer: Sunglasses.
Set 2
11. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name.
12. What goes up and down without moving?
Answer: Stairs.
13. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M.
14. David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
Answer: David.
15. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin.
16. What has many eyes, but can’t see?
Answer: A potato.
17. What has hands but can not clap?
Answer: A clock.
18. What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle.
19. What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold.
20. I am light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?
Answer: Breath.
Set 3
21. I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. What am I?
Answer: The letter S.
22. What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward?
Answer: An icicle.
23. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, water but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map.
24. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Answer: The letter R.
25. You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
Answer: The letter E.
26. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny.
27. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence.
28. What building has the most stories?
Answer: Library.
29. What’s so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence.
30. What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
Answer: The railing.
Set 4
31. People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Answer: Money.
32. What is broken without being held?
Answer: A promise.
33. What is full of holes but can still hold a lot of water?
Answer: A sponge.
34. What invention allows you to see through walls?
Answer: A window.
35. What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: A mushroom.
36. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp.
37. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove.
38. What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin.
39. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river.
40. What belongs to you, but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name.
Set 5
41. I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
Answer: The letter E.
42. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
Answer: A road.
43. I have branches but no fruit, trunk but no bark, leaves but no buds. What am I?
Answer: A bank.
44. What can you catch but never throw?
Answer: A cold.
45. What starts with E, ends with E, and only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope.
46. What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Answer: Lunch and dinner.
47. I have a body with no life, a backbone but no bones. I’m barren of stories but full of meaning. What am I?
Answer: A book.
48. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel.
49. Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
Answer: Five – each daughter has one brother.
50. What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow.
Set 6
51. What has teeth but cannot bite?
Answer: A comb.
52. What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book.
53. What can be broken but is never held?
Answer: A promise.
54. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence.
55. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future.
56. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name.
57. We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?
Answer: Words.
58. What can you hold in your left hand but not your right?
Answer: Your right elbow.
59. They creep and leap and glide. They bloom but are not alive. What are they?
Answer: Shadows.
60. What is it that you will break even if you name it?
Answer: Silence.
Set 7
61. I exist only when there is light, but direct light kills me. What am I?
Answer: A shadow.
62. The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?
Answer: Darkness.
63. I am weightless but you can see me. If you put me in a bucket, I make it lighter. What am I?
Answer: A hole.
64. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Answer: A piano.
65. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin.
66. What has hands but cannot clap?
Answer: A clock.
67. What is black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you are all through with it?
Answer: Charcoal.
68. What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
Answer: Stairs.
69. I make two people out of one. What am I?
Answer: A mirror.
70. What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library.
Set 8
71. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M.
72. What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle.
73. I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
Answer: A map.
74. What is broken every time its spoken?
Answer: Silence.
75. What has no hands but might knock on your door, and you better open up when it does?
Answer: Opportunity.
76. I have a head like a cat, I have feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?
Answer: A kitten.
77. What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not living?
Answer: A glove.
78. I can be touched but not seen. Found in holes and inside bins. I find you in peril, you find me in pins. What am I?
Answer: Danger.
79. What is it that given one, you’ll have either two or none?
Answer: A choice.
80. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Answer: The letter R.
Set 9
81. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name.
82. What is always coming, but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow.
83. What can run but not walk?
Answer: A river.
84. I have keys but no locks. I have a space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
Answer: A keyboard.
85. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk but no bark, leaves but no buds. What am I?
Answer: A bank.
Conclusion
There you have it – 85 riddles that involve eyes, vision, sight and perspective to puzzle your mind. How many were you able to solve? Riddles are a great way to stimulate our thinking in creative and unconventional ways. The English language allows for wordplay and double meanings that can sometimes confound but also delight. When creating or solving riddles, we are forced to analyze things from different viewpoints and move beyond surface-level thinking. Eyes are so vital to how we experience the world, so it is only natural they have inspired many imaginative riddles over time. Hopefully you enjoyed this collection of eye-related riddles and it provides some fun food for thought!
