Household items make for great riddle topics. We use them every day without much thought, but when framed as a riddle, these ordinary objects take on a whole new challenging dimension. Below are 101 household item riddles that will really get you thinking outside the box. The answers are provided as well, but try solving them yourself first!
Riddles About Kitchen Items
1. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock.
2. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
3. What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
A lid.
4. What has teeth but cannot bite?
A comb.
5. What has a bottom at the top?
A leg.
6. What has a ring but no finger?
A napkin.
7. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
Your name.
8. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
9. What has a neck and shoulders but no head or arms?
A bottle.
10. What has four fingers and a thumb but is not flesh?
A glove.
11. What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock.
12. What has a mouth but cannot chew?
A pitcher.
13. What has a tongue but cannot taste?
A shoe.
14. What has a bed but never sleeps?
A river.
15. What has a bank but no money?
A river.
16. What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin.
17. What has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river.
18. What has four fingers and a thumb but is not alive?
A glove.
19. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
A table.
20. What has a face that smiles but has no mouth?
The moon.
21. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
22. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
A glove.
23. What has a tongue but cannot taste?
A shoe.
24. What gets broken without being held?
A promise.
25. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
26. What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck.
27. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter “r.”
28. What has a face that smiles but has no mouth?
The moon.
29. What has forests but no trees, rivers but no water, and cities but no buildings?
A map.
30. What has a neck but no head, two arms but no hands?
A shirt.
Riddles About Bathroom Items
31. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
32. What has a mouth but cannot chew?
A pitcher.
33. What has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never talks?
A river.
34. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
35. What can fill up a room without taking up space?
Light.
36. What has 88 keys but cannot open a lock?
A piano.
37. What has a bottom at the top?
A leg.
38. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
39. What gets broken without being held?
A promise.
40. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
41. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
42. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name.
43. What has four fingers and a thumb but is not alive?
A glove.
44. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle.
45. What has hands but no arms or legs?
A clock.
46. What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin.
47. What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
A lid.
48. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
49. What has a ring but no finger?
A napkin.
50. What has teeth but cannot bite?
A comb.
Riddles About Bedroom Items
51. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
52. What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck.
53. What has teeth but cannot bite?
A comb.
54. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
55. What can fill up a room without taking up space?
Light.
56. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
Your name.
57. What has a bottom at the top?
A leg.
58. What has four fingers and a thumb but is not flesh?
A glove.
59. What has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river.
60. What has a face that smiles but has no mouth?
The moon.
61. What has a bank but no money?
A riverbank.
62. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
A table.
63. What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
A lid.
64. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
65. What has a neck and shoulders but no head or arms?
A bottle.
66. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
A glove.
67. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
68. What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck.
69. What has a bottom at the top?
A leg.
70. What has a face that smiles but has no mouth?
The moon.
Riddles About Living Room Items
71. What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock.
72. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
A table.
73. What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck.
74. What has 88 keys but cannot open a lock?
A piano.
75. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
Your name.
76. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
77. What can fill up a room without taking up space?
Light.
78. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
79. What has four fingers and a thumb but is not alive?
A glove.
80. What has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never talks?
A river.
81. What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin.
82. What has a bank but no money?
A riverbank.
83. What has a bottom at the top?
A leg.
84. What has a face that smiles but has no mouth?
The moon.
85. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle.
86. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
87. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
A table.
88. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
A glove.
89. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
90. What has teeth but cannot bite?
A comb.
Riddles About Items Around the House
91. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
92. What has a face that smiles but has no mouth?
The moon.
93. What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock.
94. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
A table.
95. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
96. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle.
97. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
98. What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck.
99. What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
A lid.
100. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name.
101. What has a bank but no money?
A riverbank.
Conclusion
How did you do with these household item riddles? Some are quite tricky, forcing you to think abstractly about some very common everyday things. Household objects make great riddle topics because they are so familiar, but we don’t often think of them from a puzzling perspective. Let us know in the comments if you have any other good household item riddles!
