Riddles can be a fun and challenging way to test your wits and see if you can outsmart others. Here are 83 riddles about trying to fool or trick someone, along with the answers so you can see if you were able to figure them out.
Riddles
1. I have cities, but no houses. I have oceans, but no water. What am I?
2. What gets wetter the more it dries?
3. What has hands but can’t clap?
4. What has a head and a tail but no body?
5. What has to be broken before you can use it?
6. I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
7. What month of the year has 28 days?
8. What is full of holes but still holds water?
9. What can you catch but not throw?
10. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
11. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
12. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
13. I have keys but no locks. I have a space but no room. You can enter, but can’t go outside. What am I?
14. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
15. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
16. What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
17. What gets wet with drying?
18. What has to be broken before you can use it?
19. What is full of holes but still holds water?
20. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
21. What can you catch but not throw?
22. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
23. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
24. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
25. I have keys but no locks. I have a space but no room. You can enter, but can’t go outside. What am I?
26. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
27. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
28. What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
29. What gets wetter the more it dries?
30. What has hands but can’t clap?
31. What has a head and a tail but no body?
32. What is tall when it’s young and short when it’s old?
33. What month has 28 days?
34. What is always coming but never arrives?
35. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
36. What gets sharper the more you use it?
37. What has many teeth but can’t bite?
38. What has words but never speaks?
39. What has a neck but no head?
40. What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
41. What has hands but can’t hold anything?
42. What has a thumb and fingers but is not alive?
43. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
44. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
45. What gets wetter as it dries?
46. What has four wheels and flies?
47. What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
48. What can fill up a room but takes up no space?
49. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
50. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
51. What gets bigger the more you take away?
52. What can you catch but never throw?
53. I have branches but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
54. What can go up chimney down but not down chimney up?
55. What is always coming but never arrives?
56. What is full of holes but can still hold water?
57. What is always in front of you but cannot be seen?
58. What can travel all around the world while staying in the corner?
59. What has one eye but can’t see?
60. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
61. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
62. What gets sharper the more you use it?
63. What has a thumb and fingers but is not alive?
64. What has a neck but no head or limbs?
65. What has words but never speaks?
66. What goes all around your backyard without moving?
67. What can fill up a room but takes up no space?
68. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
69. What gets wetter the more it dries?
70. What has four wheels and flies?
71. What has teeth but can’t bite?
72. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
73. What can go up a chimney but not down a chimney?
74. What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
75. What runs all around a backyard but never moves?
76. What can fill up a room but takes up no space?
77. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
78. What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
79. What gets wetter as it dries?
80. What has a head and a tail but no body?
81. What goes up but never comes down?
82. What has hands but can’t clap?
83. What has a neck but no head?
Answers
1. A map
2. A towel
3. A clock
4. A coin
5. An egg
6. A candle
7. All of them
8. A sponge
9. A cold
10. A bank
11. A stamp
12. A promise
13. A keyboard
14. A piano
15. An umbrella
16. A deck of cards
17. A towel
18. An egg
19. A sponge
20. Your nose
21. A cold
22. A bank
23. A stamp
24. A promise
25. A keyboard
26. A piano
27. An umbrella
28. A deck of cards
29. A towel
30. A clock
31. A coin
32. A candle
33. All of them
34. Tomorrow
35. Your name
36. A knife
37. A comb
38. A book
39. A bottle
40. A staircase
41. A clock
42. A glove
43. A table
44. A penny
45. A towel
46. An airplane
47. A fence
48. Darkness
49. The letter R
50. Your name
51. A hole
52. A cold
53. A bank
54. An umbrella
55. Tomorrow
56. A sponge
57. Your nose
58. A stamp
59. A needle
60. A piano
61. Silence
62. A knife
63. A glove
64. A bottle
65. A book
66. A fence
67. Darkness
68. Your name
69. A towel
70. An airplane
71. A comb
72. Your nose
73. An umbrella
74. A deck of cards
75. A fence
76. Darkness
77. Your name
78. A hole
79. A towel
80. A coin
81. Your age
82. A clock
83. A bottle
Conclusion
Riddles can be a fun way to challenge your mind and see if you can uncover the trick to the puzzle. Trying to outsmart others with clever riddles takes wit and lateral thinking. I hope you enjoyed this collection of 83 riddles about trying to fool someone along with their sneaky answers revealed. Let me know if you have any other favorite tricky riddles!
