95 riddles about wealth with answers

Wealth and money can be mysterious and puzzling subjects. Riddles allow us to think about them in new and creative ways. Below are 95 thought-provoking riddles about wealth along with their answers.

Wealth Riddles

1. I cannot be seen or touched, but I can be spent or saved. What am I?
2. I am lighter than a feather but the strongest person can’t hold me for long. What am I?
3. The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
4. I go up but never come down. What am I?
5. I cannot be stolen or given back. I am something people wish for but once obtained, wish they did not have. What am I?
6. People dig for me but never use a shovel. After found, I am sometimes worn. Other times I am stowed away. What am I?
7. People want to catch me but when they do I am useless. What am I?
8. I am free but can be spent. When spent, I am gone forever. What am I?
9. I make some people happy while making others sad. I can improve one’s standing while destroying another’s. What am I?
10. The poor have me while the rich need me. Your value decreases as I increase. What am I?
11. I disappear as soon as you say my name. What am I?
12. You can see right through me, but I am strong enough to hold water. What am I?
13. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
14. I have millions of dollars but cannot buy anything. What am I?
15. I am not alive but I grow; I don’t have lungs but I need air. What am I?
16. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
17. What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you’ll die?
18. I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?
19. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven’t got me. What am I?
20. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
21. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
22. You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. What am I?
23. I have a neck but no head, two arms but no hands. What am I?
24. What falls but does not break, and what breaks but does not fall?
25. What is it that given one, you’ll have either two or none?
26. What is always old and sometimes new; never sad, sometimes blue; never empty, sometimes full; never pushes, always pulls?
27. What gets wetter the more it dries?
28. You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I’m dead. What am I?

Wealth Riddle Answers

1. Money
2. Breath
3. A hole
4. Age
5. Poverty
6. Gold
7. Time
8. Time
9. Money
10. Trouble
11. Silence
12. A glass
13. Footsteps
14. A map
15. Fire
16. Seven
17. Nothing
18. Fear
19. A secret
20. A map
21. Silence
22. A candle
23. A shirt
24. Night and day
25. A choice
26. The moon
27. A towel
28. An onion

More Wealth Riddles

31. I go up and down but always stay in the same place. What am I?
32. I have no heart or mind, but I do have two legs. What am I?
33. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
34. What invention allows you to see through walls?
35. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
36. What has a head and a tail but no body?
37. I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
38. What has hands but can’t clap?
39. What has a bed but never sleeps and a mouth but never talks?
40. I have branches but no fruit, trunk but no bark, and leaves but no buds. What am I?
41. What starts with E, ends with E, and only contains 1 letter?
42. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
43. What belongs to you but others use it more than you?
44. I am not alive but seem to grow; I have no muscle but can be pumped; I have no lungs but need air. What am I?
45. The person who makes it sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows he has it. What is it?
46. What gets broken without being touched?
47. I am lighter than air but a million men cannot lift me up. What am I?
48. You can find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
49. I am free, I cannot see. Found on land, not at sea. I have simple rules, follow me. For your protection I shall be. What am I?
50. What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

Answers to More Wealth Riddles

31. A staircase
32. A pair of pants
33. A map
34. A window
35. Footsteps
36. A coin
37. A barber
38. A clock
39. A river
40. A bank
41. An envelope
42. Nothing
43. Your name
44. Fire
45. A coffin
46. A promise
47. Bubble
48. The letter R
49. A zebra crossing
50. A deck of cards

Even More Wealth Riddles

46. I have keys but no locks and space but no room. You can enter but you can’t go outside. What am I?
47. What goes up and down without moving?
48. What has hands but cannot clap?
49. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
50. What tastes better than it smells?
51. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
52. What building has the most stories?
53. What gets bigger the more you take away?
54. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
55. What has words but never speaks?
56. What has a face but no head?
57. What has a neck but no head?
58. What has teeth but cannot bite?
59. What has a tongue but cannot taste?
60. What has a bank but no money?
61. What kind of room has no doors, no windows, no floor and no roof?
62. What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it’s dead?
63. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it and gray when you throw it away?
64. What is broken without being held?
65. What is so fragile even saying its name breaks it?

Answers to Even More Wealth Riddles

46. A keyboard
47. A staircase
48. A clock
49. A penny
50. A tongue
51. A glove
52. A library
53. A hole
54. A piano
55. A book
56. A clock
57. A shirt
58. A comb
59. A shoe
60. A river
61. A mushroom
62. A snowflake
63. Coal
64. A promise
65. Silence

Riches and Wealth Riddles

66. What is always coming but never arrives?
67. David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and _______?
68. What is full of holes but can still hold water?
69. I am light as a feather yet the strongest person can’t hold me for over five minutes. What am I?
70. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
71. I am not alive but seem to grow; I have no lungs but need air; I have no muscles but can be pumped. What am I?
72. What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
73. What gets wetter the more it dries?
74. What has lots of eyes but cannot see?
75. What can run but not walk?

Answers to Riches and Wealth Riddles

66. Tomorrow
67. David
68. A sponge
69. Breath
70. Your name
71. Fire
72. Short
73. A towel
74. A potato
75. A nose

A Few More Riddles about Money

76. What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?
77. I have a big mouth but cannot speak. What am I?
78. What has one head, one foot and four legs?
79. What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?
80. What has hands but can’t clap?
81. What invention allows you to see through walls?
82. What is cut on a table but is never eaten?
83. I am tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?
84. What month of the year has 28 days?
85. What is round as a dishpan, busy as a bee, and hops on white willow tree?

Answers to a Few More Riddles about Money

76. A pillow
77. A river
78. A bed
79. A cactus
80. A clock
81. A window
82. A deck of cards
83. A candle
84. All of them
85. A frog

Some Final Riches Riddles

86. What building has the most stories?
87. What is broken without being held?
88. What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
89. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
90. What has a head and a tail but no body?
91. What flies without wings?
92. Where does today come before yesterday?
93. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
94. What has a neck but no head?
95. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not living?

Answers to Some Final Riches Riddles

86. A library
87. A promise
88. A road
89. A piano
90. A coin
91. Time
92. A dictionary
93. A clock
94. A bottle
95. A glove

We hope you enjoyed this collection of 95 riddles about wealth and money along with their answers. Riddles encourage us to think creatively, approach concepts in new ways, and have fun while learning. If you come up with any new wealth riddles of your own, feel free to share them!