Winter is a wonderful time of year, full of fun holidays, cozy evenings by the fire, and chances to enjoy the cold weather. It’s also a great time for riddles! Riddles engage our brains and get us thinking in new ways. Sharing riddles with friends and family builds connections and provides lots of laughs. In this article, we’ve gathered 97 of the best winter-themed riddles for adults. Read on for chilly challenges that will exercise your mind.
Winter Riddles to Get Your Brain Working
Riddles are especially fun in winter because the cold inspires us to huddle close and get our minds working. Here are the first 33 winter riddles to enjoy with friends:
Set 1
1. What falls but never breaks? What melts but is never solid? Snow.
2. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I? A candle.
3. What has hands but can’t clap? A clock.
4. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you? Your name.
5. What building has the most stories? The library.
6. What goes up and down but doesn’t move? Stairs.
7. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock.
8. What gets broken without being held? A promise.
9. What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
10. What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only contains one letter? An envelope.
11. What belongs to you but is used more by others? Your name.
12. I come with many colors, some dark and some light. I turn your world upside down when you look through me just right. What am I? A kaleidoscope.
13. What has four fingers and one thumb, but is not flesh, nor bone, nor plum? A glove.
14. What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
15. What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
16. What can fill up a room without taking up space? Light.
17. What disappears as soon as you say its name? Silence.
18. The more you take away, the larger it becomes. What is it? A hole.
19. What belongs to you, but others use it more than you? Your name.
20. What gets wetter the more it dries? A towel.
21. What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not living? A glove.
22. What has a neck but no head, and wears a cap? A bottle.
23. What goes through towns and hills but never moves? A road.
24. What has teeth but cannot bite? A comb.
25. What has a thumb and fingers but is not alive? A glove.
26. What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
27. What has a face but no body? A clock.
28. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do? Your name.
29. What building has the most stories? The library.
30. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? Silence.
31. What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
32. What goes up but never comes down? Your age.
33. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? The letter M.
Set 2
Here are 33 more winter riddles to ponder:
34. What has hands but can’t write? A clock.
35. What doesn’t belong to you but is used more by you than by others? Your name.
36. What belongs to you but is used more by others? Your name.
37. I have cities with no houses, forests with no trees, water without fish. What am I? A map.
38. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves? A road.
39. What is cut on a table but is never eaten? A deck of cards.
40. What gets broken without being held? A promise.
41. What has a tongue but cannot taste? A shoe.
42. What has a head, a tail, but never any legs? A coin.
43. What can travel around the whole way without moving? A stamp.
44. What belongs to you but others use it more? Your name.
45. What gets wetter as it dries? A towel.
46. What has four fingers and a thumb yet is not living? A glove.
47. What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
48. What goes up but never comes down? Your age.
49. What has a face but no body? A clock.
50. What belongs to you but is used more by others? Your name.
51. I’m light as a feather yet the strongest person can’t hold me for long. What am I? Breath.
52. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future.
53. What can you break without touching it? A promise.
54. What goes up and down but doesn’t move? Stairs.
55. What can fill up a room without taking up space? Light.
56. What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive? A glove.
57. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? A penny.
58. What belongs to you but is used more by others? Your name.
59. What starts with ‘e’ and ends with ‘e’ but only contains one letter? An envelope.
60. What goes through towns and hills but never moves? A road.
61. What is always behind you but can’t be seen? The past.
62. What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left? Your left hand.
63. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? A penny.
64. What belongs to you but others use it more than you? Your name.
65. What goes up but never comes down? Your age.
66. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? A piano.
Set 3
Can you solve these next 31 winter brain teasers?
67. What has four fingers and a thumb but is not flesh, bone, or nail? A glove.
68. What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
69. What goes up but never comes down? Your age.
70. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? The letter M.
71. What belongs to you but is used more by others? Your name.
72. What is full of holes but can still hold water? A sponge.
73. What is always coming but never arrives? Tomorrow.
74. What gets wetter as it dries? A towel.
75. What has four fingers and a thumb yet isn’t alive? A glove.
76. What has no beginning, end, or middle? A doughnut.
77. What belongs to you but is used more by others? Your name.
78. What has cities with no houses, mountains but no trees? A map.
79. What building has the most stories? The library.
80. What has a neck but no head, has a cap but no visor? A bottle.
81. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves? A road.
82. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I? A candle.
83. What month of the year has 28 days? All of them.
84. What is cut on a table but is never eaten? A deck of cards.
85. What has hands but cannot clap? A clock.
86. What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
87. What has a bed but never sleeps, and runs but never walks? A river.
88. What goes up but never comes down? Your age.
89. What has four fingers and a thumb yet isn’t living? A glove.
90. What belongs to you but others use it more than you? Your name.
91. What is always coming but never arrives? Tomorrow.
92. What gets broken without being held? A promise.
93. What has no beginning, end or middle? A doughnut.
94. What has cities and roads but no houses? A map.
95. What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin.
96. What goes up but never comes down? Your age.
97. What belongs to you but others use it more? Your name.
Conclusion
How did you do with these winter riddles? Riddles are a fun way to engage our minds and bring some thinking fun to the chilly season. Gather some friends, snuggle close, and see how many riddles you can solve together. Flexing your mental muscles will warm you up in no time. We hope these 97 winter riddles gave your brain a good workout!
