🧩 Easy riddles for kids with answers
Read each riddle out loud and give everyone a moment to think. Stuck? Peek at the hint before you open the answer.
I have hands but cannot clap. What am I?
💡 Hint
It helps you know when it is time for lunch.
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A clock
What has to be broken before you can use it?
💡 Hint
You might find it in a nest or in the fridge.
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An egg
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
💡 Hint
You light me on a birthday cake.
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A candle
What has lots of keys but can't open a single door?
💡 Hint
You play music on it.
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A piano
What gets wetter the more it dries?
💡 Hint
You use it after a bath.
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A towel
What has legs but cannot walk?
💡 Hint
You eat dinner at it.
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A table
What has one eye but cannot see?
💡 Hint
Thread goes through the eye.
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A needle
What can you catch but not throw?
💡 Hint
It can make you sneeze.
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A cold
What goes up but never comes down?
💡 Hint
It changes on your birthday.
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Your age
What has a neck but no head?
💡 Hint
You can drink from it.
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A bottle
What has teeth but cannot bite?
💡 Hint
You use it on your hair.
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A comb
What has words but never speaks?
💡 Hint
You can find lots of them in a library.
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A book
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
💡 Hint
Flip a switch.
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Light
What runs but never walks?
💡 Hint
Turn on the faucet and watch.
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Water
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
💡 Hint
You wear it when it's cold.
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A glove
What is full of holes but still holds water?
💡 Hint
You use it to wash the dishes.
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A sponge
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
💡 Hint
Friends call you by it.
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Your name
What building has the most stories?
💡 Hint
Think of a different kind of story.
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A library
What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
💡 Hint
Dig in the sand.
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A hole
What has four wheels and flies?
💡 Hint
The flies are not the kind with wings on a plane.
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A garbage truck
What month has 28 days?
💡 Hint
Every month has at least 28 days.
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All of them
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
💡 Hint
You find it on an envelope.
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A stamp
What has a bottom at the top?
💡 Hint
Look at your own body.
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Your legs
What kind of band never plays music?
💡 Hint
It's stretchy.
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A rubber band
Quick answers
I have hands but cannot clap. What am I?
A clock
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
A candle
What has lots of keys but can't open a single door?
A piano
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel