Looking for a fun challenge that will get you thinking?
Here are some easy riddles (with a question and answer format) that are great for everyone!
Here are some easy riddles (with a question and answer format) that are great for everyone!
Easy Riddles With Answers
Here are 10 easy riddles that the children will love.
Each one of these fun, easy riddles below contains the answer following it.
I have three letters.
I read the same forward and backward.
And, I know youll get the answer, I know youll see.
Its a word that is important to you and me.
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What word am I?
It is not in your tummy but somewhere above.
It is thought by many to be the symbol of love.
Answer:The heart.
What is the best way to keep a skunk from smelling?
Answer:Hold its nose.
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What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer:W
What runs around the whole yard without moving?
Answer:A fence.
I stay in the corner, and yet I travel all around the world.
Answer:A stamp.
What can you catch but never throw?
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Answer:A cold.
What has four fingers and a thumb but isnt alive?
Answer:A glove.
More Easy Riddles With Answers
Challenge yourself to a game!
How do you spell hard water with three letters?
Answer:Ice
This riddle is about a room, but it wont really make you think.
Its the one with a dishwasher, a fridge-freezer, oven, and sink.
Answer:A kitchen!
If you took two apples from three apples, how many apples would you have?
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Answer:You cant dig half a hole!
Answer:An anchor.
Youll be sure to get a chuckle out of these easy riddles for kids!
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
Answer:A palm tree.
When should you give elephant milk to a baby?
Answer:When the baby is an elephant.
Where will the cat be when the lights go out?
Answer:In the dark.
Whats the best thing to put into a pie?
Answer:Your teeth!
Joes father had three sons: Snap, Crackle and…?
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Three doctors said Robert is their brother.
Robert says he has no brothers.
Answer:The doctors are Roberts sisters.
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It has keys, but no locks.
It has space, but no room.
you’re free to enter, but cant go inside.
Answer:A keyboard.
A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree.
Who will get the banana first: the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?
Answer:None of them, because you cant get a banana from a coconut tree!
What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?
Answer:A phone.
What is black, white, and read all over?
Answer:A newspaper.
I have cities, but no houses.
And I have forests, but no trees.
I have water but no fish.
Answer:A map.
What is the last thing you take off before going to bed?
Answer:Your feet from the bed.
What begins with an E and ends with an E but only has one letter?
Answer:An envelope.
How many bricks does it take to complete a building made from bricks?
Answer:One the last brick.
What bird can lift the most?
Answer:A crane.
Some of the best riddles (and their solutions) are below!
Who owns the egg?
Answer:Peacocks dont lay eggs, only peahens do.
I know a word of letters three, add two and less there will be.
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Answer:Your name!
One train leaves the station at 11.
Another train also leaves at 11 and is traveling in the opposite direction on the same tracks.
The trains do not collide.
How is this possible?
Answer:One leaves in the AM and the other leaves in the PM.
A truck driver is going opposite traffic on a one-way street.
A police officer sees him but doesnt stop him.
Why didnt the police officer stop him?
Answer:He is walking.
A man in a car saw a Golden Door, Silver Door, and a Bronze Door.
What door did he open first?
Answer:The car door.
Theres a pink man in a one-story pink house.
Everything in the house is pink.
What color are the stairs?
Answer:There are no stairs, its a one-story house.
Can you drop a full glass and spill no water?
Answer:Yes, when the glass is full of milk.
What color bricks is a greenhouse made of?
Answer:A greenhouse is made of glass or plastic, not bricks.
A boy fell off a 100-foot ladder.
But he did not get hurt.
Answer:He was only on the first step.
If you feed me, I live.
If you water me, I die.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer:A sponge.
Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
Answer:The word short.
Best Riddles For Kids (With Answers)
Children and parents can both have fun with riddles.
See if you, your family, or your friends can solve the easy riddles for kids.
Theyre trickier than you think!
Theres only one word in the dictionary thats spelled wrong.
Answer:The word wrong.
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What can be measured but not seen?
What has to be broken before you might use it?
Answer:An egg.
I run, yet I have no legs.
Answer:A nose.
What do you bury when its alive and dig up when its dead?
Answer:A plant.
Answer:A hole.
I reflect the light, thats not very bright.
I sit in the same place all year, all the time.
Right here, you cannot see me all right.
At least when its not night.
What has a head and a tail, but doesnt have a body?
Answer:A coin.
I can make people happy, I can make people cry.
I can make people want me, and I can drive people crazy.
What is black and white and is red all over?
A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado.
He went right past a stop sign without stopping.
He turned left where there was a no left turn sign.
And he went the wrong way on a one-way street.
Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car.
Still he didnt break any traffic laws.
Answer:He was walking…not driving.
What can you catch but never throw?
What can never be put in a saucepan?
Answer:Its lid
What fruit can you never cheer up?
Answer:A blueberry.
Where will you find Friday before Thursday?
Answer:In a dictionary.
What gets wet when drying?
Answer: A towel.
It is filled with keys but is unable to open any door.
Answer:A piano.
What has a horn, but does not make any noise?
Answer:A rhinoceros.
I fly all day long, but I do not go anywhere.
Answer:I am a flag.
So how can you get your kids interested in learning?
Tell them a riddle!
There are a number of benefits to using brain teasers in the classroom, like for math.
It helps strengthencognitive abilitiesand problem-solving skills.
They can be great extra credit questions on a math quiz, too!
There are also somemath puzzlesand word problems that might be a bit more challenging.
These puzzles might make learning math and using thinking skills a little more entertaining for students.
Dont worry the trickier puzzles will have a clue or a hint to help figure out the answer.
What did the triangle say to the circle?
Answer:Youre pointless!
How many sides does a circle have?
Answer:2the inside and the outside!
What did the math book say to the other math book?
Answer:Do you want to hear my problems?
Eggs are $0.12 a dozen.
How many eggs can you get for a dollar?
Answer:100 eggs, at one penny each.
Billy was asked to paint numbers on apartments 1 thorough 100.
How many times will we have to paint the number 8?
How many tickets did they buy in total?
(The grandmother is also a mother and the mother is also a daughter.)
X is an odd number.
Take away an alphabet from x, and it becomes even.
What number is this?
The second digit is how many 1s in the number etc.
Go until the tenth digit, which is how many 9s in the number.
Answer:6210001000
I am a 2-digit number.
I am more than 6 + 6 and less than 8 + 8.What number am I?
(Clue: I am even.)
Answer:14
What is unique about 8549176320?
(Clue: Think about English and the alphabet.)
Answer:It is the digits 0 to 9 in alphabetical order.
One and a half hens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days.
How many eggs does one hen lay in one day?
(Every numbered address on the street is used.)
For his new house, he used all the brass numbers from his previous house.
What is his new address?
Additionally, the person can reuse their number labels.
How many does he have of each animal?
Answer:The farmer has 3 sheep, 2 goats, and 1 horse.
