For parents of young learners
Riddles for kids with answers: 60 easy and tricky riddles
Riddles make children think, guess out loud and explain their answer, which is great speaking practice. Here are 60 riddles with answers, sorted from easy to tricky, and ways to use them at dinner, in the car or in class.
By the Eloqova team · Updated 26 October 2026
How to play: read the riddle slowly, give your child time to think, and ask them to explain why their guess fits. The explaining is where the speaking practice happens.
Easy riddles for UKG to Class 2
| Riddle | Answer |
|---|---|
| I am yellow and long, and monkeys love me. What am I? | A banana |
| I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? | A clock |
| I have four legs but cannot walk. What am I? | A table or a chair |
| I am full of water but I am not a glass. I fall from the sky. What am I? | Rain |
| I have a bark but no bite, and leaves but no suitcase. What am I? | A tree |
| I shine in the sky at night and change my shape. What am I? | The moon |
| I say moo and give you milk. Who am I? | A cow |
| You wear me on your feet before your shoes. What am I? | Socks |
| I am red outside, white inside, and keep the doctor away. What am I? | An apple |
| I have keys but cannot open a door. What am I? | A piano or a keyboard |
| I go up when the rain comes down. What am I? | An umbrella |
| I have a tail and a head but no body. What am I? | A coin |
| I am cold and white, and you can make a man out of me. What am I? | Snow |
| I have wings but I am not a bird, and I take people across the world. What am I? | An aeroplane |
| The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? | Footsteps |
| What has one eye but cannot see? | A needle |
| What gets wetter the more it dries? | A towel |
| What has many teeth but cannot bite? | A comb |
| What must be broken before you can use it? | An egg |
| What can you catch but not throw? | A cold |
Tricky riddles for Class 3 to 5
| Riddle | Answer |
|---|---|
| What has a neck but no head? | A bottle |
| What has many words but never speaks? | A book |
| What can travel around the world while staying in one corner? | A stamp |
| What has legs but does not walk, and a back but cannot sit up? | A chair |
| What goes up but never comes down? | Your age |
| I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water. What am I? | A map |
| What is full of holes but still holds water? | A sponge |
| What runs but never walks, and has a bed but never sleeps? | A river |
| What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do? | Your name |
| What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary? | Wrong |
| What has one head, one foot and four legs? | A bed |
| What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left? | Your left hand |
| What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? | The letter M |
| What has a ring but no finger? | A telephone |
| Which month has 28 days? | All of them |
| What is always in front of you but cannot be seen? | The future |
| What building has the most storeys? | A library |
| What kind of room has no doors or windows? | A mushroom |
| What gets bigger the more you take away from it? | A hole |
| I am light as a feather, but even the strongest person cannot hold me for long. What am I? | Breath |
Brain teasers for Class 6 to 8
| Riddle | Answer |
|---|---|
| The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I? | Darkness |
| What can fill a room but takes up no space? | Light |
| If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me. What am I? | A secret |
| What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? | Short |
| A man looks at a photo and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photo? | His son |
| What has 13 hearts but no other organs? | A pack of playing cards |
| Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I? | A ton |
| What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? | Silence |
| I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I come alive with the wind. What am I? | An echo |
| I have branches but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I? | A bank |
| What has keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside? | A keyboard |
| Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each catches one fish, but they bring home only three. How? | They are a grandfather, a father and a son |
| What tastes better than it smells? | Your tongue |
| What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it? | A promise |
| Which is heavier: a kilogram of iron or a kilogram of cotton? | Neither; both weigh one kilogram |
| What starts with T, ends with T and has T in it? | A teapot |
| How many months have 30 days? | Eleven; every month except February |
| What invention lets you look right through a wall? | A window |
| If two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five? | Nine |
| What is easy to get into but hard to get out of? | Trouble |
How to practise at home
- Riddle of the day at breakfast; the answer is revealed at dinner.
- Ask your child to explain their guess in a full sentence: "I think it is a clock because..."
- Let your child make up their own riddle about something in the house.
- Take turns reading riddles aloud to grandparents on a video call.
Questions parents ask
What is a good riddle for kids?
"What has hands but cannot clap? A clock" and "What has many teeth but cannot bite? A comb" are easy favourites.
Are riddles good for children's English?
Yes. Riddles teach new words, double meanings and how to explain an answer, which builds both vocabulary and speaking confidence.
How do I make riddles easier for young children?
Give one clue at a time, use objects they can see, and accept any guess that fits the clues.