"What Am I?" Riddles with Answers

"What am I?" riddles are a classic format where the riddle describes an object, concept, or creature from its own perspective. The solver must figure out what is being described based on the clues given. These riddles are excellent for building lateral thinking skills and are popular with all age groups.

295 riddles

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I can only live were there is light, But I die if the light shines on me. What am I?

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We travel much, yet prisoners are, and close confined to boot. Yet with any horse, we will keep the pace, and will always go on foot. What are they?

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You can hold me in your hand and yet I can fill the entire room. What am I?

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A caribbean shape that makes ships disappear

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What is higher without the head, than with it?

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What is made of wood, but can't be sawed?

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Sounds like he works on public transportation but he really works in a restaurant.

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What has four fingers and one thumb, but is not alive?

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The more you take away, the larger it becomes? What is it?

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What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

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Sometimes I am loved, Usually by the young. Other times I am dreaded, Mostly by the old ones. I am hard to remember, Also hard to forget. And yet if you do, You...

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Hands she has but does not hold, teeth she has but does not bite, feet she has but they are cold, eyes she has but without sight. Who is she?

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What types of words are these: Madam, Civic, Eye, Level?

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What english word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

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What lies in bed, and stands in bed, first white then red. The plumber it gets, the better the old woman likes it?

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A shower that lights up the sky

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What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?

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I am not alive but I grow. I don't have lungs but I need air. What am i?

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This company makes billions of dollars selling Windows.

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I sit on a bridge. Some people will look through me while others wonder what I hide. What am I?

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I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?

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Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot. All is cool where it is not.

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I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg, I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole, I can be...

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What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?