60+ Best Short Riddles with Answers (2024)

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What is at the end of a rainbow?

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w.

What kind of goose fights with snakes?

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A mongoose.

When is music like vegetables?

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When there are two beats (beets) to the measure.

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What has an eye but can not see?

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A needle.

Why is the moon like a dollar?

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Because it has four quarters.

You answer me, although I never ask you questions.
What am I?

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A telephone.

What word is always pronounced wrong?

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Wrong!

How did the pancake hurt itself?

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Doing backflips.

The leaves are on the fruit, The fruits is on the leaves. What is it?

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A pineapple.

The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape.

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A gift.

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Small Riddles

You go at red, but stop at green.
What am I?

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Watermelon.

If there are four sheep, two dogs and one herds-men, how many feet are there?

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Two. Sheep have hooves; dogs have paws; only people have feet.

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

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NOON.

The more I dry the wetter I get. What am I?

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A towel.

What is as big as an elephant, but weighs nothing at all?

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The shadow of an elephant.

What can’t be burned in a fire nor drowned in water?

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Ice.

What can fill an entire room without taking up any space?

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Light.

You're currently trying to solve one.

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Riddle.

What is often returned, but never borrowed?

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Thanks.

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Hard short Riddles

A hill full, a hole full; yet you cannot catch a bowl full. What is it?

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Mist.

The sharp slim blade, that cuts the wind. What is it?

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A blade of grass.

What is it that is full all day and empty at night?

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Shoes.

What comes down but never back goes up?

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Rain.

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

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Bookkeeper.

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?

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Popcorn

What do you get if you add 2 blackberries and 5 apples?

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A house full of gadgets.

Which of the following is the largest? Triangle, circle, square, or rectangle?

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Rectangle, it has the most letters.

How can you fit 4 apples inside a box that measures 7x4x2 inches?

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Put 4 Apple iPhones in the box.

I can be long and can be short, I can be black, white, brown or purple. You can find me the world over and I am often the main event. What am I?

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Rice.

I don’t have eyes, ears, nose, and tongue, but I can see, smell, hear and taste everything. What am I?

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A brain.

I can be hot, I can be cold, I can run and I can be still, I can be hard and I can be soft. What am I?

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Water.

What always ends everything?

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The letter "G"

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Funny short Riddles

You find me in December, but not in any other month. What am I?

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The letter D!

What do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?

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Cool music.

How can a man go eight days without sleep?

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Simple. Sleep at night!

How do you divide 10 apples into 11 people?

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You make applesauce.

What didn't Adam and Eve have that everyone else has?

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Parents.

My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe.

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Candle.

What has a neck but no head?

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A bottle.

What has 4 eyes but can't see.

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Mississippi.

What can you catch but not throw?

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A cold.

How do you know carrots are good for your eyes?

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You never see rabbits wearing glasses.

What does a cat have that no other animal has?

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Kittens.

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Short Riddles for Adults

What does a stone become when in the water?

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A whetstone.

What can be lost, but not returned?

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Life.

How is a person in jail like a sinking ship?

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Both want to be bailed out.

Why do Gorillas have such big nostrils?

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Because they have big fingers.

What chins are never shaved?

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Sea Urchins.

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. what is it?

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Nothing.

What gets broken without being held?

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A promise.

I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken.
What am I?

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News.

What did the apple say to the banana?

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Nothing! Apples don't talk.

What's Better Than A Talking Dog?

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A Spelling Bee.

What are the strongest days of the week?

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Saturday and Sunday.

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Funny for Adults

How do you make the number one disappear by adding to it?

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Add the letter 'G' and it becomes Gone.

What is the proper length for a lady's skirt?

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A little above two feet.

What building has the most stories?

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A library.

A bus driver goes the wrong way on a one way street.
He passes the cops but they don’t stop him. Why?

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He was walking.

What has ten letters and starts with gas?

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An automobile.

What's red and smells like blue paint?

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Red paint.

A device for finding furniture in the dark.

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SHIN

Did you know why was six scared of seven?

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Because seven "ate" nine.

Why did the man go to bed?

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Because the bed can't come to him.

A man purchased a $20,000 car but he didn’t have to pay a penny.
How did he do it?

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He didn’t have to pay a penny, he had to pay $20,000.

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