Riddles with answers
Classic riddles and brain teasers. Talk it out, then both lock in an answer. Tap to see each answer.
The riddles
- What has keys but can't open locks?
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A piano - What gets wetter the more it dries?
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A towel - What has a neck but no head?
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A bottle - The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
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Footsteps - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
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A stamp - What has hands but can't clap?
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A clock - What goes up but never comes down?
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Your age - What can you catch but not throw?
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A cold - What has one eye but can't see?
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A needle - What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
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A river - What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?
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Your name - I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
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A candle - What has many teeth but can't bite?
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A comb - What is full of holes but still holds water?
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A sponge - What can you break without touching it?
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A promise - What month has 28 days?
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Every month - What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
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Wrong - A rooster lays an egg on a pointed roof. Which way does it roll?
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Roosters don't lay eggs - What has a head and a tail but no body?
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A coin - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
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The letter M - The person who makes it sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. What is it?
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A coffin - What has legs but doesn't walk?
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A table - What can fill a room but takes up no space?
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Light - If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you don't have me. What am I?
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A secret - What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
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The future
Play brain teasers online with your person
- Open the game on snapsy. You get a link and a 5-letter code.
- Send the link. Your friend or partner joins from their own phone, no app and no account.
- You both answer privately, then the answers flip at the same moment on both screens.