Hard Riddles for Kids with Answers
Hard Riddles for Kids with Answers
for kids
These hard riddles for kids use misdirection, wordplay, and lateral thinking to catch out even the cleverest readers. The trick: your first instinct is almost always wrong. Read slowly, think differently, and the answer will suddenly become obvious.
Use them as morning warm-ups, car ride entertainment, or a quick brain break between lessons.
Turn math riddles into real math mastery
What can run but cannot walk?
Water!
I have no wings, but I can fly. I have no eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
A cloud!
What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 have in common?
They all read the same when placed upside down!
What kind of room has no walls or corners?
A mushroom!
If an electric train is travelling south, which way is the smoke going?
There's no smoke, it's an electric train!
What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
A coat of paint!
What can you hold in your left hand but not your right?
Your right elbow!
There's a one-story red house where everything is red. What colour are the stairs?
There are no stairs, it's a one-story house!
Everyone has me but no one can lose me. What am I?
A shadow!
What has a mouth but can't speak?
A river!
A railroad crossing without any cars, can you spell that without any R's?
T-H-A-T! The question asks you to spell 'that', not the scene!
What goes away as soon as you talk about it?
Silence!
If I have it, I don't share it. If I share it, I don't have it. What is it?
A secret!
It's the only place where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?
The dictionary!
I can fill a room, but I take up no space. What am I?
Light!
It has keys but no locks. It has space but no room. You can enter but can't go inside. What is it?
A keyboard!
A bus driver went past 3 stop signs, went the wrong way on a one-way street, and answered their phone, but broke no laws. How?
They were walking, not driving the bus!
I make a loud sound when I'm changing. When I change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
Popcorn!
What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
An umbrella! When it's 'down' it fits; when it's 'up' it won't.
You'll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter R!
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