75 Funny Riddles

ByChe Lewis

Get ready to chuckle and scratch your head at the same time, because it’s time for some funny riddles!

These fun riddles with answers will have you giggling and thinking outside the box as you try to solve each one. From easy riddles to clever wordplay. A good riddle will brighten your day. So please sit back, relax, and let’s get ready to have some fun!

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Funny riddles

Here are some of our favorite fun riddles with answers.

  1. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand? Your right elbow.
  2. What spends all the time on the floor but never gets dirty? Your shadow.
  3. What kind of band never plays music? A rubber band.
  4. You can play me and eat me. What am I? Squash
  5. What is visible during the day but not at night? Sunlight.
  1. What tastes better than it smells? A Tongue.
  2. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it? Darkness
  3. You can see me in the water, but I’m not wet. What am I? A reflection
  4. I give milk and I have a horn, but I’m not a cow. What am I? A milk truck.
  5. If an electric train is travelling south, which way is the smoke going? There is no smoke. It’s an electric train.
  1. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock.
  2. What can you keep after giving to someone? Your word.
  3. What five-letter word has one left when two are removed? Stone.
  4. I have a neck and I wear a cap but I have no head. What am I? A bottle.
  5. I am tall when I’m young, and I am short when I’m old. What am I? A candle.
  1. Mr. Blue lives in a blue one-story house, and everything inside the blue house is blue too. What color is the staircase? There are no stairs. It’s a single-story house.
  2. What word begins and ends with an E but only has one letter? Envelope.
  3. What has one eye, but can’t see? A needle.
  4. What goes up and down but never moves? The stairs.
  5. What english word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Short.
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  1. What do 194 different countries have in common? People.
  2. What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to? An echo.
  3. What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks? Fire.
  4. What ancient invention lets you look right through a wall? A window.
  5. What runs around your whole garden without ever moving? Your fence.
  1. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? A piano.
  2. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future.
  3. What goes through cities and fields, but never moves? A road.
  4. What is full of holes but still holds water? A sponge.
  5. What two things can you never eat for breakfast? Lunch and dinner.
  1. What do you carry everywhere, but it never gets heavy? Your name.
  2. What gets wetter the more it dries? A towel.
  3. I have no life but I can die. What am I? A battery.
  4. What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on? A coat of paint.
  5. You find me in December, but not in any other month. What am I? The letter D.
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  1. Kate’s mom has 3 kids – Snap, crackle and…? Kate.
  2. What month of the year has 28 days? All of the months of the year.
  3. What kind of cheese is made backwards? Edam.
  4. How does a football player keep nice and cool during a game? By standing close to the fans.
  5. What has lots of eyes, but can’t see? A potato.
  1. How much dirt is in a 5×5-foot hole? None, it’s a hole.
  2. In the English language, what starts with a T, ends with a T and is full of T? A teapot.
  3. What weighs a lot even though it seems light? A cloud.
  4. What do you find in the middle of Paris? The letter ‘r’.
  5. How far can a bear walk into the woods? Halfway.
  1. What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck.
  2. Where does today come before yesterday? The dictionary.
  3. Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly? Incorrectly.
  4. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I? A bank.
  5. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it? A promise.
  1. The more you take of me, the more I leave behind. What am I? Footsteps
  2. What sometimes freezes after it has been heated up? A computer.
  3. What is able to travel around the globe, but stays in a corner the whole time? A stamp.
  4. What two words, added together, contain the most letters? Post office.
  5. If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I? A mirror.
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Best funny riddles

These next brain teasers are some of our best riddles! Ask them around the dinner table and see who guesses the answer.

  1. What runs but never walks? A tap.
  2. What can you catch, but not throw? A cold.
  3. What has 13 hearts, but no other organs? A deck of playing cards.
  4. What gets bigger when more is taken away? A hole.
  5. What goes up and never comes down? Your age.
  1. What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of? Trouble.
  2. If you have one and you show it to someone, it’ll be gone. What am I? A secret.
  3. I come in many different colors. I am used in many sports, and I have four holes. What am I? A jersey
  4. What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty? A chalkboard.
  5. What has to be broken before you can use it? An egg.
  6. I’m much shorter than the rest, but happy people raise me like I’m the best. What am I? A thumb.
  7. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth? Mt Everest. It doesn’t matter if it wasn’t discovered yet.
  8. Which rock group has 4 famous men members but none of them sing? Mount Rushmore
  9. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in a hundred years? The letter M.
  10. The man walked in the rain without anything covering his head, but he didn’t get rain on a single hair. How? He was bald.
  11. What’s in the middle of March and April but nowhere else in those months? The letter R.
  12. I am an odd number. Take one away, and I become even. What am I? Seven.
  13. I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I? A barber.
  14. You have to pick the safest room. One is full of raging fires; the second is full of laser beams. The third room has lions that haven’t eaten for years. Which room should you pick? The third. If the lions haven’t eaten for years, they’ll be dead. 
  15. This can fill an entire large room but never takes up space. What is it? Air.

Final thoughts

After reading through all these hilarious and funny riddle jokes , we hope you had a good laugh.

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Hi! I'm Che, and I hope you enjoy these jokes as much as me. These jokes lists are curated by me alone. I handpick the jokes for quality, create some myself or add ones that have been contributed by readers like you.

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