Word Riddles
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
How can you make a library bigger?
By adding more stories to it!
What has a head and tail, but no body?
A coin
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
You go at red and stop at green. What am I?
A watermelon!
What do the letter T and an island have in common?
They are both in the middle of water!
A girl fell off a 20-foot ladder. She wasn’t hurt. How?
She fell off the bottom step
What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
A river
How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
Just one. Once you eat it, your stomach isn't empty anymore
Three doctors all say Robert is their brother. Robert says he has no brothers. Who is lying?
No one - the doctors are Robert's sisters
What word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly
There’s a one-story house where everything is yellow. The walls are yellow. The doors are yellow. All the furniture is yellow. The house has yellow beds and yellow couches. What color are the stairs?
There are no stairs; it is a one story house
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?
A match
What type of cheese is made backward?
Edam
I am higher without a head. What am I?
A pillow
What five-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
SWIMS
I called my dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crossed the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge, a boat or a raft. How is that possible?
The river was frozen
What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue
What two words, when added together, make the most letters?
Post Office
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
Spelled forward, I’m what you do every day; spelled backward, I’m something you hate. What am I?
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.
I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
What has 10 letters and starts with gas?
Automobile
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?