Word Riddles
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What has one eye, but can’t see?
A needle
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
An envelope
If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
Stairs
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
The river was frozen.
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
Five—each daughter has the same brother.
What has hands, but can’t clap?
A clock
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A road
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
The word “ton”
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters.
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin
I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?
the letter “e”
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I? ?
A barber
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map