Anyone can come up with a riddle. For instance—what’s black and white and hilarious? No, not the self-playing piano, but this text (hopefully). But was that a funny riddle? We very much doubt so.
However, if you’re looking for the funnies, the internet has long gathered funny riddles with answers that came from the artifice of folk over hundreds of years. So, it is best not to try to top them with our sub-par enigmas but instead check out this glorious list of only the best riddles ever!
If you think, ‘baaah, I don’t want to spend half an hour cracking these hard charades!’ then don’t worry, as their primary purpose is to entertain you rather than to give you a headache from overthinking. Some will be known to you and make you reminisce about your childhood. It was probably then that you last heard these tricky riddles!
Others will be entirely new for you; that’s when it is time for your smarts to shine. Of course, most of these mysteries could be named kids’ riddles, but who doesn’t want to let their inner child have some fun from time to time? And what’s more relaxing for that than solving a couple of easy riddles for kids? Well, except for maybe jumping into puddles, stepping on dry leaves in autumn, and perhaps running your fingers along a picket fence making that funny drum sound.
Anyhoo, let’s skip straight to our selection of funny riddles, shall we? They are all supplied with answers to make it genuinely entertaining for you, but try to keep yourself from looking at them straight away! Vote for the ones you’ve liked the best, so the good riddles will hold their position at the top of our list. Once all of the steps above are done, be sure to share this list with your friends!
#1 Best Funny Riddles
If Apple made a car, what would be missing?
#2
What is so unbelievably fragile that just by speaking it’s name will break it?
#3
A prisoner is forced to go into one of three rooms, but he can choose which room. The first room is ablaze with fire. The second one is rigged with explosives that will go off as soon as he enters. The third contains a pair of lions who haven’t eaten in years. Which room should he choose to survive?
#4
What rock group consists of four famous men, but none of them sing?
#5
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
#6
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
#7
There are 10 kids and a bowl with 10 oranges in it. How do you divide up the oranges so that every kid gets and orange but one remains in the bowl?
#8
What’s the difference between a jeweler and a prison guard?
#9
A magician promises that he can throw a ball as hard as he can and have it stop, change direction, and come back to him. He claims he can do it without the ball bouncing off of anything, the ball being tied to anything, or the use of magnets. How is this possible?
#10
Which is the most curious letter?
#11 Silly Riddles
Which month has 28 days?
#12
What is full of holes but still holds water?
#13
What starts with “e,” ends with “e,” and contains one letter?
#14
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
#15
What can run, but never walks? Has a mouth, but never talks? Has a head, but never weeps? Has a bed, but never sleeps?
#16
The man who made it doesn’t want it. The man who bought it doesn’t need it. The man who needs it doesn’t know it. What am I talking about?
#17
What kind of cheese is made backwards?
#18
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
#19
There’s a one-story house where everything inside is pink: pink walls, pink doors, pink floors, pink ceilings, pink windows, pink curtains, pink chairs, and pink tables. What color are the stairs?
#20
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
#21 Clever And Tricky Riddles
Why can’t someone living in Maine be buried in Florida?
#22
If a red-house is made of red bricks, has a red wooden door, and a red roof, and a yellow-house is made of yellow bricks, has a yellow wooden door, and a yellow roof, then what is a green-house made of?
#23
I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. Who am I?
#24
What is red and smells like blue paint?
#25
What sometimes freezes after it has been heated up?
#26
Sometimes I am born in silence, other times, no. I am unseen, but I make my presence known. In time, I fade without a trace. I harm no one, but I am unpopular with all. What am I?
#27
What five-letter word becomes shorter if you add two letters to it?
#28
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
#29
When you want to use me, you throw me away. When you’re done using me, you bring me in. What am I?
#30
There is a house with four walls. All of the walls are facing south. A bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?
#31 Classic Funny Riddles
If life gets tough, what do you have that you can always count on?
#32
Why is the letter A the most like a flower?
#33
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you’ll die. What is it?
#34
Why is Europe like a frying pan?
#35
You can break me without touching me, or even seeing me. What am I?
#36
3 gentleman are out fishing in a boat when a rogue wave knock them all overboard and underwater. Only 1 got his hair wet. Why?
#37
A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats everything it hears”. Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn’t say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
#38
What starts with a T, ends with a T and is full of T?
#39
I have a neck, but no head, and I wear a cap. What am I?
#40
I travel all over the world, but always stay in my corner. What am I?
#41 Riddles About Everyday Things
I have a head but no body, a heart but no blood. Just leaves and no branches, I grow without wood. What am I?
#42
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
#43
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
#44
Mr. Blue lives in the blue house. Mr. Yellow lives in the yellow house. Mr. Black lives in the black house. Who lives in the white house?
#45
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
#46
What is on the ground and also a hundred feet in the air?
#47
Why did the boy throw his watch out the window?
#48
What always goes to sleep with shoes on?
#49
What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?
#50
There are three apples on a table and you take away two of them. How many apples do you have now?
#51
The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
#52 Random Funny Riddles
A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
#53
A man is washing windows on the 25th floor of an apartment building. Suddenly, he slips and falls. He has nothing to cushion his fall, and no safety equipment — but he doesn’t get hurt. How is this possible?
#54
A girl fell off of a 30-foot ladder, but she didn’t get hurt at all. How is this possible?
#55
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
#56
Where does today come before yesterday?
#57
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
#58
What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
#59
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
#60
I’m the size of an elephant, but I weigh nothing. What am I?
#61
What can you catch, but not throw?
#62
What kind of band never plays music?
#63
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
#64
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
#65
I weigh nothing, but you can still see me. If you put me in a bucket, I make the bucket lighter. What am I?
#66
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
#67
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?
#68 Hard Funny Riddles That Will Trick Your Brain
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
#69
You find me in December, but not in any other month. What am I?
#70
Two children are born on the same day by the same mother but they are not twins. How is that possible?
#71
You cannot keep this until you have given it. What is it?
#72
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
#73
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
#74
I am a word that begins with the letter I. If you add the letter A to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
#75
I have hundreds of wheels, but move, I do not. Call me what I am: call me a lot. What am I?
#76
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
#77
A man was driving a truck. His headlights weren’t on, and the moon wasn’t out. Ahead of him, a woman dressed in all black started crossing the road. Fortunately, the man braked so she could cross. How did he see her?
#78
What only gets wetter the more it dries?
#79
What goes up and never comes down?
#80
Ten ladies tried to fit under a small umbrella, none of them got wet. How did they do it?
#81
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
#82
What do you break before you use it?
#83
What do pandas have that no other animal has?
#84
A man is pushing his car along, and when he comes to a hotel he shouts, “I’m bankrupt!” Why?
#85 Classic Funny Riddles Everyone Knows
During what month do people sleep the least?
#86
What is something that you can easily hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?
#87
Walk on the living, they don’t even mumble. Walk on the dead and they mutter and grumble. What are they?
#88
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
#89
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
#90
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
#91
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
#92
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
#93
What TV program should you watch in the bathtub?
#94
What question can you never answer “Yes” to?
#95
A horse attached to a 24-foot chain sees an apple 26 feet away. How can the horse reach the apple?
#96
Why is an island like the letter T?
#97
I’m an odd number. If you take away one of the letters in my name, I become even. What number am I?
#98
How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
#99
Which 5 letter words in the dictionary can be pronounced the same, even if it has 4 of its letters removed?
#100 Random Funny Riddles You Didn’t Know You Needed
Plucked from a fruit, bitter like a root, burning and bold, or even cold when sold. What am I?
#101
What question can you never answer yes to?
#102
What do you call a bear without an ear?
#103
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
#104
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
#105
I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
#106
Name the next letter in this sequence: J F M A M J J A S O N ?
#107
How many cats can you put in an empty box?
#108
A man rode in to town on Tuesday, and left two days later on Tuesday. How so?
#109
What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
#110
This word I know? Six letters it contains. Take away the last… And only twelve remains. What is the word?
#111
Yellow I look and massive I weigh. In the morning I come to brighten your day. What am I?
#112
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
#113
What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?
#114
What has a head and a tail but no body?
#115
A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten cows. If we call the pigs cows, how many cows will he have?
#116
Jim is six feet tall, he works at a butcher’s, and he wears size ten shoes. What does he weigh?
#117
Why was the chef embarrassed?
#118
What type of music do rabbits listen to?
#119
What are two things you wouldn’t eat after waking up?
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