22+ Riddles for adults

22+ riddles for adults: we've rounded up the very best ones — brain-stretchers that will keep you guessing. Skim to find your favorites, or hit the shuffle button for a random pick. All PG-rated and ready to share.

• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
  Answer: A stamp
• What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
  Answer: A teapot
• What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
  Answer: The future
• What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
  Answer: A promise
• What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
  Answer: Wrong
• What has a bottom at the top?
  Answer: Your legs
• What does Santa suffer from if he gets stuck in a chimney?
  Answer: Claustrophobia
• What has a heart that doesn't beat?
  Answer: An artichoke
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• What gets sharper the more you use it?
  Answer: Your brain
• What has a ring but no finger?
  Answer: A telephone
• What is as light as a feather, but even the strongest person can't hold it for long?
  Answer: Their breath
• What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?
  Answer: Fire
• What is white when it's dirty and black when it's clean?
  Answer: A chalkboard
• What has one eye, one horn, but is not a monster?
  Answer: A unicorn? No — a recycling bin
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
  Answer: The letter M
• What gets broken without being held?
  Answer: A promise
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• What is lighter than air but impossible to hold?
  Answer: A bubble
• What has a spine and pages but no words?
  Answer: A blank book
• What has an eye but cannot blink?
  Answer: A hurricane
• What has 12 faces and 42 eyes?
  Answer: A deck of cards
• What has a lock but no key?
  Answer: A keyboard
• What has a heart but no other organs?
  Answer: A deck of cards

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