What Am I Riddles

When it comes to riddles for kids What Am I riddles are always popular. Here is a great collection to test your brain and logical thinking!

There are many different types of brain teasers and riddles, but one of our favorites here at LaffGaff are What Am I riddles. Maybe it’s because they bring back nostalgic memories of when we were little. Whatever the reason, we love them and so we’ve put together this collection of the best examples. Some are hard, some are easy, so there is something suitable for everyone of all levels. Enjoy!

A selection of what am I riddles

20 What Am I Riddles With Answers

These 20 What Am I questions are sure to test your brain. Good luck!

1. I sound like one letter but I’m written with three. I show you things when you look through me.

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An eye.

2. I have a bed but I never sleep. I have a mouth but I never speak.

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A river.

3. Forwards I am heavy, I sure weigh a lot. But when I’m backwards, I certainly am not.

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A ton.

4. I can be cracked and I can be played. I can be told and I can be made.

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A joke.

5. I have a head and a tail that will never meet. Having too many of me is always a treat.

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A coin.

6. I help you from your head to your toe. The more I work, the smaller I grow.

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A bar of soap.

7. I have two main bodies and I’m turned all about. When I’m standing still, time will run out.

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An hourglass.

8. A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same.

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A pea.

9. I may have eyes but I don’t use them to see. I live in the dark until you have need of me.

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A potato.

10. I don’t have eyes but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I’m empty.

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A skull.

11. Tall when I’m young and short when I’m old, I’ll help you to see when the darkness unfolds.

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A candle.

12. I can never be thrown but I can be caught. Ways to lose me are always being sought.

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A cold.

13. I have many teeth but I cannot bite. I’m often used early but rarely at night.

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A comb.

14. I’m at the start of the end, and the end of every place. I’m the beginning of eternity, and the end of time and space.

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The letter E.

15. After a fall, you’ll always find me there. What once was alive, will now be bare.

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Winter.

16. I am something that no man ever did see, I never was but am always to be.

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Tomorrow.

17. What brute strength struggles to get through, I make it easy for you to undo.

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A key.

18. Each and every one that you take, you leave yet another in your wake.

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Footsteps.

19. Though sometimes I am made of purest gold, I cannot be bought and I cannot be sold.

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A heart.

20. An instrument through which sounds are made, and yet, not something that can be played.

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Your voice.

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