Challenging Riddles for Kids Ready to Level Up

The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

I am light as a feather, yet the strongest person cannot hold me for long. What am I?

What has a bed but never sleeps and a mouth but never eats?

I begin with an E, end with an E, and usually contain one letter. What am I?

You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

What has cities with no buildings, forests with no trees, and rivers with no water?

You can hold it in your right hand, but never in your left. What is it?

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

I have keys but open no locks, I have space but no room. What am I?

What runs around the house without moving?

I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?

I travel the world but stay in a corner. What am I?

What gets sharper the more you use it?

If you have me, you want to share me. Once you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?

What has hands but cannot clap?

What building has the most stories?

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

What is full of holes but still holds water?

What goes up but never comes down?

What comes once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a day?

What has a neck but no head?

What has many teeth but never bites?

What can you catch but not throw?

What disappears when you say its name?

I am not alive, but I grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

What has four legs but cannot walk?

What question can you never answer yes to?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

What has to be broken before you can use it?