Tricky What Am I Riddles to Stump Your Friends

Challenge every guessing pro with tricky What Am I riddles that twist words and surprise solvers.

❓ Think you know every answer? Guess again!

These tricky What Am I riddles put wordplay center stage. Read the clues out loud, let everyone make a guess, then reveal the surprising answers.


🕵️ Tricky What Am I Riddles with Answers

I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness flies. What am I?

I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?

I have keys but no locks, I have space but no room. You can enter but cannot go outside. What am I?

I can shave every day but my beard stays the same. What am I?

I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What am I?

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

I have a neck but no head, two arms but no hands. What am I?

The more of this there is, the less you see. What am I?

I go all around the world but always stay in the corner. What am I?

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?

I get shorter the longer I stand. What am I?

I have to be opened but I do not have a lid or hinges. What am I?

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

I am always in front of you but can never be seen. What am I?

I have a bed but never sleep, run but never walk, and a bank but no money. What am I?


🎉 Use these riddles for:

  • Family game nights
  • Classroom guessing games
  • Party icebreakers
  • Campfire storytelling
  • Social media challenges

Keep score of who solves the most riddles, or pass around the answer card for dramatic reveals!

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