21 Clever Riddles for Adults That’ll Make You Think

The person who makes it has no need of it. The person who buys it doesn’t use it. The person who uses it doesn’t know it. What is it?

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

A man is looking at a photograph. Someone asks, 'Whose picture are you looking at?' He replies, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.' Who is in the photo?

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

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

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How?

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

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. What am I?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

What 8-letter word remains a word as you remove each letter one by one?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

What begins and ends with an 'e', but only contains one letter?

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

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

What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not alive?

What word is always pronounced wrong?

First you see me in the sky, then I fall to the ground. I cause silence and sound. What am I?

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

What disappears as soon as you say its name?