29 'What Am I?' Riddles with Answers That’ll Stump You

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

I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?

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

I’m always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?

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

I get wetter the more I dry. What am I?

You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right. What am I?

I’m not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

I go up but never come down. What am I?

I’m light as a feather, but the strongest person can’t hold me for long. What am I?

I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?

I shrink smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?

I run but never walk. I have a bed but never sleep. I have a mouth but never speak. What am I?

I can fill a room but take up no space. What am I?

I have one eye but can’t see. What am I?

I can travel around the world while staying in the same corner. What am I?

I have hands but no arms, and a face but no eyes. What am I?

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

I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. What am I?

I can be long or short. I can be grown or bought. I can be painted or left bare. What am I?

I’m a fruit, a bird, and a person. What am I?

You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?

I only go up and never down. What am I?

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

I’m easy to lift but hard to throw. What am I?

I have many teeth but can’t bite. What am I?

I’m taken from a mine, shut in a wooden case, and used by everyone. What am I?

I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

I’m a five-letter word and I become shorter when you add two letters to me. What am I?