Rhyming Riddles
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Every riddle here is a tiny poem with an answer hiding in the verses. Rhyming riddles for kids beg to be read out loud, and the rhythm actually helps young solvers guess. From quick couplets to classic poem riddles, read one, let the rhyme sink in, then tap to check your answer.
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1. My tail is long, my whiskers neat, I squeak whenever I want a treat. What am I? Easy
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A mouse.
Neat rhymes with treat, and squeaking whiskers plus a long tail point straight to a mouse.
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2. I have a face but never frown, my hands go round and round and round. What am I? Easy
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A clock.
Frown rhymes with round, and a face plus hands going round names a clock.
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3. I fly all day without any wings, tied to a child by long thin strings. What am I? Easy
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A kite.
Wings rhymes with strings, and flying tied to a child means a kite.
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4. In a bright yellow coat I curve like the moon. Peel me and eat me, no fork and no spoon. What am I? Easy
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A banana.
Moon rhymes with spoon, and a yellow curve you peel and eat is a banana.
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5. I wear a green coat and a red, red heart. Black seeds go flying when I fall apart. What am I? Medium
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A watermelon.
Heart rhymes with apart, and a green coat with red inside and black seeds means a watermelon.
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6. I roar down the road on circles of black, I carry your family there and then back. What am I? Easy
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A car.
Black rhymes with back, and rolling on round wheels carrying your family names a car.
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7. My arms grow leaves, my skin is bark, birds rent my rooms and sing till dark. What am I? Easy
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A tree.
Bark rhymes with dark, and leafy arms that house singing birds point to a tree.
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8. At night I shine, by day I hide, I pull the ocean's rolling tide. What am I? Medium
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The moon.
Hide rhymes with tide, and shining at night while pulling the ocean tide means the moon.
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9. I fall from clouds but never bruise, I fill your boots and soak your shoes. What am I? Easy
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Rain.
Bruise rhymes with shoes, and falling from clouds to soak your shoes is rain.
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10. I'm white and cold, I drift and blow, school gets canceled when I show. What am I? Easy
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Snow.
Blow rhymes with show, and white drifting cold that cancels school is snow.
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11. I hum a tune from flower to flower, I make sweet gold hour after hour. What am I? Easy
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A bee.
Flower rhymes with hour, and humming between flowers to make sweet gold means a bee.
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12. I ride your shoulders to school each day, I swallow your homework along the way. What am I? Easy
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A backpack.
Day rhymes with way, and riding your shoulders and swallowing homework names a backpack.
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13. I've got a trunk but I'm not a tree, the biggest nose you'll ever see. What am I? Easy
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An elephant.
Tree rhymes with see, and a trunk that is a huge nose means an elephant.
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14. Strike me once and watch me glow, I die whenever the cold winds blow. What am I? Medium
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A match.
Glow rhymes with blow, and striking once to glow then dying in wind names a match.
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15. When storm clouds burst I bloom out wide, then drip and nap by the door inside. What am I? Medium
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An umbrella.
Wide rhymes with inside, and blooming in storms then dripping by the door means an umbrella.
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16. I have a bed but never rest, I run downhill on a winding quest. What am I? Medium
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A river.
Rest rhymes with quest, and having a bed while running downhill names a river.
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17. I'm full of keys both black and white. Press me kindly, wrong or right. What am I? Easy
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A piano.
White rhymes with right, and black and white keys you press means a piano.
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18. Round as a button, deep as a cup, all the king's horses can't pull me up. What am I? Medium
Need a hint?
You might toss a coin into it.
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A well.
Cup rhymes with up, and a deep hole the king's horses cannot pull up is a well.
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19. I hang on the wall and copy your face, you blink and I blink in the very same place. What am I? Easy
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You check it before leaving the house.
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A mirror.
Face rhymes with place, and something copying your blink on the wall means a mirror.
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20. In a jacket of wood with a soft gray core, I write and I draw, then get sharpened once more. What am I? Medium
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A pencil.
Core rhymes with more, and a wood jacket with a gray center you sharpen is a pencil.
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21. We travel in twos through wash and through spin, yet one of us vanishes. Where have we been? What are we? Medium
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Socks.
Spin rhymes with been, and traveling in twos while one vanishes in the wash means socks.
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22. I have teeth in a row but I never chew, I tidy your hair when you ask me to. What am I? Easy
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A comb.
Chew rhymes with to, and teeth in a row that tidy your hair means a comb.
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23. I carry my home wherever I roam, I draw silver ribbons wherever I've gone. What am I? Medium
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A snail.
Carrying its home on its back and leaving a silver trail points to a snail.
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24. Red up above and green down below, I whisper out stop and I shout out go. What am I? Easy
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A traffic light.
Below rhymes with go, and red above green telling stop and go means a traffic light.
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25. I start out green, then blush bright red, then get sliced on burgers or salads instead. What am I? Medium
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A tomato.
Red rhymes with instead, and turning green to red then sliced on burgers means a tomato.
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26. I bounce on big feet through lands far south, I carry my baby in a pouch, not my mouth. What am I? Easy
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A kangaroo.
South rhymes with mouth, and bouncing on big feet with a baby pouch names a kangaroo.
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27. A cold box in the kitchen humming a song, I keep your milk fresh all week long. What am I? Easy
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A refrigerator.
Song rhymes with long, and a humming cold box keeping milk fresh is a refrigerator.
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28. We're scattered like glitter across the night, we vanish each morning in soft blue light. What are we? Easy
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Stars.
Night rhymes with light, and glitter that vanishes each morning means the stars.
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29. I strut through the grasslands with a golden mane, the so-called king of the wild terrain. What am I? Easy
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A lion.
Mane rhymes with terrain, and the golden so-called king of the grasslands is a lion.
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30. Ten little friends in two snug rows, they march all day inside your clothes. What are they? Medium
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Your toes.
Rows rhymes with clothes, and ten little friends marching inside your clothes are your toes.
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31. You climb me up, you climb me down, yet I never move around. What am I? Medium
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The stairs.
Down rhymes with around, and something you climb up and down yet never moves means stairs.
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32. I sit on the wall or ride in your hand, I ring and connect you across the land. What am I? Easy
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A telephone.
Hand rhymes with land, and something that rings to connect you across the land is a telephone.
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33. I'm sticky and sweet from a buzzing crew. Spread me on toast, that's what I'm for, it's true. What am I? Easy
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Honey.
Crew rhymes with true, and sticky sweet stuff from a buzzing crew spread on toast is honey.
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34. I sit on a lily in my smart green suit, I snap up the flies and croak like a flute. What am I? Easy
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A frog.
Suit rhymes with flute, and a green sitter on a lily snapping flies is a frog.
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35. A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. What am I? Medium
Need a hint?
You might crack one at breakfast.
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An egg.
Lid rhymes with hid, and a hingeless box holding golden treasure inside is an egg.
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36. I wave all day at the top of a pole, my colors and stars are part of my soul. What am I? Easy
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A flag.
Pole rhymes with soul, and waving colors and stars on a pole means a flag.
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37. I have many rings but no fingers at all. Count all my circles to learn I stood tall. What am I? Medium
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One ring for every year.
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A tree trunk.
All rhymes with tall, and countable rings with no fingers that show age means a tree trunk.
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38. Finish the rhyme: "I shine in the sky when the day's begun, I'm Earth's own star, they call me the ___" Easy
It rhymes with "begun" and lights the day. The sun.
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39. Finish the rhyme: "I'm fluffy and white in the sky so proud, I drift and I change because I'm a ___" Easy
Fluffy, white, drifting in the sky: a cloud.
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40. Finish the rhyme: "I stand on four legs but never walk there, I hold up your dinner beside your chair. I'm a ___" Medium
Four legs, holds dinner, never moves. A table.
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41. Finish the rhyme: "I squeak in the night on wings of leather, I hang upside down in any ___" Medium
It's a bat, and bats hang upside down in any weather.
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42. Finish the rhyme: "I'm cold and sweet upon a cone. Lick me fast or I'll be ___" Medium
Ice cream waits for no one. It'll be gone.
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43. Light as a feather with nothing inside, even the strongest can't hold me long, though they've tried. What am I? Medium
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Your breath
Inside rhymes with tried, and something weightless nobody can hold for long is your breath.
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44. Peel back my layers, do it with flair, I'll fill up your eyes with tears to spare. What am I? Medium
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An onion
Flair rhymes with spare, and peeling layers that sting your eyes with tears means an onion.
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45. I've got a spine but I'm not a beast, my leaves aren't green in the least. What am I? Medium
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A book
Beast rhymes with least, and a spine with leaves that are not green means a book.
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46. I follow you round on the sunniest day, but stand in the shade and I vanish away. What am I? Easy
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Your shadow
Day rhymes with away, and something following you in sun but gone in shade is your shadow.
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47. A riddle written as a short rhyming poem is sometimes called a poem riddle. Medium
Poem riddles are one of the oldest riddle forms. Old English monks wrote whole books of them.
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48. The words "orange" and "door hinge" rhyme perfectly. Medium
It's a near rhyme, not a perfect one. Poets have argued about it forever, and "orange" still has no perfect rhyme.
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49. 🐐 + ⛵ Easy
Need a hint?
Name both pictures out loud, then notice they rhyme.
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A goat in a boat (goat rhymes with boat).
Naming both pictures gives goat and boat, which rhyme, so a goat in a boat.
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50. 🐌 + 📬 Medium
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The slow way to send a letter.
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Snail mail (snail rhymes with mail).
Snail rhymes with mail, and the slow way to send a letter is snail mail.
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51. I dip in your cereal at breakfast and noon, I stir up your cocoa and curve like the moon. What am I? Medium
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A spoon.
Noon rhymes with moon and spoon, and a curved thing that stirs your cocoa is a spoon.
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52. I lean on the wall though I have no feet, step up my rungs to reach the top seat. What am I? Medium
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A ladder.
Feet rhymes with seat, and a legless thing with rungs you climb to reach up high is a ladder.
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53. I munch in the meadow with my head hanging low, I give you the milk that helps you to grow. What am I? Medium
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A cow.
Low rhymes with grow, and a meadow muncher that gives you milk is a cow.
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54. I answer you back though I have no tongue, I repeat your last word till the canyon is done. What am I? Hard
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An echo.
Tongue rhymes with done, and a tongueless voice that repeats your last word is an echo.
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55. I appear once in a minute, twice in a moment for you, but not in a thousand years. What letter is the clue? Hard
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The letter M.
You rhymes with clue, and the letter in minute once and moment twice but not in a thousand years is M.
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56. I'm hungry forever, I always must be fed, but give me a drink of water and I drop down dead. What am I? Hard
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Fire.
Fed rhymes with dead, and a thing that eats forever yet dies from water is fire.
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57. I'm always ahead but I never arrive, forever one day past the now you're alive. What am I? Hard
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Tomorrow.
Arrive rhymes with alive, and the day always one step ahead that never comes is tomorrow.
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58. It belongs to just you but you use it the least, others call it out loud at a game or a feast. What is it? Hard
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Your name.
Least rhymes with feast, and the thing that is yours but others say most is your name.
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59. I'm simple to make and I'm simple to break, and I must be kept for a good friendship's sake. What am I? Hard
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A promise.
Break rhymes with sake, and a thing made easily yet kept for friendship's sake is a promise.
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60. I've twenty-six soldiers all standing in line, rearrange them at will and the words become mine. What am I? Hard
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The alphabet.
Line rhymes with mine, and twenty-six letters rearranged into words are the alphabet.
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61. I cling to a corner yet travel the earth, I carry your letters for pennies of worth. What am I? Hard
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A postage stamp.
Earth rhymes with worth, and a corner-clinger that carries letters cheaply is a postage stamp.
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62. I vanish the instant you speak out my name, I fill a whole room though I have no frame. What am I? Hard
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Silence.
Name rhymes with frame, and the thing that fills a room but ends when you speak is silence.
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63. The more that you take, the more you leave behind, the farther you wander, the more you will find. What are they? Hard
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Footsteps.
Behind rhymes with find, and the things you leave more of the more you take are footsteps.
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64. The more you remove me, the larger I grow, dig in the garden and find me below. What am I? Hard
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A hole.
Grow rhymes with below, and the thing that gets bigger the more you take away is a hole.
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65. I only climb upward and never fall down, one more each birthday with candles and crown. What am I? Hard
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Your age.
Down rhymes with crown, and the number that only rises each birthday is your age.
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66. The moment I'm shared I no longer stay true, tell one extra person and I'm lost to you. What am I? Hard
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A secret.
True rhymes with you, and the thing that stops being itself once shared is a secret.
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67. I heal every wound though I never am seen, I race when you're joyful and crawl in between. What am I? Hard
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Time.
Seen rhymes with between, and the unseen healer that races and crawls is time.
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68. I start off your evening and finish your time, I'm found in forever and end every rhyme. What am I? Hard
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The letter E.
Time rhymes with rhyme, and the letter that starts evening, ends time and rhyme, and sits inside forever is E.
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69. I travel from ear to ear soft and light, I tell you a secret without any might. What am I? Hard
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A whisper.
Light rhymes with might, and the soft ear-to-ear teller of secrets is a whisper.
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70. I visit at night when you're deep in your rest, I fade by the morning, a strange little guest. What am I? Hard
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A dream.
Rest rhymes with guest, and the strange night guest that fades by morning is a dream.
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71. I pound in your chest without any hands, I race when you run and I calm when you stand. What am I? Hard
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A heartbeat.
Hands rhymes with stand, and the handless drum in your chest that races and calms is a heartbeat.
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72. I plunge to the deep so the ship will not roam, I grip the seafloor and I hold the boat home. What am I? Hard
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An anchor.
Roam rhymes with home, and the heavy gripper that holds a ship still is an anchor.
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73. I always point north though I walk with no feet, I guide the lost sailor through fog and through sleet. What am I? Hard
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A compass.
Feet rhymes with sleet, and the footless northward guide for lost sailors is a compass.
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74. I pull without hands and I cling without glue, iron and steel are the friends I pursue. What am I? Hard
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A magnet.
Glue rhymes with pursue, and the handless puller that clings to iron is a magnet.
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75. You hurl me away with a flick and a fling, yet back to your hand I return on the wing. What am I? Hard
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A boomerang.
Fling rhymes with wing, and the thrown thing that curves back to your hand is a boomerang.
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76. I rumble and grumble and roll through the sky, I follow the flash as the storm passes by. What am I? Hard
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Thunder.
Sky rhymes with by, and the sky rumble that follows the lightning flash is thunder.
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77. I crack like a whip in a flash of white light, I split the dark sky on a stormy wet night. What am I? Hard
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Lightning.
Light rhymes with night, and the white flash that splits a stormy sky is lightning.
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78. I stand up so tall but I shrink as I glow, I weep waxy tears with each puff that you blow. What am I? Hard
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A candle.
Glow rhymes with blow, and the tall glower that shrinks and weeps wax is a candle.
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79. Give me a swing and I'll sing out so well, I ring in the new year, a chime you can tell. What am I? Hard
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A bell.
Well rhymes with tell, and the swinging singer that chimes in the new year is a bell.
Rhyming riddles for kids to read out loud
Squeaky mice, buzzing bees, and kites on strings. The sing-song clues are made for bedtime, car rides, and circle time, and the rhyme itself nudges kids toward the answer.
What am I riddles in rhyme
Many of these verses end with the classic question: what am I? Clocks with hands, socks lost in the wash, and a kangaroo with a built-in pocket all take a turn.
Rhyming stumpers, quizzes, and emoji rounds
The mix also includes multiple choice and type-in cards, a true or false about whether anything really rhymes with orange, and a couple of emoji puzzles to decode.
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FAQ about Rhyming Riddles
Why are rhyming riddles good for kids?
The rhythm and rhyme give the brain extra clues, so young solvers can often guess the answer from the sound of the verse alone. That makes these riddles a sneaky way to build vocabulary and listening skills.
What ages are these rhyming riddles for?
The heart of the set works for ages five to ten, especially read aloud. Adults still get their share of groans and near misses, and a few of the trickier verses fool grown-ups outright.
What is the answer to the riddle a box without hinges, key, or lid?
An egg. The shell has no opening and the yolk inside is the golden treasure. The rhyme comes from the Riddles in the Dark chapter of The Hobbit, where Bilbo Baggins and Gollum trade riddles underground, and the answer given there is eggs.
If these rhymes hit the spot, keep the giggles going with our collection of easy riddles for kids, then put your wordplay skills to the test with a batch of picture-based rebus puzzles to solve.