Riddles are a fun way to exercise the mind. Read on to check out this fun Riddle of the day!
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Ready for a riddle of the day?
I love riddles. My kids and I will sit around trying to out riddle each other. Sometimes they get me and sometimes they don’t.
It’s a fun way of sitting together as a family talking, laughing and doing something we all love.
There are so many great riddles out there that are so much fun and so tricky. Best of all they’re actually good for you.
Riddles are fun!
Riddles are always a fun thing to read because they keep the mind going. Sometimes riddles will really make you step outside of your comfort circle when it comes to thinking because you really have to stretch the brain to come up with the answer.
Other times the answer is right in front of you and you didn’t even realize it.
Riddles are actually good for
For starters, they make you happy because when you get the answer it makes you excited. Did you know different types of puzzles help you brain in different ways? So not only are you doing something super fun you’re also doing something that’s good for you.
Riddles are the perfect way to get your brain going even when you don’t really plan on doing so. They have a way of making you think outside of the box.
However, there are times when riddles are not as complicated as you thought. Sometimes riddles are as clear as the nose on your face.
The reason most people don’t always get riddles the first time they read them is that we tend to overthink.
It’s natural for us to do so because we all tend to want to see the different sides of a coin. That being said this brain teaser below is one of those such cases where the answer is as clear as day.
I’ve put together some great riddles on my page. You can check out some here that are definitely tricky.
Here’s a fun one to start you off.
If you can’t figure the answer, scroll down to see what it is 🙂
Ready to warm up with some fun riddles?
I am an insect and the first half of my name reveals another insect. Some famous musicians had a name similar to mine. What am I?
Answer: Beetle
I go up but at the same time go down. Up towards the blue sky, and down towards the ground. I’m present tense and past tense too, so why don’t you come for a ride, just me and you! What am I?
Answer: See-saw
No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
Answer: Silence!
I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet my keys can unlock your deepest senses. What am I?
Answer: A piano
Pronounced as one letter,
But written with three,
Two letters there are,
And only two in me.
I am double, I’m single,
“I’m black, blue, and gray,
“I’m read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?
The Answer: Eye
Answer: A Waterfall.
Answer: Dozens.
I always run but never walk, often murmur but never talk, have a bed but never sleep, have a mouth but never eat. What am I?
Answer: A river
More than Meets the eye
Answer: Charcoal
I am not alive, but I grow; don’t have lungs, but I need air; Also I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
Can you answer the riddle below?
If you can’t Head over here to see the answer.
You can see nothing else, when you look in my face, I will look you in the eye, and I will never lie.
Answer: Your reflection.
What question can you never answer yes to?
Answer: Are you asleep yet?
With thieves I consort, With the vilest, in short, I’m quite at ease in depravity; Yet all divines use me, And savants can’t lose me, For I am the center of gravity!
Answer: Letter ‘v’.
A few more riddles
A limo driver is going the wrong way down a one-way street. He goes past four police officers along the way, yet none of them stop him. One even smiled and waved. Why didn’t the police stop him?
Answer: The limo driver was walking not driving 🙂
What is round on both sides but high in the middle?
Answer: Ohio
Why didn’t Batman and Robin go fishing?
Answer: Because Robin ate all the Worms
When you have me, you feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you don’t have me. What am I?
Answer: A Secret.
People usually come to see me almost every single day and often many times a day. Despite this, people often consider me to be very dirty. Even though I will never speak to anyone, people will always show me a part of themselves that they rarely show to anyone else. What am I?
Answer: A toilet
There has never been a single airplane that has successfully landed at the airport in Cincinnati. How can this be?
Answer: Because there is actually no airport in Cincinnati.
The closest airport is across the state line in Kentucky.
If you paint a brown house white it will become a white house, if the stop light changes from red to green then the light is green. So, if you throw a white shirt into the Red Sea, what will it become?
The answer: Wet, because the Red Sea isn’t red 🙂
Did you enjoy this riddle? Here’s another one:
Did you figure out the answer? If not head over here.
Here’s another one, can you guess what the answer is?
The answer: A wave .
Finally, Looking for more fun brain teasers? Check this one out below!
Don’t know the answer? Check it out here.
I am greater than God and more evil than the devil himself. The poor have me, the rich need me and if you ever eat me you’ll die. What am I?
Answer: Nothing
What kind of cup has holes in it when it is new, is designed to withstand a heavy beating and should never be used for drinking?
Answer: An Athletic Cup
Answer: Time
Looking for more Riddles? Check out this fun book of the 125 Best Brain teasers of all time. You can grab it free on Kindle unlimited or for under $10 on paperback.
Finally,
Check out this Tricky Riddle below
The Answer: Because they were all boys! Sometimes things are easier than they seem 🙂
Finally this one,
This one is actually trick riddle. It’s all in the wording.
The answer is What (has four letters -The word what)
The word Occasionally has 12
The word Always has six letters,
But Never (the word) has Five letters.
So yes this one tricked you but this is what brain teasers do, they’re usually a play on words that will trick you 🙂
Now that I’ve totally riddled your mind, why don’t you get a good laugh? Check out these funny 40 Good Morning Memes from my Friend Janessa over at Thrifty Nifty Mommy!
Comments & Reviews
It is not possible or it includes the mom and that would be eight people and then half of them are boys would be possible
It is not possible or it includes the mom and that would be eight people and then half of them are boys would be possible
Yes or maybe the eight one isn’t born yet
Easy Three are girls three are boys and one is a baby goat
Its because all seven of her childrens are boys…
Then all are boys, not just half
One of the kids is a baby goat
One of them is non binary.leaving 6 children to be divided by 2. This mean 3 boys and three girls
Do you really believe that?
Thay are all boys
Half of them!!!!!!!! That includes the mother, that makes 4 boys. Not sure though.
I’ like this answer the best, my mind is. Now at peace
One is a hermaphrodite. Has both sexes.
I think one of the girls likes to do activity s that boys do do in other words one of the girls is s tom boy
Thank you so much!
I adore them!
There are 3 girls and 3 boys at present.
One baby of unknown gender is inside her belly (pregnant). That’s make seven of them.
Y’all are stupid. The answer is in the post. READ!! Ignorance is rampant. Idiocracy is becoming reality.
I don’t think we are all being stupid or ignorant. The riddle is not grammatically correct for it’s purpose. That’s all that’s wrong here. Take it easy – not important enough to sling personal insults at people who don’t get it.
Grammatically correct? It’s [sic] purpose. Ha!
Because all are boys
The answer is 4 boys and 3 girls. I think it’s a trick question. It says half of THEM were boys. Not half the CHILDREN. THEM includes the mother.
Niceeeee
4 boys and 3 girls.
Am I correct?
I think one of the girls likes to do activity s that boys do do in other words one of the girls is s tom boy
The operative word in the riddle is ‘them’. The woman is one of ‘them’. Therefore, mom+3 girls+4 boys=8 of ‘them’ and ‘them’ divided by 2=4.
What about the dad?
How do you find the answer?
3 girls, 3 boys and the last kid is gender neutral.
Actual answer – ALL the children are boys, so 1/2 half are boys and so is the other half. ( searched online and didn’t completely understand this ) . Lamest riddle I’ve come across .
One of her girls died.
no theres 4 girls and 4 boys including the mother
I’ve been telling the “What is greater than God, more evil than the devil…” riddle for years! For the most part, kids get it very quickly while adults generally need a good 5-10 minutes to figure it out – if at all. Mostly they don’t and end up asking me for the answer – interesting.
NOTHING
The further I see, the more the greater your substance is.
Four
They are all boys because she doesn’t say what Sex her children are. Yes half of them are boys but so is the other half.
The bottom half.
Yes, conjoined twins sharing a torso. ? Maybe?
7 children +1 mom =8
4 boys and rest 4 females
This is me and my family I have 4 boys and 3 girls
Good answer. But with 7 people there cannot be a half.
Seven children half boys and half girls, because the 7th child she had is now an Adult and NO LONGER a Boy !!!!
What’s the problem????? The mother has 3 daughters and four sons, that makes 8. And halfe of them are boys…. Is that a riddle?
I mean half of 7 boys is 4 boys ??? What are the other three “boys”.
Okay a good riddleanswer than: The woman is very old, so her first three sons isn’t boys anymore.
Or if we talking nowadays, three of boys have transgender of cause.
I guess we all knew you weren’t that bright after you thought 3+4=8 and your answers didn’t get any better after that either.
Lmao????
all are boys, other half are also boys..
Answer for the first one…the woman have…the answer is that-all the children were boys…?
Nope! None of the above. She was still carrying one that showed up as male on her ultra sound. Am I right, huh, huh!!!!!!
Twins.
Two of them have no legs?
She raises goats
I dont know
I thought it was cause one girl is transgender therefore he is kind of half of both
You’re not half of both when you are transgender. Jesus christ, educate yourself
Go hug a tree
You stumped me!
I was going to say one was her husband haha
best answer by far!!! LOL
mee too,
suck my deek
I don’t get it. What am I missing, besides sleep?
LOL. I always over think these riddles.
She has sEVEN kids.
“s” is a typo. She has even kids, so half are boys.
I’m so glad you explained that. It was driving me a lil batty trying to figure out how to get the answer of the answer to my understanding. And Luckily stubbled across your comment.
Thanks!…
Its because all seven of her childrens are boys…
Just want to know the correct answer. Battling to fathom what’s rite.
Love your page 🙂
This one was a stumper, I had no idea what the answer was. Thank you for sharing this riddle, I look forward to the nest one.
Nice!!! ***smacks forehead*** It actually made me think!
Good one! Thank you so much for sharing. I look forward to these everyday now!
One was her husband… lol