Short Riddles

Short riddles with answers are most often just one or two sentences long. But don’t be fooled, these short riddles could be very tricky as well.

Part of the Bird

I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

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I am gentle enough to soothe your skin, light enough to fly in the sky, strong enough to crack rocks. What am I?

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I’m not an airplane, but I can fly through the sky. I’m not a river, but I’m full of water. What am I?

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What has six faces, but does not wear makeup? It also has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see.

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5 men go skydiving but when they jump out of the plane, only 4 of them have a parachute. How do they all survive?

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