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.

I Won’t Cry but You Will

Take off my skin I won’t cry but you will. What am I?

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If you feed me I will live. If you water me I will die. What am I?

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What word describes a woman who does not have all her fingers on one hand?

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As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. How is this possible?

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What flies without wings?

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