Riddles That Will Put You To Sleep Fast

Let your mind unwind with a collection of utterly useless riddles designed to do one thing: put you to sleep. These silly, nonsensical brain teasers have no real answers, no logic to follow, and no purpose except to gently confuse and distract your thoughts until you drift off. Perfect for those who overthink at night or just need something light and ridiculous to quiet the mental noise.

There’s no pressure to solve anything—just enjoy the calm rhythm, the absurd questions, and the gentle pacing that leads you softly into sleep. Useless riddles, endless yawns, and the sweetest dreams await.

Voice: Matthew Ferguson

Transcript

Which bow can't be tied?

Rainbow What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Short What word looks the same upside-down and backwards?

Swims When is 1,

500 plus 20 and 1,

600 minus 40 the same thing?

Military Time Lighter than what I'm made of,

More of me is hidden than is seen.

What am I?

Iceberg I have 88 keys but cannot open a single door.

What am I?

Piano What is it that no man wants but no man wants to lose?

Lawsuit What has four eyes but can't see?

Mississippi Round as an apple,

Deep as a cup,

And all the king's horses can't fill up.

What is it?

A well What building has the most stories?

A library Your reflection can be seen here as long as you're not moving.

There is a kind of fish that can never swim.

What is that?

Dead fish What time is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

What do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?

Cool music What has ten letters and starts with gas?

What heavy seven-letter word can you take two away from and be left with eight?

Weights There was a plane crash and every single person died.

Who survived?

Married couples A girl was 10 on her last birthday and will be 12 on her next birthday.

How is this possible?

Today is her 11th birthday.

Not a priest,

Not a king,

But wears different kinds of clothes.

Clothesline Who is it that rose quickly with four oars but never comes out under his own roof?

Which tree is the most difficult to get along with?

A crab tree What has a foot but no leg?

A ruler Thousands of these come together to make a digital image.

What is it?

A pixel If I have it,

I don't share it.

If I share it,

I don't have it.

What is it?

A secret I grow for a surface even if you cut me.

I continue to grow even after death.

Human hair Tear one off and scratch my head.

What once was red is black instead.

A match What goes through a door but never goes in and never comes out?

A keyhole When I point up,

It's bright.

But when I point down,

It's dark.

What am I?

A light switch What has four fingers and a thumb but is not living?

What is bought by the yard but is worn by the foot?

An open-ended barrel.

It is shaped like a hive.

It is filled with the flesh and the flesh is alive.

Two legs I have and this will confound.

Only at rest do they touch the ground.

What am I?

A wheelbarrow What has feet and legs and nothing else?

Stockings A shirt that is not a shirt.

The shorter I am,

The bigger I am.

What am I?

Until I am measured,

I am not known.

Yet how you miss me when I have flown.

What am I?

A deep well full of knives.

A mouth Which side of a cat has the most fur?

The more you take from me,

The bigger I get.

What am I?

Three little letters.

A paradox to some.

The worse that it is,

The better it becomes.

A pun What goes in the water black and comes out red?

A lobster What always goes to bed with its shoes on?

A horse What has one eye but cannot see?

A needle What demands an answer but asks no question?

What has a head,

A tail,

Is brown and has no legs?

I am used to bat with,

Yet I never get hit.

I am near a ball,

Yet it is never thrown.

What am I?

Eyelashes What is lengthened by being cut at both ends?

A ditch What is neither inside the house nor outside the house,

But a necessity for any home?

A fruit on a tree.

A tree on a fruit?

A pineapple From that which comes within itself,

It builds its table on my shelf.

A spider When the creeper passes,

All the grass kneels.

A plow What stinks when living and smells good when dead?

Bacon What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

A towel What is never used unless it's in a tight place?

A pillow When it was young,

It had a tail.

When it grew up,

It had knees.

A frog I have 300 cattle with a single nose cord.

Beads What is all over a house?

Roof A skin have eye,

More eyes than one.

I can be very nice when I am done.

What am I?

The stack just might be sent all over,

Full of what's new,

Yet it's nearly obsolete.

Newspapers Although I'm far from the point,

I'm not a mistake.

I fix yours.

What am I?

An eraser What grows in winter,

Dies in summer,

And grows roots upward?

Icicle Two bodies with ribs,

Exposed.

What am I?

What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?

Even if you throw it away,

It still comes back.

A yo-yo What starts with an E but only has a single letter in it?

What type of dress can never be worn?

Address Two birds trying to balance in one twig.

Earrings I'm where yesterday follows,

Today and tomorrow is in the middle.

What am I?

Dictionary Poorly behaved children often find themselves sitting in these.

What's the red stuff between elephant's toes?

Slow pygmies What is something you will never see again?

Yesterday Just head and foot,

Yet never tires of dancing.

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

A cupcake I'm lighter than air,

But a million men can't lift me.

What am I?

A bubble You can have it and be at it,

But it never lasts forever.

I am a seed.

Three letters in the name.

Take away two,

And I sound quite the same.

What am I?

A dishpan Round like a dishpan,

And smaller than a bathtub,

But the ocean can't fill it.

A sieve Although my cow is dead,

I still beat her.

What a racket she makes.

A drum I go around all the places,

Cities,

Towns,

And villages,

But never come inside.

What am I?

A street You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead.

What am I?

I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat.

What am I?

A cherry There is a creature of God whose body is hard.

It does not wish to eat unless you strike its head.

It is hate and has hate in it,

But it isn't hate.

Hatred I am something that floats,

But after a period of time,

I fall.

What ship has no captain but two mates?

A courtship I have a tongue,

But cannot taste.

I have a soul,

But cannot feel.

What am I?

A shoe A father's child,

A mother's child,

Yet no one's son.

A daughter He's small,

But he can climb a tower.

An ant I have a thousand wheels,

But move I do not.

Call me what I am.

Call me a lot.

A parking lot I am not alive,

But I grow.

I don't have lungs,

But I need air.

What am I?

Fire What kinds of men are always above board?

Chessmen What kind of room doesn't have physical walls?

A chat room What has three feet but cannot walk?

A yardstick What gets whiter the dirtier it gets?

A chalkboard If you eat me,

My cinder will eat you.

What am I?

A fishhook What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?

Silence What do you have when you're sitting down that you don't have when you're standing up?

A slayer of regrets,

Old and new,

Sought by many,

Found by few.

Blend a teapot shot so the pearlies won't rot.

Toothpaste I have a pet.

His body is full of coins.

Piggy bank What do people want the least on their hands?

Handcuffs Useful tool for who in darkness dwell,

Within you,

Corrupting like a deadly spell.

Poison I bind it and it walks.

I lose it and it stops.

Sandal Precious stones in a pack of cards.

Diamonds A tree with five branches,

No leaves and no fruits.

What starts with P ends with an E and has a million letters in it.

Post office How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?

Sometimes I am light,

Sometimes I am dark.

What am I?

What can be right but never wrong?

With head without hair,

With mouth without tooth.

The more you take,

The more you leave behind.

Steps What can be swallowed but can swallow you?

What is it that leaps and runs and yet has no feet?

A ball What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?

A flag The sharp,

Slim blade that cuts the wind.

What is it?

What has a big mouth,

Yet never speaks?

Handy when you need to measure something or run a kingdom.

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket,

Becomes larger but weighs less?

Popcorn What can you catch but not throw?

What's as small as a mouse but guards a house like a lion?

I have four legs,

A back but no head.

What am I?

A chair What can burn the eyes,

Sting the mouth,

Yet be consumed and thought delicious?

It is sharp but not pepper,

White but not paper,

Green but not shattuck.

What am I?

What eleven-letter English word is always pronounced incorrectly?

Steals an event or even a mood,

Reveals the truth or shatters it.

Camera I have no wings,

But I fly.

I have no teeth,

But I bite.

What am I?

Bullet What does an old,

Tan,

Broken-down house wear outside?

A tan coat What type of house weighs the least?

A lighthouse I have no brain,

But I'm still smarter than the average human.

What am I?

A calculator Two people are born at the same moment,

But they don't have the same birthdays.

How could this be?

They are born in different time zones.

What is red and nailed to a wall?

Herring What is taken before you can get it?

Your picture What kind of room has no doors or windows?

Mushroom You can only have it once you have given it.

Tall I am tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old.

What am I?

What's always coming but never arrives?

What would your father's only sister's sister-in-law be to you?

Your mother Today he is there to trip you up and he will torture you tomorrow.

Alcohol I never ask questions,

But I am always answered.

What am I?

What can you fold but not crease?

A poker hand You'll have me at night,

And if you remove the first letter,

I denote the top,

Such as on a train.

What five-letter word,

No matter how you pronounce it,

Is always pronounced wrong?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg We chop its feet,

We drink its blood.

Sugar cane We are five little objects of an everyday sort.

You will find us all in a tennis court.

Fowls The virgin gave birth to a child and threw away the blanket.

What is it that makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to heaven?

If five cats catch five mice in five minutes,

How long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?

Five minutes What English word retains the same pronunciation even after you take away four of its five letters?

Q What goes up and down without moving?

Stairs Travel a mile,

And I will change.

Travel a million,

And I will end as I started.

What am I?

Which popular cheese is made backwards?

Adam What is given but kept by the giver?

I can be as thin as a picture frame,

But my insides have many things you can see.

Television What kind of street does a ghost like best?

If the day before yesterday is the 23rd,

Then what is the day after tomorrow?

The 27th What is it something that you always have,

But you always leave behind?

Fingerprints What's that seven-letter word with thousands of letters in it?

A long snake that smokes What am I?

A train Tall when seated,

Short when standing Dog One strand dangles,

Two strands twist.

Three or more can fashion this.

Braids I am nothing but holes tied to holes,

Yet am strong as iron.

Chain I have a mouth on my head and eat everything.

What am I?

Iron roof,

Glass walls,

Burns and burns,

And never falls.

I am the first you ever saw,

What greets you every morning and what goes out in the end.

Light A hill full,

A hole full,

Yet you cannot catch a bowl full.

What is it?

Mist What gets broken without being held?

Big as a biscuit,

Deep as a cup,

But even a river can't fill it up.

What is it?

A strainer What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

A kangaroo Everyone has me,

But nobody can lose me.

What am I?

What is put on a table,

Cut,

But never eaten?

Cards Forwards I am heavy,

But backwards I am not.

What am I?

What starts with the letter T is filled with T and ends in T.

A teapot What's red and bad for your teeth?

I build up castles,

I tear down mountains,

I make some men blind,

I help others to see.

What am I?

I have eight to spare and am covered with hair.

What is a mummy's favorite type of music?

What can be measured,

But has no length,

Width,

Or height?

Temperature Kills the bad ones and the sad ones.

Tightens to fit,

So one size fits.

Break it and it is better.

Immediately set and harder to break again.

People buy me to eat,

But never eat me.

What am I?

I ate one and threw away two.

Oyster What fastens two people,

Yet touches only one?

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

A stamp It produces a flower,

But it is not its fruit.

It produces branches,

Which are its fruit.

Sweet corn Weight in my belly Trees on my back,

Nails in my ribs,

Feet I do lack.

What am I?

I have no life,

But I can die.

What am I?

What can an elephant and a shrimp both be?

Jumbo What is red and smells like blue paint?

What can you throw,

But not catch?

A party I only have one entrance,

But you can come out with three exits.

What am I?

A snake When they are caught,

They are thrown away.

When they escape,

You itch all day.

Fleas What goes in the water red and comes out black?

What seven-letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?

Lounger What loses its head every morning,

Only to get it back every night?