Lighter than what I am made of
Lighter than what I am made of. More of me is hidden than seen.
✨ I'm an Iceberg
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Riddles for 9 Year Olds — Page 10
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Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and i
Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it?
Hint: Many things can create one…
✨ A Hole
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Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Hint: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall…
✨ Time
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Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have five children, half of them are boys.How is this possible?
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have five children, half of them are boys.How is this possible?
Hint: Mr…
✨ They are all boys
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My first is in fish but not in snail, My second is in rabbit but not in tail
My first is in fish but not in snail, My second is in rabbit but not in tail. My third is in up but not in down, My fourth is in tiara but not in crown. My fifth is in tree you plainly see, My whole a food for you and me. What am I?
Hint: My first is in fish but not in snail…
✨ I am a fruit
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My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe.
Hint: My life can be measured in hours…
✨ I am a candle
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My thunder comes before the lightning; My lightning comes before the clouds; My rain dries all the l
My thunder comes before the lightning; My lightning comes before the clouds; My rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?
Hint: My thunder comes before the lightning; My lightning comes before the clouds; My …
✨ A volcano
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My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play
My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I’m often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I?
Hint: My voice is tender…
✨ A violin
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My voice rises above the din, Sometimes catching all unaware
My voice rises above the din, Sometimes catching all unaware. I never ask questions, yet get many answers.
Hint: My voice rises above the din…
✨ I am a doorbell
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Never resting, never still
Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot, All is cool where it is not. What is it?
Hint: Never resting…
✨ Sunshine
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No sooner spoken than broken
No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
✨ Silence
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Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went thr
Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?
Hint: Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye…
✨ A needle and thread
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On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor
On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators eyes. What caused the ship to sink?
Hint: On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor…
✨ It was a Submarine
L2 · logic
On Thanksgiving, families sit together and share what they are. What is that feeling called?
On Thanksgiving, families sit together and share what they are. What is that feeling called?
✨ Gratitude (being thankful)
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One word in this sentence is misspelled
One word in this sentence is misspelled. What word is it?
✨ It isn't spelled wrong, the one word in this sentence misspelled is “misspelled.“
L3 · brain teaser
Other than being colors, what do the words orange, silver and purple have in common?
Other than being colors, what do the words orange, silver and purple have in common?
Hint: Other than being colors…
✨ There is no word in the English language that rhymes with them
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Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws
Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all.
Hint: Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws…
✨ Shears, or scissors
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Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot, so she went to the local pet shop in the hope of securing
Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot, so she went to the local pet shop in the hope of securing such a find. She was in luck. The shop assistant assured her that the parrot would learn and repeat any word or phrase it heard. Polly was delighted. However, a week later, the parrot still hadn’t spoken a word. Polly returned to the shop to complain, however, it appeared that the assistant was accurate in what he had said, and refused a refund. Why didn’t the parrot talk?
Hint: Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot…
✨ The parrot was deaf and as such couldn't repeat a single word it had heard!
L3 · logic
Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me
Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?
Hint: Pronounced as one letter…
✨ You have two of them An eye
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Pronounced as one letter, But look and you'll see, That really I'm written with three
Pronounced as one letter, But look and you’ll see, That really I’m written with three. I’m read from both ends, The same either way. What am I?
Hint: Pronounced as one letter…
✨ I am an eye, or an ewe
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