High school life can be busy, challenging, and sometimes a little stressfulโbut itโs also the perfect time to add a spark of fun! Thatโs why Riddles for High School are such a great choice.
If youโre a student looking to challenge your friends, a teacher searching for engaging classroom activities, or even a parent hoping to connect with your teenager in a lighthearted way, these riddles are made just for you.
Theyโre clever, entertaining, and guaranteed to make you think while sharing a laugh.
Ready to bring a little brain-teasing fun into your high school moments?
Letโs dive in!
Brain Teasing Logic Riddles for High School

- ๐ข Iโm an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
โ Answer: Seven - ๐ Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
โ Answer: Incorrectly - ๐ What has three feet but cannot walk?
โ Answer: A yardstick - ๐ชจ If you throw me into the Red Sea, I become wet. What am I?
โ Answer: A stone - ๐งฎ What has many keys but canโt open a single lock?
โ Answer: Piano - ๐งท What has a thumb and four fingers but isnโt alive?
โ Answer: Glove - ๐ฅ I have a mouth but never eat; I run but never walk. What am I?
โ Answer: River - ๐ช When is a door no longer a door?
โ Answer: When itโs ajar - ๐ What goes up but never comes down?
โ Answer: Your age - ๐งฉ What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, never in a thousand years?
โ Answer: The letter โMโ
Tricky Wordplay Riddles

- ๐ What is black and white and red all over?
โ Answer: Newspaper - โ๏ธ What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
โ Answer: Teapot - ๐ง What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters?
โ Answer: Short โ shorter - ๐ง What word becomes longer when you add two letters to it?
โ Answer: Long โ longer - ๐ง What can you catch but not throw?
โ Answer: A cold - ๐ก What has a head and a tail but no body?
โ Answer: A coin - ๐ฐ What has hands and a face but canโt hold anything?
โ Answer: Clock - ๐ What has ears but cannot hear?
โ Answer: Corn - ๐งฑ What has lots of keys but canโt open locks?
โ Answer: Keyboard - ๐งท What has a ring but no finger?
โ Answer: Telephone
Hard Riddles That Challenge Thinking
- ๐ฃ I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
โ Answer: Echo - ๐ฏ You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. What am I?
โ Answer: Candle - ๐บ I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, water but no fish. What am I?
โ Answer: Map - ๐ค What is seen in the middle of March and April but never at the beginning or end?
โ Answer: The letter โRโ - ๐ What has lips but never speaks?
โ Answer: Bottle - ๐ Iโm lighter than what I am made of, more dangerous when Iโm full. What am I?
โ Answer: Bubble - ๐ I hide under your bed yet cast no shadow. What am I?
โ Answer: Dust - ๐ช I travel faster than any man alive but have no limbs. What am I?
โ Answer: Tornado - ๐ธ What canโt talk but will always reply when spoken to?
โ Answer: Echo - ๐ Whatโs next after the letter Z in the alphabet?
โ Answer: A
Funny & Silly Riddles for High School

- ๐ Why did the banana go to the doctor?
โ Answer: Because it wasnโt peeling well - ๐ What do you call bread that never stops?
โ Answer: Loafing around - ๐ Why did the cow cross the road?
โ Answer: To get to the udder side - ๐ง
What vegetable is never alone?
โ Answer: Onion (because it has layers) - ๐ฅ What has to be broken before you can use it?
โ Answer: Egg - ๐ Why did the computer sneeze?
โ Answer: It had a virus - ๐ What kind of shoe does a lazy person wear?
โ Answer: Loafer - ๐ Why did the telephone go to the party?
โ Answer: Because it wanted to ring in - ๐ข What do you call a turtle that is never late?
โ Answer: Prompturtle - ๐ณ Why donโt trees like riddles?
โ Answer: Because they get stumped
Riddles for Group Games for High School

- ๐ซ What has many words but never speaks?
โ Answer: Book - โ๏ธ I help you write but I canโt talk. What am I?
โ Answer: Pencil - ๐งฑ What kind of room doesnโt have doors or windows?
โ Answer: Mushroom - ๐ I bear the weight of knowledge but Iโm lighter when empty. What am I?
โ Answer: Backpack - ๐งฑ What kind of coat can only be put on wet?
โ Answer: Paint - ๐ง What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
โ Answer: Road - ๐ What has a key but opens nothing?
โ Answer: Map - ๐ฐ What building has the most stories?
โ Answer: Library - ๐ซ What has a bottom at the top?
โ Answer: Legs - ๐งญ What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
โ Answer: Stamp
Math & Number Riddles for High School

- ๐ข Which number is spelled the same forwards and backward?
โ Answer: One - โ What 3-digit number equals the sum of its digits cubed?
โ Answer: 153 - ๐ฒ I am a two-digit number. My tens digit is double my ones digit. If you reverse me, I increase by 54. What am I?
โ Answer: 27 - โ If 2 + 2 = 4, and 2 ร 2 = 4, what is 4 รท 2 + 4?
โ Answer: 6 - ๐ I am odd. Remove one letter and I become even. What number am I?
โ Answer: Seven - ๐ฐ What is half of two plus two?
โ Answer: Three - ๐ฏ If you multiply me by any other number, the answer stays the same. What number am I?
โ Answer: Zero - ๐
Which month has 28 days?
โ Answer: All of them - โ What is 3/7 chicken + 2/3 cat + 2/4 goat = ?
โ Answer: Chicago (wordplay) - ๐ If you throw me off a cliff, Iโm sure to crack. Who am I?
โ Answer: Egg
Riddles High Schoolers Love

- ๐ What do you call a nose that is 12 inches long?
โ Answer: A foot - ๐ What is at the end of everything?
โ Answer: The letter โGโ - ๐ What goes all around the world but stays in a corner?
โ Answer: Stamp - ๐งท What tastes better than it smells?
โ Answer: Your tongue - ๐ข What kind of ship has two mates but no captain?
โ Answer: Relationship - ๐ฒ What do you call a bear with no teeth?
โ Answer: Gummy bear - ๐ฃ Who has married many people but has never been married?
โ Answer: A priest - ๐ฒ What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
โ Answer: Palm - ๐ง What can you put in a bucket to make it lighter?
โ Answer: A hole - ๐ What has a bottom at the top?
โ Answer: Legs
Conclusion
These riddles for high school are perfect for students, teachers, or anyone who wants to spark thinking, laughter, or deeper conversation.
You now have 80 riddles (eight groups of ten) that are fun, simple, and engaging.
Use them in class, at home, or with friends โ no more hunting around for good ones.
Just pick your category and enjoy the challenge!