SMS Riddles and Brain Teasers

Riddle: I'm not alive, but I can grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Answer: Fire
Riddle: I'm tall when I'm young, and short when I'm old. What am I?

Answer: A candle
Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

Answer: An echo
Riddle: I'm taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I'm never released, and yet I'm used by almost every person. What am I?

Answer: Pencil lead (graphite)
Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Answer: Footsteps
Riddle: I'm not alive, but I can die. I don't have lungs, but I need air to survive. What am I?

Answer: A balloon
Riddle: I have keys but can't open locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can't go inside. What am I?

Answer: A keyboard
Riddle: What has keys but can't open locks, and can sing but can't talk?

Answer: A piano
Riddle: I'm a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be. What am I?

Answer: The word "few"
Riddle: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?

Answer: A map
Riddle: I'm not alive, but I can grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but I can drown. What am I?

Answer: A cloud
Riddle: I'm a word of letters three and add two, and I become fewer. What am I?

Answer: The word "five"

Feel free to share these SMS riddles and brain teasers with your friends and family to challenge their wit and have some fun. They make for great icebreakers, brain exercises, and conversation starters!