Brain Teasers for Kids

Squigly has a huge collection of brain teasers for kids of all ages! These fun riddles are a way to challenge your thinking and problem solving skills. Share them with your friends and family. Read them aloud at the dinner table or while driving in the car. These clever questions will keep you and your kids entertained for hours. Answers are provided if you are completely stuck. We have organized our collection under the following headings: Clever Brain Teasers, Detective Mysteries, Math Games, Poem Riddles, Rebus Puzzles and What Am I Questions. Get ready to have a blast while you challenge your thinking!

Clever Brain Teasers: Riddles that require extra brain power to solve.

What are four things that have an "eye" but cannot see?

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Detective Mysteries: Put yourself in the detective's shoes to solve the case of these tricky and quirky mysteries.

Jack tells Jill, "This isn't the $5 bill you left on the the table. I found it between pages 15 and 16 of Harry Potter."

Jill retorts, "You're lying and I can prove it." How did Jill know?

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Math Games: Use your math skills to figure out the answers to these perplexing math questions.

10 candles stand burning in a dining room. A strong breeze blows in through an open window and extinguishes 3 of them. Assuming the wind doesn't extinguish any more candles, how many candles do you have left in the end?

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Poem Riddles: Fun and clever brain teasers worded as poems.

You may enter, but you may not come in,
I have space, but no room,
I have keys, but open no lock.

What am I?

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Rebus Puzzles: Can you figure out what these phrases or words mean?

What does this mean?
N
W
O
T

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What Am I Questions: Figure out what the clues are eluding to to get the correct answer.

What runs around a soccer field but never moves?

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