How it works
These riddles for household items are 27 old riddles about stoves, doors, windows, lamps, mirrors, buttons, eggs and the rest of a home. Each answer stays hidden until you tap Show answer.
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Kitchen, rooms and small things
Kitchen riddles has 11, from raising strawberries with a spoon to the cook who poaches eggs. Rooms and furniture has 10 about beds, doors, windows and stairs. Small things has 12 household object riddles about lamps, mirrors, pins and a pair of scales.
Where they come from
Each riddle is in an old riddle book, free to read at Project Gutenberg and named under the full list. Some things have changed since: where a riddle needs an old stove or an oil lamp, the answer says so.
Tips
- For a hunt around the house, read the riddle, then send everyone to touch the thing it names before you tap Show answer.
Questions and answers
What are good riddles for everyday items?
Ones where the answer is right there in the room. "What has feet but never walks?" was a stove when stoves stood on iron feet; "Which pain does everybody make light of?" is a window pane. Both need only one second meaning.
Where are the sponge, candle and key riddles?
On the main riddle page, which already holds what-am-I riddles for a sponge, a teapot, a candle, a broom, a key, a mirror and a pair of scissors. None of the 27 here repeats them.
Can I use these for a scavenger hunt?
Yes, if the thing is in your house: a door, a window, a lamp, a spoon, a button. Hide the next clue by it. Riddles about old things, such as fire tongs or a pair of scales, work better read aloud.