I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body but come alive with wind. What am I?: An echo
The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I?: Darkness
I can be cracked, made, told and played. What am I?: A joke
I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?: A map
What has to be broken before you can use it?: An egg
I am not alive, but I grow. I do not have lungs, but I need air. What am I?: Fire
What belongs to you but is used more by others?: Your name
What can you hear but not touch or see?: A sound
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters?: Short
Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?: The word 'ton'
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?: A penny
I have branches but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?: A bank
What building has the most stories but no one lives in it?: A library
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?: Silence
I get wet while drying. What am I?: A towel
What can run but cannot walk, has a mouth but cannot talk?: A river
What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?: A coat of paint
I'm light as a feather yet the strongest person can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?: Breath
What has 88 keys but cannot open a single door?: A piano
What has a golden head and a golden tail but no body?: A gold coin
What do you fill with empty hands?: Gloves
What word contains 26 letters but has only three syllables?: Alphabet
What starts with a P, ends with an X, and has a million letters?: A postbox
What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows?: A mountain
What is seen in the middle of March and April that cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?: The letter R
What English word has three consecutive double letters?: Bookkeeper
What can you add to a bucket of water to make it lighter?: A hole
What gets sharper the more you use it?: Your brain
What has no beginning, end or middle?: A circle
What kind of cup can't hold water?: A cupcake
Where does today come before yesterday?: In the dictionary
What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?: The letter E
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?: The C (sea)
What is always coming but never arrives?: Tomorrow
What goes up but never comes down, and is measured in years?: Your age
I shave every day but my beard stays the same. Who am I?: A barber
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?: A promise
What type of ship has two mates but no captain?: A relationship
What begins with 'e', ends with 'e', and contains one letter?: An envelope
Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?: Incorrectly
What do you call a word that reads the same backward?: A palindrome
What has a thumb and four fingers but isn't alive?: A glove
What loses its head every morning and gets it back every night?: A pillow
What goes through a door but never goes in or out?: A keyhole
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?: A clock

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