Team building and bonding between coworkers is important at work. This can be done through collaborative projects, team-building activities or employee get-togethers. Or the team can simply come together for a quick, light-hearted activity like solving these work riddles. These work riddles can also help get the brain active in the morning or provide a fun, unserious activity after a post-lunch slump. They range from short riddles and silly jokes to harder ones that will require a bit of brain power. See how many of these work riddles the team can solve.

Simple And Easy Riddles

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

Riddle: I can only be given once, and many times not even then. The more you save me, the less you have of me. What am I?
Answer: Time.

Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps.

Riddle: I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
Answer: A keyboard.

Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
Answer: A joke.

Riddle: I get wetter the more I dry. What am I?
Answer: A towel.

Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
Answer: Seven (remove the “s” and it becomes “even”).

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

Riddle: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map.

Short And Perfect For Work Riddles

Riddle: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano.

Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny.

Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “M.”

Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle.

Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock.

Riddle: What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle.

Riddle: What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle.

Riddle: Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold.

Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke.

Riddle: What gets broken without being held?
Riddle: Answer: A promise

Riddle: What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb

Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin

Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp

Riddle: What starts with E, ends with E, but only has one letter in it?
Answer: An envelope

Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your legs.

Harder Riddles What Will Make You Think

Riddle: I am not alive, but I can grow; I don’t have eyes, but once I did see; I used to have thoughts, but now I’m white and empty. What am I?
Answer: A skull.

Riddle: You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
Answer: All the people were married.

Riddle: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire.

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 have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
Answer: A bank.

Riddle: The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows they’re using it. What is it?
Answer: A coffin.

Riddle: I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me. What am I?
Answer: A shadow.

Riddle: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence.

Riddle: I can fill a room but take up no space. What am I?
Answer: Light.

Riddle: I am heavy forward, but backward I’m not. What am I?
Answer: A ton.

Silly Jokes That Make Good Work Riddles

Riddle: Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field.

Riddle: Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything.

Riddle: What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library.

Riddle: What has ears but cannot hear?
Answer: A cornfield.

Riddle: What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear.

Riddle: Why did the picture go to jail?
Answer: Because it was framed.

Riddle: Why did the coffee file a police report?
Answer: It got mugged.

Riddle: What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?
Answer: Chicago!

“What Am I?” Riddles

Riddle: I go in dry and come out wet. The longer I’m in, the stronger I get. What am I?
Answer: A tea bag.

Riddle: I have a neck but no head. I have two arms but no hands. What am I?
Answer: A shirt.

Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
Answer: Breath.

Riddle: I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken. What am I?
Answer: News.

Riddle: I am always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?
Answer: The future.

Riddle: I run, but never walk. I have a bed, but I never sleep. What am I?
Answer: A river.

Riddle: I have no legs, but I will always travel. What am I?
Answer: A wheel.

Riddle: I go up and down but never move. What am I?
Answer: A staircase.

Riddle: I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
Answer: A cloud.

Riddle: I am easy to lift but hard to throw. What am I?
Answer: A feather.

Riddle: I am always coming but never arrive. What am I?
Answer: Tomorrow.

Riddle: I am an instrument that you can hear, but you cannot touch or see me. What am I?
Answer: Your voice.

Riddle: I am bought by the yard but worn by the foot. What am I?
Answer: A carpet.