Lateral Thinking Puzzles

22. What Am I?

I am very useful.
I can be picked up.
I can carry water.
I have holes in me.
I am very common.

Who am I?

(ok I know this is easy but I just want to share this with you)

Submitted by sakura · Added 12 December 2007

Solution:

The answer is a watering can. A watering can is very useful for gardening, can carry water, has holes for pouring, and is commonly found in households and gardens.


Rate this puzzle

No votes yet — be the first! ❤️ 👍 🔧 👎 💀

Vote totals refresh periodically.


Comments (27)

Eontios 21 March 2008

Not that easy....a watering hole...a bucket....a toilet? lol

suraj 22 March 2008

sponge

Minnie 23 March 2008

You are a SPONGE

bedead 1 April 2008

A watering can?

leakybeak 16 December 2008

could be a person

Anonymous 6 September 2009

In the answer to 'What Am I?', it may be more appropriate to refer to the country bordering the Dead Sea as Palestine instead of Israel.

shobainfo 7 November 2009

is this bucket...

mdbbarilla 5 December 2009

This is a watering can.

Anonymous 13 January 2010

The statement about humans having nine fingers is incorrect. Everyone is born with ten fingers.

Anonymous 10 October 2010

The solution to the semantics problem can be interpreted differently. The children were born in China, and the 'same year' refers to the 'year of the monkey' or similar repeating years.

einsteinager 17 June 2011

Sponge

Anonymous 22 August 2012

The dead sea in Israel is a closed sea, meaning there aren't any yachts there. There are barely any boats there.

Anonymous 28 October 2012

For the 'What Am I?' puzzle, a water gun makes more sense than the hiccups solution. The bartender could point a water gun at the man, leading him to take a drink of water.

Anonymous 17 January 2013

The Dead Sea isn't deep; I've walked well out of sight of land and it wasn't over five feet.

Akoito 29 January 2013

Sponge - it's a riddle

abishekv 22 July 2013

fountain pen :lol:

Rag 20 August 2013

SPONGE

nik 12 September 2013

I think its leaves.. Sponge is not very common, useful or can be picked up from roads...

Anonymous 19 June 2014

The answer to the millionaire puzzle could also be interpreted as him having an asset worth millions in a different currency, such as yen, rather than just dollars.

oncemoreforluck 10 June 2015

sponge!
it has holes, but still carry water! can you think of anything else, common and portable?

Karen 11 June 2015

A salt shaker.

Anonymous 5 August 2015

Some of these puzzles seem more like random trivia instead of lateral thinking puzzles.

LITTLE BaeBae 4 January 2017

8)


YOUR A SPONGE!!!!

Anonymous 1 June 2017

The example provided is nonsensical and subjective. A man living in a house without knowing how to get there is not a valid lateral thinking puzzle.

alexonfyre 31 May 2018

A Watering Can?

uzuf 19 September 2018

Well, as users mdbbarilla & bedead previously said : a WATERING CAN. I mean, what else could make more sense than this answer?
After all, it has holes --plural--, two of them. It is a universally used tool, therefore it has to be useful. It does kinda carry water, too.

So is that it? … or are we missing something here?

Anonymous 26 June 2020

I appreciate the lateral thinking puzzles shared on your site; they have been very helpful for my lesson module.

Add a Comment or Suggest an Answer



« Back to Lateral Thinking Puzzles


Puzzles

Site Map | Contact Us