What am I?

I can be made and I can be played. I can be cracked and I can be told. What am I?

related riddles

I’m a very valuable thing to have. Use me right now, you should. Yet if you cut off my hindquarters, I’d be but a piece of wood. What am I?

I have no bones and no legs, but if you keep me warm, I will soon walk away. What am I?

Skirts for men. What am I?