Winter Riddles
Snow days and long evenings are made for riddles. Read a few by the fire or hand them out to bored kids.
Tip: Short and simple wins at a party: pick the riddles you can read in one breath.
97 riddles in this collection, page 3 of 3. Tap a riddle for the answer, or open it for the full explanation.
Inspector Frost is checking the order in which five suspects left the locked library. Felix left before Nico. Nico left before Gwen. Aria left before Felix. Mara left before Aria. Who left second?
The mitten is bigger than the icicle, and the icicle is bigger than the sled. Which one is the smallest?
A row goes: sled, sled, boot, sled, sled, boot, sled, sled. What comes next?
Max gets 7 sleds on Monday and 6 sleds on Tuesday, then gives away 4. How many sleds are left?
Zoe has 4 ice cream cones. Eli has twice as many. How many ice cream cones do they have together?
Eli has 15 mittens and Lily has 7. How many more mittens does Eli have?
There are 18 snowmen in a box and 5 are taken out. How many snowmen are left?
We are a pair, and you put your fingers in us to keep them warm. What are we?
Why did the ice cream cone go to the beach?
Inspector Frost is checking the order in which five suspects left the locked library. Gwen left before Boris. Boris left before Jonas. Elena left before Gwen. Hugo left before Elena. Who left fourth?
Detective Frost questions five witnesses about the order they reached the museum door. Nico reached the door before Felix. Carmen reached the door before Nico. Aria reached the door before Hugo. Felix reached the door before Aria. Who reached the door first?
What is a leprechaun's favorite kind of ice cream?
Inspector Frost is checking the order in which five suspects left the locked library. Gwen left before Pavel. Jonas left before Mara. Pavel left before Luca. Luca left before Jonas. Who left last?
Frequently asked questions
- When should I share these?
- Publish or print them a week or two ahead of December to February.
- Are the answers included?
- Yes. Tap "Show answer" under each riddle, or open the riddle page for the full explanation.