Wordplay Riddles and Word Puzzles
Wordplay riddles depend on how words look and sound. Watch for double meanings, hidden words and letters that can be moved or removed.
Tip: Sound the words out, spell them backwards and look for a smaller word hidden inside.
92 riddles in this collection, page 1 of 3. Tap a riddle for the answer, or open it for the full explanation.
I am a spooky word. Take away my first letter and I become someone who invites you to a party. What am I?
I am a word you say before a meal, and it starts with giving. What am I?
I am golden brown and served whole at the feast, and everyone wants my drumstick. What am I?
I am a thin white coat on the windows on freezing mornings. What am I?
I am white and I fall from the sky in the cold, and kids build a man with me. What am I?
I am soft and golden and I get in your shoes after a day at the beach. What am I?
I am a promise you make yourself on the first day of the year. What am I?
I cook burgers on a hot summer day and have a lid and legs. What am I?
I am a little man in green who hides a pot of gold. What am I?
I am white or brown with no door, yet golden treasure hides inside me. What am I?
I am red and round and crisp, and I hang in the orchard. What am I?
What word sounds like a question you ask, but names a spooky woman with a pointed hat?
Add the letter H to a tree and you can count with it. What number do you get?
I heat the feast while the family waits, and I have a door but no knob on the front of the house. What am I?
I am brown and soft, and I stick to your boots in the garden. What am I?
We sleep in a tent and sit by the fire on a summer trip. What are we doing?
I have two hands and a face, and I strike twelve at midnight. What am I?
I am sent home in a backpack and you must do me at night. What am I?
I march down the street with bands and floats and I am full of music. What am I?
I have lead but I am not heavy, and I write until I am worn down. What am I?
I am a green country with harps and clover, and my people are called Irish. What am I?
I have three leaves, or four if you are lucky, and I grow in the grass. What am I?
What word starts with S and ends with K and describes something scary?
Take the first letter off a winter flake and you get a word for "at this moment." What is it?
I fall from the trees in autumn and crunch under your feet. What am I?
I have a spiral home, and if you hold me to your ear you hear the ocean. What am I?
I am yellow and I roll with wheels to take students to school. What am I?
I fly high, I have stars and stripes, and I wave in the wind. What am I?
What word starts with "val" and names the holiday of hearts on February 14?
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