25 Valentine riddles with answers

Fold a piece of paper in half and cut out half of me along the fold. Open it up, and there I am, whole. What am I?

Hint: Think of the shape drawn on cards and candy boxes in February.

We're little candy hearts that talk, but each of us only knows a few words. What are we?

Hint: Read the tiny words printed on these pastel candies, like BE MINE.

My arrows never hurt anyone. They just make people fall in love. Who am I?

Hint: Picture a little winged boy holding a bow.

I'm the flower people give on Valentine's Day, and I'm also what the sun did this morning. What am I?

Hint: Look for a red flower with sharp thorns on its stem.

X marks me at the bottom of a card, but I'm not buried treasure. What am I?

Hint: At the end of a note, X and O stand for two loving things.

I'm a letter, but I'm not one of the 26 in the alphabet. I'm full of kind words for someone special. What am I?

Hint: Here it means a note you mail, not an A or a B.

I'm the shortest month of the year, but I hold the most hearts. What am I?

Hint: Count the days in each month; one has only 28.

In a deck of cards I'm a suit, and on February 14 I'm everywhere. What am I?

Hint: Look at the red shapes on playing cards, next to diamonds.

My first half is how candy tastes. My second half beats in your chest. Together I'm someone you love. What am I?

Hint: Grown-ups use this pet name for someone dear, like honey.

I'm what happens to a can when you step on it, and I'm also the feeling of really liking someone. What am I?

Hint: Stomp on an empty soda can and watch what happens.

I'm a square on the calendar, a sweet brown fruit, and an evening out for two. What am I?

Hint: Look at the top of a letter, where you write the day.

Take away the first letter of GLOVE, and you get what Valentine's Day is all about. What is it?

Hint: Cover the first letter with your finger and read the rest.

Which thing you drink from is hiding in the word CUPID?

Hint: Look at the first three letters for something you sip from.

Add one letter to HUG, and you get a word for very, very big. What is it?

Hint: Try adding a vowel to the end of the word.

Change one letter in CARD, and you get a word for looking after someone you love. What is it?

Hint: Try a vowel in place of the last letter.

Which word for "not on time" is hiding in CHOCOLATE?

Hint: Look at the end of the word, after the CHOCO part.

Which part of your body is hiding in the word CHARMING?

Hint: Cover the first two letters and the last three.

Change the first letter of KISS, and you get the sound a snake makes. What is the new word?

Hint: Try letters near the start of the alphabet, like F, G and H.

Rearrange the letters of LOVES to get what you do to a riddle.

Hint: Start with the S and figure out where the rest go.

Change one letter in LOVE, and you get a bird that stands for peace. What is the bird?

Hint: Picture a white bird holding an olive branch.

Four friends each give one valentine to each of the others. How many valentines are given altogether?

Hint: Start by counting how many cards just one friend gives.

Rearrange the letters of HEARTS to find people who are the opposite of admirers.

Hint: Keep the H at the front and move the rest around.

Rearrange the letters of ROSE to find the name of the Greek god of love.

Hint: Only one letter moves, from one end of the word to the other.

Which season before Easter is hidden inside the word VALENTINE?

Hint: Look for the forty days before Easter in the middle.

Rearrange the letters of ADMIRER to get what a couple becomes at a wedding.

Hint: The word starts with M and comes right after I do.