25 winter riddles with answers

Your fingers share one big room in me, but your thumb gets a room all to itself. What am I?

Hint: You wear two of them on cold days, one on each hand.

You pull me all the way up the hill, and then I carry you all the way down. What am I?

Hint: Think of a snowy hill and something you sit on to zoom down.

Each of us has six arms, no two of us look exactly the same, and we melt if you catch us on your tongue. What are we?

Hint: Look up at the sky on a snowy day.

I go to bed in the fall and get up in the spring, and no alarm clock ever wakes me. What am I?

Hint: Think of a big furry animal that sleeps in a cave all winter.

You wear two of me, but instead of walking I make you slide, and I only work on frozen water. What am I?

Hint: You lace them up at the rink.

Grown-ups sprinkle me on icy steps to melt the ice, and you sprinkle me on your fries. What am I?

Hint: It sits in a shaker on the table, next to the pepper.

You make me all day long without trying, but only on a freezing morning can you see me. What am I?

Hint: Breathe out slowly on a very cold day and watch.

I drive up and down the streets all night in a snowstorm, pushing the snow aside so the school bus can get through in the morning. What am I?

Hint: It is a big truck with a giant shovel on the front.

I have two fuzzy ears, but I can't hear a thing. I keep yours warm instead. What am I?

Hint: You wear them over your head, one on each side.

The colder it gets, the more of us you put on. The warmer it gets, the more of us come off. What are we?

Hint: Think of a sweater under a coat under a scarf.

I'm the day of the year with the least daylight, and after me every day gets a little longer. What am I?

Hint: It comes in late December, a few days before Christmas.

I'm a house with no wood, no bricks and no glass, and when spring comes I melt away. What am I?

Hint: Think of the Arctic, and what you could build from blocks of snow.

I have runners, but I never run a step. A team of dogs pulls me across the snow. What am I?

Hint: Think of huskies harnessed together in the snow.

I'm full of hot water but I have no faucet, and on cold nights you hug me in bed. What am I?

Hint: It is soft, it is made of rubber, and it keeps your feet warm under the covers.

In my month, children in New York have the shortest days of the year, while children in Sydney have the longest. Which month am I?

Hint: New York is north of the equator and Sydney is south of it.

I'm a dad bird who stands through the whole dark winter with an egg balanced on my feet, and I eat nothing until it hatches. What am I?

Hint: It is the biggest penguin, and it lives in Antarctica.

Strap us to your boots and you can walk on top of deep snow instead of sinking in, like a hare with big feet. What are we?

Hint: They look a bit like tennis rackets.

I mean cold. Take away my first letter and I'm a place to go sledding. Take away one more and I'm what you feel when you catch a cold. What am I?

Hint: Remove letters from the front of the word, one at a time.

I fall all winter. Take away my first letter and I'm this very moment. Take away one more and I'm what you say when you slip on me. What am I?

Hint: The answer has four letters and falls from the sky.

I'm little ice pellets that bounce off your umbrella. Change my last letter, and I'm what a bear does all winter. What am I?

Hint: Think of what a bear does in its den and change one letter.

I'm the white coat on the grass on a cold morning. Rearrange my letters and you get what children build before a snowball fight. What am I?

Hint: Children build snow walls to hide behind. What are they called?

Rearrange the letters of what you wear to glide on a frozen pond, and you get something for dinner. What are the two words?

Hint: The dinner is something you might order rare or well done.

I'm what happens when the ice and snow melt. Rearrange my letters and I'm the word you use to ask a question. What am I?

Hint: The question word starts with W.

On a bitterly cold day, the thermometer shows the same number whether you read it in Fahrenheit or Celsius. What is the temperature?

Hint: It is far below zero on both scales.

I'm a winter sport played on ice with heavy stones and brooms, and my players sweep hard but never tidy the house. What am I?

Hint: It is in the Winter Olympics, and the stones slide toward a target.