54 word riddles with answers

Which letter is a noisy blue bird?

Hint: Say the alphabet out loud and listen for a bird's name.

Which letter is a female sheep?

Hint: Farmers have a special name for a mother sheep; say it aloud.

Which letter do you see with?

Hint: Say the letters out loud and listen for a body part on your face.

Why is the letter A like a flower?

Hint: Look at the letter that follows it, and think about who visits flowers.

Which four letters would scare off a burglar?

Hint: Say what you would shout at a burglar you spotted, then spell it with letters.

Which two letters spell a word for jealousy?

Hint: Find a word for jealousy, then say it slowly as letter sounds.

Which three letters turn a girl into a woman?

Hint: Consider what has to pass over the years, then spell it.

Which four letters mean really, really good?

Hint: Say a word for really good, slowly, and listen for letter names.

Which two letters mean with nothing inside?

Hint: A glass with nothing in it is a word made of two letter sounds.

Which two letters mean to rot away?

Hint: What happens to old fruit has a name you can say with two letters.

Which three letters name someone who is against you?

Hint: Name the opposite of a friend, then say it one sound at a time.

How many letters are in THE ALPHABET?

Hint: Count the letters in the capital words, not in the whole ABC.

Why is the letter E so lazy?

Hint: Find a word for the place you sleep and look at its middle.

How do you spell hard water with three letters?

Hint: Water gets hard when it gets very cold.

What is the longest word in the dictionary?

Hint: Look for a long distance hidden between the first and last letters.

What do you call a fish with no eyes?

Hint: Eyes sound like a letter, so take that letter away.

Type 0.7734 into a calculator and turn it upside down. What does it say?

Hint: Turn your head and read each number as a letter, starting from the end.

What seven-letter word gets longer when you take away its third letter?

Hint: Getting longer may describe the new word itself, not its size.

What has four letters, sometimes has nine and never has five?

Hint: Maybe the question is describing its own pieces, not an object.

Which word has KST in the middle, in the beginning and at the end?

Hint: The little words in the riddle might be letters to place around KST.

Which word uses A, E, I, O and U once each, in that order, and means joking at the wrong moment?

Hint: It is a fancy word a teacher might use for a cheeky joker.

Which common English word ends in the letters MT?

Hint: Remember what you did in your sleep last night, said the old way.

Which eight-letter word has only one vowel and is what weightlifters build?

Hint: It is what lets you lift heavy things, and it has lots of consonants.

Start with STARTLING. Take away one letter at a time so that each step is still a word, all the way down to one letter. What are the steps?

Hint: Start by removing the L and see what word is left.

Which word turns into sweet treats when you read it backward?

Hint: Write a word for sweet treats after dinner backward, and look for a feeling.

Which word for something in the night sky spells a word for rodents backward?

Hint: Pick a word for small rodents with four letters and flip it.

Which fast car reads the same forward and backward when you write it as one word?

Hint: Picture a car built for speed on a track, written without a space.

Which small boat you paddle reads the same forward and backward?

Hint: Not a canoe, but a small boat with a two-ended paddle.

Which word for 12 o'clock reads the same forward, backward and upside down?

Hint: It is the middle of the day, when lunch is near.

Which three-letter word turns into MOM when you turn it upside down?

Hint: Look for the letter that turns into an M when flipped over.

Which ship holds two friends but never sails?

Hint: A word for the bond between pals ends with a boat word.

Which tables have no legs?

Hint: These are lists you learn by heart in math class.

Which jam can you never spread on toast?

Hint: Imagine cars stuck in a long line on a busy road.

Which cup do you get from eating too fast?

Hint: Eating too fast can make your body make a funny little jumping sound.

Which bow can nobody tie?

Hint: Look up at the sky after a storm when the sun comes out.

Which bed is full of roses but nobody sleeps in it?

Hint: Go outside to the part of the garden where roses grow.

What kind of bat never flies?

Hint: Name a sport where a player swings at a ball.

What kind of chips should you never eat?

Hint: These are tiny parts inside machines, not snacks.

Which pupils never go to school?

Hint: Look in a mirror at the small dark circles you see with.

Which chest has no heart and no lungs?

Hint: Pirates bury a big box with a lid, full of gold.

Why couldn't the sailors play cards?

Hint: The floor of a ship and a set of cards share a name.

Why couldn't the pony sing?

Hint: A sore, rough voice sounds like the name of a grown-up pony.

Which country is always cold?

Hint: Say country names aloud and listen for a word meaning a bit cold.

Which country is always ready for lunch?

Hint: Find a country whose name sounds like your tummy rumbling for food.

Which country is the most slippery?

Hint: Find a country that sounds like slippery cooking oil and fat.

Which U.S. state is best at doing laundry?

Hint: Find a state that starts with what you do to dirty clothes.

Which U.S. state has the most roads?

Hint: Listen to the first word of the smallest state's name.

Where do pencils go on vacation?

Hint: Say a big state's name and listen for something you write with.

Which nut sounds like a sneeze?

Hint: Say different nut names out loud, as if you had a cold.

Which frozen dessert sounds like a shout?

Hint: Listen to your favorite cold treat said very fast.

What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?

Hint: One deals in things that tell time, the other guards rooms with bars.

What is the difference between a fisherman and a lazy student?

Hint: Say what a fisherman does before casting, then swap two first sounds.

What is the difference between a crazy rabbit and a fake coin?

Hint: Say a crazy rabbit in two words, then swap their first sounds.

What is the difference between a guitar and a fish?

Hint: Name a sandwich filling from the sea, and listen for a music word.