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Did you know that the art of the riddle is seen in many forms throughout the history of the world. Check out these interesting tidbits of information related to the world's most famous form of humor throughout history:
Riddle type poems and the such are placed throughout many important pieces of historical literature.
Artifacts containing riddles were obtained in Central America in the late 1900's. These riddles are often attributed to the Ancient Mesopotamiam civilization that lived there.
In many African cultures, the riddle is/was used in folklore, to pass down traditions and as a rite of passage for youth into adulthood.
The Ancient Greeks believed that a person's ability to solve riddles was a good way to measure their intelligence.
According to Greek folklore, the Sphinx sat outside of the ancient city of Thebes and posed riddles to passersby. If the travelers responded with the wrong answer, they met their demise.
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Word Riddles with Answers
The difficulty of these puzzles range from beginner to medium difficulty levels and tend to be most entertaining for children of all ages. Word riddles are great for improving literacy skills in children, and are a fun interactive way to get children to learn without being too forceful in their learning.
So take a look around our word puzzles section, and be sure to check out other sections on this site. There are many which you can use with children to help develop and maintain their mental sharpness.
Can you name the words that these riddles describe? Good luck.
What Goes On And On And Has An I In The Middle Riddle
Hint:
What Starts With P And Ends With E Riddle
Hint:
Post Office is the correct answer to this riddle
A post office is a public department that offers mail-related services such as letters, money orders, postage stamps, etc. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A post office is a public department that offers mail-related services such as letters, money orders, postage stamps, etc. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
What Comes Once In A Year Twice In A Month Riddle
Hint:
The letter 'R'
Once in a YEAR
Twice in a month: FEBRUARY
Thrice in a week: SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
4-times in a day:
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE {A.M.}
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE {P.M.} Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Once in a YEAR
Twice in a month: FEBRUARY
Thrice in a week: SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
4-times in a day:
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE {A.M.}
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE {P.M.} Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Spelled Forwards And Backwards Riddle
Hint:
8 Letter Word Riddle
Hint:
Inkstand - kst is in the middle. "In" is the beginning, and "and" ends the word. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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What 8 Letter Word Riddle
Hint:
Her Pretty Wings As Still As Stone Riddle
What is it?
Hint:
If In The End Is D Then What Was In The Beginning Riddle
Hint:
E ( in word end d is in the end and e in the beginning ) Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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I Am A 8 Letter Word Riddle
I am kept Secret from Everyone.
My 2nd, 3rd, 4th Letter Spell an Animal.
My 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Letter is a Weapon.
My 1st, 2nd, 8th Letter is used for Writing an Exam.
My 3rd, 4th Letters are the Same.
Who am I?
Hint:
Shorter When It Is Lengthened Riddle
Hint:
Starts Off Temporary
Hint:
Not Often Riddle
Hint:
What Is The Only Word Spelled Wrong In The Dictionary
Hint:
A Solitary Word 5 Letters Long Riddle
I am a solitary word, 5 letters long.
Behead me, and I am still the same.
Behead me again, and I am still the same.
What am I?
Behead me, and I am still the same.
Behead me again, and I am still the same.
What am I?
Hint: Reread the first line.
Alone.
Behead me and I am Lone.
Behead me again and I am One. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Behead me and I am Lone.
Behead me again and I am One. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
9 Letters Riddle
What word in English has 9 letters that keeps producing another word when you remove any one letter from it (goes on up to a single letter)?
Hint:
Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
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Post Your Word Riddles Puns Below
Can you come up with a cool, funny or clever Word Riddles of your own? Post it below (without the answer) to see if you can stump our users.
1. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear.
2. Why couldn't the bicycle stand up by itself?
Because it was two-tired.
3. What do you call a sleeping bull?
A bulldozer.
4. What did one hat say to the other?
"You stay here, I'll go on ahead."
5. Why did the tomato turn red?
Because it saw the salad dressing.
6. What do you call a horse that's been knighted?
Sir Loin.
7. How does a penguin build its house?
Igloos it together.
8. What do you call a snake with a great sense of humor?
A hissterical comedian.
9. Why do hummingbirds hum?
Because they don't know the words.
10. Where do pencils like to live?
In a pencil-cil.
11. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a shark?
Frostbite.
12. Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.
13. What do you call a fake noodle?
An impasta.
14. What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No-eye deer.
15. What do you call a fat psychic?
A four-chin teller.
16. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Because he was outstanding in his field.
17. What do you call a lazy kangaroo?
A pouch potato.
18. Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?
Because it ran out of juice.
19. What do you call a smiling camel?
A humpback jubilee.
20. What did the big flower say to the little flower?
"Hi, bud!"
21. What do you call a group of cows playing instruments?
A moo-sical band.
22. Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
Because it was feeling crummy.
23. What do you call a can opener that doesn't work?
A can't opener.
24. Why did the banana go to jail?
Because it was peeling.
25. What do you call an alligator that works on Wall Street?
An investi-gator.
26. Why did the chicken go to the seance?
To talk to the other side.
27. What does a nosy pepper do?
It gets jalapeno business.
28. What does one tomato say to the other?
"You're a-peeling."
29. What do you call a bear with no ears?
B.
30. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite.
31. What did the grape say when it got stepped on?
Nothing, it just let out a little whine.
32. What do you call an owl magician?
Hoodini.
33. Why did the mushroom go to the party?
Because he was a fungi.
34. What do you call the answer to a riddle nobody gets?
A mystery-tour.
35. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a rattlesnake?
Frost bite.
36. What do you get when you cross a hen and a cement mixer?
A brick layer.
37. Why did the scarecrow go to the beach?
To catch some rays.
38. Why did the frog call his insurance company?
He had a jump in his car.
39. What do you call an alligator in a vest?
An investigator.
40. What did the grape say to the raisin?
"Why do you look so wrinkled?"
41. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
A thesaurus.
42. What do you call a camel with three humps?
Pregnant.
43. Why did the tomato turn green?
Because it was green with envy.
44. What did the duck say when it bought lipstick?
"Put it on my bill."
45. What do you call a snobbish criminal going down stairs?
A condescending con descending.
46. What do you call a flower that plays video games?
A joystick-eye daisy.
47. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a lawnmower?
Frost cut grass.
48. What does a clock do when it's hungry?
It goes back four seconds.
49. Why did the bicycle fall over?
Because it was two-tired.
50. What do you call a banana with sunburn?
A tropical fruit.
1. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear.
2. Why couldn't the bicycle stand up by itself?
Because it was two-tired.
3. What do you call a sleeping bull?
A bulldozer.
4. What did one hat say to the other?
"You stay here, I'll go on ahead."
5. Why did the tomato turn red?
Because it saw the salad dressing.
6. What do you call a horse that's been knighted?
Sir Loin.
7. How does a penguin build its house?
Igloos it together.
8. What do you call a snake with a great sense of humor?
A hissterical comedian.
9. Why do hummingbirds hum?
Because they don't know the words.
10. Where do pencils like to live?
In a pencil-cil.
11. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a shark?
Frostbite.
12. Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.
13. What do you call a fake noodle?
An impasta.
14. What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No-eye deer.
15. What do you call a fat psychic?
A four-chin teller.
16. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Because he was outstanding in his field.
17. What do you call a lazy kangaroo?
A pouch potato.
18. Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?
Because it ran out of juice.
19. What do you call a smiling camel?
A humpback jubilee.
20. What did the big flower say to the little flower?
"Hi, bud!"
21. What do you call a group of cows playing instruments?
A moo-sical band.
22. Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
Because it was feeling crummy.
23. What do you call a can opener that doesn't work?
A can't opener.
24. Why did the banana go to jail?
Because it was peeling.
25. What do you call an alligator that works on Wall Street?
An investi-gator.
26. Why did the chicken go to the seance?
To talk to the other side.
27. What does a nosy pepper do?
It gets jalapeno business.
28. What does one tomato say to the other?
"You're a-peeling."
29. What do you call a bear with no ears?
B.
30. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite.
31. What did the grape say when it got stepped on?
Nothing, it just let out a little whine.
32. What do you call an owl magician?
Hoodini.
33. Why did the mushroom go to the party?
Because he was a fungi.
34. What do you call the answer to a riddle nobody gets?
A mystery-tour.
35. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a rattlesnake?
Frost bite.
36. What do you get when you cross a hen and a cement mixer?
A brick layer.
37. Why did the scarecrow go to the beach?
To catch some rays.
38. Why did the frog call his insurance company?
He had a jump in his car.
39. What do you call an alligator in a vest?
An investigator.
40. What did the grape say to the raisin?
"Why do you look so wrinkled?"
41. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
A thesaurus.
42. What do you call a camel with three humps?
Pregnant.
43. Why did the tomato turn green?
Because it was green with envy.
44. What did the duck say when it bought lipstick?
"Put it on my bill."
45. What do you call a snobbish criminal going down stairs?
A condescending con descending.
46. What do you call a flower that plays video games?
A joystick-eye daisy.
47. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a lawnmower?
Frost cut grass.
48. What does a clock do when it's hungry?
It goes back four seconds.
49. Why did the bicycle fall over?
Because it was two-tired.
50. What do you call a banana with sunburn?
A tropical fruit.