Word Play
Riddles that play with the meanings or sounds of words.
The Letter Box
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Answer: A teapot
The Dictionary Riddle
What word in the English language has three consecutive double letters?
Answer: Bookkeeper
The Blind Men and Elephant
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter 'M'
The Piano Keys Riddle
What has 88 keys but can’t open a single door?
Answer: A piano
The Sunrise Riddle
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
Answer: A joke
The Letter Game
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down, and still be the same word?
Answer: NOON
The Library Riddle
What building has the most stories?
Answer: A library
The Calendar Riddle
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
Answer: A deck of playing cards
The Sword in the Stone
I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire
The Philosopher’s Puzzle
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Answer: Your name