Wordplay Riddles for Kids

I am a word. If you pronounce me rightly, it will be wrongly. If you pronounce me wrongly, it will be rightly. What word am I?

Hint: This is a pure language trap — you have to step outside the literal meaning to figure it out.

I am a word of 5 letters. If you take away two letters, you only have one left. What word am I?

I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?

I am that which is hunted, and this panes me. Do you dig, Stone? What am I?

I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

Hint: I am the beginning of sorrow…

I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language. What am I?

I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I?

I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy. I come four times in every week, but only once in a thousand years. What am I?

Hint: I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy…

I have a “deck” but I’m not a ship. I have “trucks” but I can’t carry cargo. Kids stand on me to do cool tricks. What am I?

I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a mans house and build anothers, And I love to play games with my many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?

Hint: I have a heart that never beats…

I have three letters. I can read you backward, but I cannot see. I can guide you forward, but I cannot move. What am I?

Hint: It sounds just like the letter “I”, and spelled backward it’s still the same.

I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.

You’ll find me in your mouth and in a graveyard. What am I?

I’m related to you. I’m really close to you! I’m your cousins aunt. Who am I?

I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I’ve traveled the universe to and fro. I’ve conquered the world, yet I’ve never been anywhere but home. Who am I?

Hint: I soar without wings…

I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champane bubble. If you sqeeze me, I’ll pop. If you look at me, you’ll pop. Can you guess the riddle? 97% of Harvard graduates can not figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten students were able to figure this out in 6 minutes or less.

Hint: I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry…

I was framed, yet I didn’t commit a crime, and the person who framed me committed no crime. How is this possible?

Hint: I was framed…

If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?

If life gets tough, what do you have that you can always count on?

If two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?