Wordplay Riddles for Kids

My first is in fish but not in snail, My second is in rabbit but not in tail. My third is in up but not in down, My fourth is in tiara but not in crown. My fifth is in tree you plainly see, My whole a food for you and me. What am I?

Hint: My first is in fish but not in snail…

My first is often at the front door. My second is found in the cereal family. My third is what most people want. My whole is one of the United States.

Hint: My first is often at the front door…

No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

One by one we come to life and side by side we wait, while our company swells in number some come early some come late. Some will bore you, some enthrill, but you can not choose between us, you must take us one and all, because we’re bound together tightly and we’re naught if we break free; if you want some clues about us simply answer who are we?

Hint: One by one we come to life and side by side we wait…

One word in this sentence is misspelled. What word is it?

Other than being colors, what do the words orange, silver and purple have in common?

Hint: Other than being colors…

Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?

Hint: Pronounced as one letter…

Pronounced as one letter, But look and you’ll see, That really I’m written with three. I’m read from both ends, The same either way. What am I?

Hint: Pronounced as one letter…

Read my riddle, I pray. What God never sees, what the king seldom sees, and what we see every day. What is it?

Hint: Read my riddle…

Some will use me, while others will not, some have remembered, while others have forgot. For profit or gain, I’m used expertly, I can’t be picked off the ground or tossed into the sea. Only gained from patience and time, can you unravel my rhyme?

Hint: Some will use me…

Ten pears hanging high, Ten men come passing by, Each took a pear and left nine hanging there. How could that be?

Hint: Ten pears hanging high…

The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?

The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of every end, and the end of every place. What am I?

Hint: The beginning of eternity…

The Pope has it but he does not use it. Your father has it but your mother uses it. Nuns do not need it. Your lady friend’s husband has it and she uses it. What is it?

Hint: The Pope has it but he does not use it…

There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off the bus throughout the journey. But when it gets to the other side there is not a single person left. How is this possible?

Hint: There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off …

There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?

Hint: There is a clothing store in Bartlesville…

There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?

Hint: There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a…

There was a buss with 26 people in it. Then, they decided to cross the Golden Gate Bridge. When they crossed the bridge, there was no single person left. Also, no one got out from the bus. What happened?

Hint: There was a buss with 26 people in it…

There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. Why?

Hint: There was a man who was born before his father…

Three robbers robbed a store. Once they came out they were totally changed, but they still continued robbing. Why?

Hint: Three robbers robbed a store…