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Wordplay Riddles for Kids

Looking for wordplay riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 20 kid-safe wordplay riddles, ranging from quick "what am I" warm-ups to head-scratching brain-teasers. Each riddle includes the answer behind a tap, so kids get a chance to guess before peeking. Great as classroom starters, lunch-box surprises, or a family game.

179 wordplay riddles

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If you say my name I am no more

If you say my name I am no more.

✨ I am Silence. You are silent until u speak. When you say silence you break it. Therefore, silence does not exist when you say “it's”name
L3 · impossible
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If you spell out all the numbers, how far do you have to go until you use the letter a?

If you spell out all the numbers, how far do you have to go until you use the letter a?

Hint: If you spell out all the numbers…

✨ One thousand
L3 · brain teaser
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In Crayon Town, the Red family lives in a red house, the Green family in a green house. Who lives in the rainbow house?

Every hue has its own cozy nest. But one home sparkles with every shade. No single family claims it.

Hint: A rainbow is made of all colors together.

✨ all the colors
L3 · brain teaser
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Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make

Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire’s too much to take!

Hint: Inside a burning house…

✨ Haste!
L3 · brain teaser
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It is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of

It is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every space. What is it?

Hint: It is the beginning of eternity…

✨ A letter The Letter E
L3 · brain teaser
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its is the beginning of existence and the end of time, its the beginning of everything and the end o

its is the beginning of existence and the end of time, its the beginning of everything and the end of space, what am i?

Hint: its is the beginning of existence and the end of time…

✨ The letter e
L3 · brain teaser
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Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts

Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts. Tony agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Tony lose the bet?

Hint: Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it …

✨ Joe said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. “Before”any football game starts, the score is always 0-0
L3 · brain teaser
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Kids say this two-word phrase at your door on Halloween night to get candy. What is it?

Kids say this two-word phrase at your door on Halloween night to get candy. What is it?

✨ Trick or treat
L1 · what am i
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Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have five children, half of them are boys.How is this possible?

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have five children, half of them are boys.How is this possible?

Hint: Mr…

✨ They are all boys
L3 · logic
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My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer's cramp

My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer’s cramp.

✨ Hyphen. The first two lines yield high-fen. A hyphen is used by a writer to tie (or cramp) two words together
L3 · rebus
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My first is in fish but not in snail, My second is in rabbit but not in tail

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…

✨ I am a fruit
L2 · what am i
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My first is often at the front door

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…

✨ RIDDLE:MATRIMONY (mat rye money). Which is certainly a “united state“!
L3 · brain teaser
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On Thanksgiving, families sit together and share what they are. What is that feeling called?

On Thanksgiving, families sit together and share what they are. What is that feeling called?

✨ Gratitude (being thankful)
L2 · what am i
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One by one we come to life and side by side we wait, while our company swells in number some come ea

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…

✨ Chapters
L3 · brain teaser
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One word in this sentence is misspelled

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

✨ It isn't spelled wrong, the one word in this sentence misspelled is “misspelled.“
L3 · brain teaser
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Other than being colors, what do the words orange, silver and purple have in common?

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

Hint: Other than being colors…

✨ There is no word in the English language that rhymes with them
L2 · brain teaser
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Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me

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…

✨ You have two of them An eye
L2 · what am i
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Pronounced as one letter, But look and you'll see, That really I'm written with three

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…

✨ I am an eye, or an ewe
L2 · what am i
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