Word Riddles with Answers
Riddles built on spelling, letters and double meanings. Click “Show the answer” under any riddle, or open it for a hint and to type your guess.
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
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Incorrectly. The word “incorrectly” is always spelled i-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t-l-y.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
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The letter M. M appears once in “minute”, twice in “moment” and never in “a thousand years”.
I can be cracked, made, told and played. What am I?
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A joke. You can crack a joke, make a joke, tell a joke and play a joke.
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
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A mushroom. The word mushroom ends in “room”, but it is a fungus.
What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?
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A teapot. A teapot starts and ends with the letter T and holds tea.
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
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Short. Add “er” to short and you get shorter.
What starts with an E, ends with an E, but usually contains only one letter?
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An envelope. An envelope begins and ends with E and holds a single letter.
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
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Ton. A ton is heavy, and “ton” spelled backward is “not”.
What word is always pronounced wrong?
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Wrong. The word “wrong” is always pronounced “wrong”.
What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?
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Day and night. Day breaks every morning, and night falls every evening.
Where does today come before yesterday?
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In the dictionary. T comes before Y, so “today” is listed before “yesterday”.
What four-letter word reads the same forward, backward and upside down?
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NOON. NOON is a palindrome, and in capitals it still reads NOON when turned upside down.
What word contains all 26 letters?
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Alphabet. “The alphabet” contains all 26 letters.
Which English word has three double letters in a row?
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Bookkeeper. Book-keeper: OO, KK and EE in a row.
I am a word of three letters. Add two more and fewer there will be. What word am I?
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Few. Add “er” to few and you get fewer.
What starts with P, ends with E and has thousands of letters?
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A post office. A post office handles thousands of letters every day.
What is at the end of a rainbow?
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The letter W. The word “rainbow” ends with the letter W.
What is the center of gravity?
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The letter V. The middle letter of the word “gravity” is V.
What kind of coat is best put on wet?
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A coat of paint. Paint goes on wet and dries on the wall.