🧠 Word Riddles
Word riddles and brain teasers with a hint if you get stuck.
How to play
- Read the riddle or look at the picture clue.
- Type your answer and press Submit or Enter.
- Hint reveals one more letter, for a smaller score.
- Skip reveals the answer and resets your streak.
- Spacing and punctuation in your answer don't matter.
A free mix of logic riddles and picture riddles
Word Riddles mixes two classic riddle formats into one game. Logic riddles describe something ordinary in a tricky, indirect way, like "what has a face and two hands but no arms or legs," and picture riddles show two emoji that combine into a single compound word, like a sun and a sunflower emoji spelling out sunflower. Either way, type your answer into the box and press Submit or Enter to check it.
Every riddle's answer format is forgiving: spacing and punctuation don't matter, so typing a two-word answer as one word or two both work the same. Stuck? The Hint button reveals one more letter of the answer as a fill-in-the-blank pattern, though using more hints lowers how many points that riddle is worth. Skip reveals the answer outright and moves on right away with no score penalty, but it does reset your current streak.
Keep solving riddles back to back to build your streak, and your longest streak is saved locally in your own browser so you can try to beat it. It's free, works with a mouse, touchscreen, or keyboard, and needs no download or account. See the Parents & Safety page for the full privacy details, or try the number-code Codeword puzzle, or browse the rest of the Word Games hub.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of riddles are in this game?
Two kinds mixed together: classic text riddles that describe something in a tricky way, and picture riddles where two emoji combine to spell one compound word.
How do you answer a riddle?
Type your answer into the box and press Submit or Enter. Spacing and punctuation don't matter, so "apple pie" and "applepie" both work the same.
How does the hint work?
Hint reveals one more letter of the answer as a fill-in-the-blank pattern. Each hint lowers how many points that riddle is worth, but there's no limit to how many you can use.
What happens if I skip a riddle?
Skip reveals the answer and moves on to a new riddle right away, with no score penalty, but it does reset your current streak.