Funny riddles
What do you call a bear with no teeth?
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What are some funny riddles with answers?
Riddles with a joke for an answer, like: what do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Try the riddle in the box above: type the punchline and press Check, or tap Hint. There are over 100 funny riddles, with every answer in the list under the game.
How to play
- Read the riddle in the box. Pick a category first if you like.
- Type your answer and press Check. Capitals, a or the, and plurals do not matter.
- Stuck? Tap Hint for a clue, or Show answer to give up. Giving up ends your streak.
- Press Next for a new one. Each one comes up once before any repeats.
For a group, choose Pass the phone. One player reads the riddle out loud and can peek at the answer. The others shout guesses, and the reader gives +1 to the first right answer. Next passes the phone to the next reader.
All 109 riddles with answers
Tap Answer under a riddle to see it. Try each one before you look.
What has lots of eyes but cannot see a thing?
Answer
A potato
What has bark but never bites?
Answer
A tree
What can you catch but never throw?
Answer
A cold
Where does Thursday come before Wednesday?
Answer
In the dictionary
What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Answer
A teapot
You wear me on your foot, but I am not a shoe. One of me often gets lost in the wash. What am I?
Answer
A sock
I can make you cry, but I never hurt your feelings. What am I?
Answer
An onion
I run all day when you have a cold, but I have no legs. What am I?
Answer
Your nose
What disappears as soon as you stand up?
Answer
Your lap
Which word is always spelled wrong in the dictionary?
Answer
Wrong
What has four wheels and flies?
Answer
A garbage truck
Which room has no doors and no windows?
Answer
A mushroom
Which kind of tree can you hold in your hand?
Answer
A palm
What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer
A gummy bear
What has a ring but no finger?
Answer
A phone
If two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?
Answer
Nine
How many months have 28 days?
Answer
All of them
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many sheep are left?
Answer
9
There are 3 apples on a table, and you take 2. How many apples do you have?
Answer
2
What can you put in a bucket to make it lighter?
Answer
A hole
A rooster lays an egg on top of a barn roof. Which way does the egg roll?
Answer
Roosters do not lay eggs
Which word holds every one of the 26 letters?
Answer
Alphabet
What has its bottom at the top?
Answer
Your legs
What weighs more, a kilo of feathers or a kilo of bricks?
Answer
Neither
Which building has the most stories?
Answer
A library
What do you call a fish with no eyes?
Answer
Fsh
What starts with P, ends with E, and has thousands of letters?
Answer
A post office
Which kind of band never plays music?
Answer
A rubber band
What tastes things better than it smells them?
Answer
Your tongue
What is orange and sounds like a parrot?
Answer
A carrot
What did the ocean say to the beach?
Answer
Nothing, it just waved
Why was 6 afraid of 7?
Answer
Because 7 ate 9
What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
Answer
A dino-snore
What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer
The letter W
What is in the center of gravity?
Answer
The letter V
Which bus crossed the ocean?
Answer
Columbus
Which kind of coat goes on wet?
Answer
A coat of paint
Which invention lets you look right through a wall?
Answer
A window
What did one wall say to the other wall?
Answer
I will meet you at the corner
Why did the bicycle fall over?
Answer
It was two-tired
What do you call cheese that is not yours?
Answer
Nacho cheese
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
Answer
No idea
What do you call a boomerang that never comes back?
Answer
A stick
Where do fish keep their money?
Answer
In the river bank
What do you call a dog that does magic tricks?
Answer
A labracadabrador
What did the zero say to the eight?
Answer
Nice belt
Why are fish so smart?
Answer
They live in schools
How do you make the number one disappear?
Answer
Add a G to make gone
How many times can you take 5 away from 25?
Answer
Once
What is the end of everything?
Answer
The letter G
What can you serve but never eat?
Answer
A tennis ball
An electric train goes north at full speed. Which way does its smoke go?
Answer
There is no smoke
What is red and bad for your teeth?
Answer
A brick
Which is faster, hot or cold?
Answer
Hot
Which key opens a banana?
Answer
A monkey
What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer
An investigator
What has four eyes but cannot see?
Answer
Mississippi
What do you call a pig that does karate?
Answer
A pork chop
What did the big flower say to the little flower?
Answer
Hi, bud
Why can a nose not be 12 inches long?
Answer
Then it would be a foot
It has the head of a cat, the feet of a cat, and the tail of a cat, but it is not a cat. What is it?
Answer
A kitten
Which animal can jump higher than a house?
Answer
Any animal
Which letter of the alphabet holds the most water?
Answer
C
What do you call a cow with no legs?
Answer
Ground beef
Which subject is a witch best at?
Answer
Spelling
Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
Answer
It felt crummy
What is black and white and read all over?
Answer
A newspaper
What do you call a can opener that does not work?
Answer
A can't opener
Why was the broom late?
Answer
It overswept
Which game does a tornado like best?
Answer
Twister
What do you call a dinosaur that knows a lot of words?
Answer
A thesaurus
Which shoes do frogs wear?
Answer
Open-toad shoes
What do you call a pile of kittens?
Answer
A meowntain
Which month do soldiers dislike?
Answer
March
What do you call a bee that cannot decide?
Answer
A maybe
Why did the music teacher need a ladder?
Answer
To reach the high notes
Which part of a computer does an astronaut like best?
Answer
The space bar
Why do skeletons never fight each other?
Answer
They do not have the guts
What do you call a bull that is sleeping?
Answer
A bulldozer
How do astronauts plan a party?
Answer
They planet
Why should you never trust an atom?
Answer
They make up everything
What do clouds wear under their clothes?
Answer
Thunderwear
Which kind of music scares balloons?
Answer
Pop
What kind of dog never bites?
Answer
A hot dog
What do you call a train that sneezes?
Answer
An achoo-choo train
What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?
Answer
Frostbite
What is the hardest part of learning to ride a bike?
Answer
The ground
What do you call a fake noodle?
Answer
An impasta
How does a penguin build its house?
Answer
Igloos it together
What do you call a bear caught in the rain?
Answer
A drizzly bear
What do you call an elephant that does not matter?
Answer
An irrelephant
What is brown and sticky?
Answer
A stick
Which letter is a vegetable when you say it?
Answer
P
What is the longest word in the dictionary?
Answer
Smiles
Which ship has two mates but no captain?
Answer
A friendship
What is a cat's favorite color?
Answer
Purr-ple
Why did the scarecrow win a prize?
Answer
He was outstanding in his field
What do you call a snowman in July?
Answer
A puddle
Which animal is always at a baseball game?
Answer
A bat
Why did the math book look sad?
Answer
It had too many problems
What is a math teacher's favorite dessert?
Answer
Pie
What did the triangle say to the circle?
Answer
You are pointless
Why do plants hate math?
Answer
It gives them square roots
What do you call a hen that counts her eggs?
Answer
A mathemachicken
What do you get when you divide the distance around a pumpkin by its width?
Answer
Pumpkin pi
Which two meals can you never eat for breakfast?
Answer
Lunch and dinner
How many letters are in the alphabet?
Answer
11
Where can you find a dog with no legs?
Answer
Right where you left it
What always goes to bed with its shoes on?
Answer
A horse
Questions
Do I have to type the punchline word for word?
No. The key words are enough: for the bicycle that fell over, two tired and too tired both count. Capitals, a or the, and plurals do not matter.
Are the funny riddles clean?
Yes. They are puns and silly jokes, fine for kids and for school.
How do we play funny riddles with friends?
Choose Pass the phone. One player reads the riddle out loud, the others shout the punchline, and the first right answer gets a point.
How do I send one to the group chat?
Press Copy link to this riddle, or Share on a phone. The link opens the same riddle with the answer hidden.