They might be short and easy or difficult to the point of demanding deeper thinking and maybe even mathematical computations, but you can rest assured that these funny riddles are always entertaining and prone to make people laugh. Using wordplay and puns to prompt players to engage their mind, they strike back with unexpected answers, making the moment of revelation both surprising and humorous. Get ready to be caught off guard and laugh out loud with the twists and turns of the following funny riddles with answers!
Funny Riddles
Three little letters. A paradox to some. The worse that it is, the better it becomes.
Answer: Pun
Why did the turkey cross the road?
Answer: To prove he wasn't chicken.
What starts with "e," ends with "e," and contains one letter?
Answer: Envelope
If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
Answer: Wet
What does every birthday end with?
Answer: The letter Y
Why would you not want to be one of Snow White’s dwarfs?
Answer: 6 out of 7 of them aren’t Happy.
Why can't you trust an atom?
Answer: They make up everything.
The man who made it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
Answer: A Coffin.
What wears a coat in the winter and pants in the summer?
Answer: A dog.
What is the most popular fish in the ocean?
Answer: The starfish
Why did the man scream “I’m bankrupt!” when pushing his vehicle into a motel?
Answer: He was playing Monopoly!
You’ll often find me on tables, but I’m not a book. I can help you with writing, but I can’t help you with reading. What am I?
Answer: A keyboard
There is a pink single-story house and everything in it is pink. The doors are pink, the windows are pink and the TV is pink. What color are the stairs?
Answer: There are no stairs in a single-story house.
Why can't a Christmas tree stand up?
Answer: It doesn't have legs.
Why did the sheriff arrest the chicken?
Answer: It used fowl language.
A truck driver is going down a one-way street in the wrong direction. A police car drives past him but doesn’t stop him. Why?
Answer: Because he isn’t driving down the street - he’s walking.
What can you hold in your left hand but never in your right hand?
Answer: Your right hand
Which bus could cross the ocean?
Answer: Columbus.
Though desert men once called me God, today men call me mad. For I wag my tail when I am angry. And growl when I am glad.
Answer: Cat.
How do snowglobes feel about Christmas?
Answer: It always leaves them a little shaken.
What is more amazing than a talking dog?
Answer: A spelling bee
What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
Answer: A coat of paint
Which Disney character can count the highest?
Answer: Buzz Lightyear: to infinity and beyond.
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
Answer: A cupcake.
What bird can lift the most?
Answer: A crane.
Forwards I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
Answer: A ton.
Why was the cat thrown out of the card game?
Answer: Because he was a Cheetah!
What role in baseball does a cat play?
Answer: The Cat-cher.
Why does a hamburger have lower energy than a steak?
Answer: Because it's in the ground state.
It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.
Answer: Ring
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river.
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
Answer: A deck of playing cards.
Why did the spider buy a car?
Answer: To drive it around!
Why is April the cleanest month?
Answer: April showers.
A girl was ten on her last birthday and will be twelve on her next birthday. How is this possible?
Answer: Today is her 11th birthday.
What is red and smells like blue paint?
Answer: Red paint.
Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Answer: At the bottom
What is wicked, homeless, white and goes up and down?
Answer: A ghost in an elevator.
What did the wig say to the head?
Answer: I've got you covered.
What do you call a snowman in July?
Answer: A puddle.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Answer: Lunch and dinner
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken.
Answer: News
Who can jump higher than a house?
Answer: Anyone. A house can't jump.
Why does Snow White always treat each of the Seven Dwarfs equally?
Answer: Because she’s the fairest of them all.
What do liars do after death?
Answer: They lie still.
What’s the least-spoken language in the world?
Answer: Sign language
Why did Mickey Mouse go to space?
Answer: To look for Pluto.
What are 10 things you can always count on?
Answer: Your fingers.
What tastes better than it smells?
Answer: Your tongue.
Create entertaining puzzling games to play with friends and family and surprise everyone with your good humor thanks to these funny riddles with answers! The common point to all of these enigmas is their unexpected answers that catch everyone off guard and create a joyful environment. Apart from that, these word puzzles are very wide-ranging. For example, here you will find riddles for kids, riddles for adults, short riddles, hard riddles, and many more. Everything and anything, except for boredom. Have fun scratching your head to solve them all!
Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2025
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