Funny Riddles: 30 Silly Riddles with Answers

A chew-chew train

“Chew-chew” sounds like “choo-choo,” the sound of a train.

Nothing, it just waved

The ocean’s waves move up and down like a hand waving hello.

Nacho cheese

It is a pun on “not your cheese.”

Because it felt crummy

A cookie makes crumbs, and “crummy” means feeling bad.

A gummy bear

A bear with no teeth has gums, and gummy bears are a candy.

A bulldozer

A bull that is asleep “dozes,” so it is a bull-dozer.

Because it is two-tired

“Two-tired” sounds like “too tired,” and a bike has two tires.

Because it was framed

A picture hangs in a frame, and “framed” also means blamed for something you did not do.

To the moo-vies

“Moo-vies” is a pun on “movies,” since cows say moo.

A puddle

A snowman melts in the summer heat, and all that is left is a puddle.

A palm

Your palm is the inside of your hand, and a palm is also a kind of tree.

Open-toad shoes

“Open-toad” is a pun on “open-toed,” and toads are close cousins of frogs.

Between you and me, something smells

The nose sits between your eyes, so the smell is between them.

It had too many problems

A math book is full of problems, and “having problems” also means being upset.

A field of corn

An ear of corn is the part you eat, and corn does not hear anything.

It over-swept

“Over-swept” sounds like “overslept,” and a broom sweeps.

You can see right through them

A ghost is see-through, and “seeing through” a lie means spotting that it is false.

A pork chop

A karate “chop” and a pork chop are both called a chop.

An investigator

“In-vest-igator” sounds like “investigator” with a vest inside the word.

The C, because it sounds like the sea

People think it is “R” because pirates say “arrr,” but pirates sail the “C.”

It had a hard drive

A hard drive is a computer part, and a “hard drive” is also a long, tiring trip in the car.

Because if they flew over the bay, they would be bagels

Sea + gulls makes seagulls, so bay + gulls would be “bay-gulls,” which sounds like “bagels.”

A labracadabrador

It mixes “abracadabra,” a magic word, with Labrador, a type of dog.

Nice belt!

The number 8 looks like a zero with a belt around the middle.

In case he got a hole in one

A “hole in one” is a great golf shot, but a hole in his pants would be a problem.

A thesaurus

A thesaurus is a book full of words, and its name ends like dinosaur names such as Tyrannosaurus.

He was outstanding in his field

A scarecrow stands out in a field of crops, and “outstanding in his field” also means being great at your job.

I’ll meet you at the corner

Friends say “meet you at the corner” when they plan to get together, and two walls really do meet at a corner.

Sofishticated

“Sofishticated” sounds like “sophisticated,” which means fancy, and it has “fish” inside it.

Because the teacher said it was a piece of cake

“A piece of cake” means “easy,” but the student took it literally.