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49 Emoji Rebus Puzzles with Answers

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An emoji rebus reads pictures for their sound, not their meaning. A bee next to a leaf is not about insects or plants: say the two words together and you hear belief. Every card in this set carries a hint and a full answer with the decoding spelled out, so you can learn the trick as you play.

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Emoji rebus puzzles for kids

Two pictures, one word. The first stretch is perfect for young solvers.

Picture math and emoji phrases

Later cards add plus and minus signs and mix emoji with printed words for full phrases.

  1. 1. Sound out the pictures.

    Rebus puzzle: a picture of an eye, then a picture of a candy
    Need a hint?

    Name the body part, then the treat, and read them as a two word phrase.

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    Eye candy. An eye beside a sweet reads eye candy, a treat for looking instead of eating.

  2. 2. Sound out the pictures.

    WALL
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a fire, then the word "WALL"
    Need a hint?

    Name the burning picture and glue it straight onto the word beside it.

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    Firewall. The fire emoji glued to WALL spells the security barrier on every computer, a firewall.

  3. 3. Sound out the pictures.

    BINGE
    Rebus puzzle: the word "BINGE", then a picture of a watch
    Need a hint?

    The wrist picture stands for a verb here, not a timepiece.

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    Binge watch. BINGE followed by a wristwatch, read as the verb, gives binge watch, the streaming era pastime.

  4. 4. Sound out the pictures.

    NIGHT
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a date, then the word "NIGHT"
    Need a hint?

    The calendar picture has a shorter, more romantic name; add the word after it.

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    Date night. The calendar emoji read as DATE plus NIGHT gives date night, the evening couples reserve for each other.

  5. 5. Solve the picture math.

    โˆ’G
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a ghost, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "G"
    Need a hint?

    Spell the spooky one's name, then take the shown letter away from the front.

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    Host. GHOST without its G becomes the HOST of the party.

  6. 6. Solve the picture math.

    โˆ’W
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a witch, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "W"
    Need a hint?

    Spell the broomstick rider's name, then drop the letter out front.

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    Itch. WITCH without its W leaves an ITCH.

  7. 7. Sound out the pictures.

    Rebus puzzle: a picture of an egg, then a picture of a shell
    Need a hint?

    Just name the two pictures and push the names together.

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    Eggshell. EGG next to SHELL reads as one word: EGGSHELL.

  8. 8. Sound out the pictures.

    QT
    Rebus puzzle: the word "QT", then a picture of a pie
    Need a hint?

    Say the two letters out loud as their own word, then add the dessert.

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    Cutie pie. The letters Q-T said aloud sound like CUTIE, plus PIE: cutie pie.

  9. 9. Sound out the pictures.

    GRIN+IT
    Rebus puzzle: the word "GRIN", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a bear, then the word "IT"
    Need a hint?

    The plus sign reads as a joining word, and the animal is a homophone.

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    Grin and bear it. GRIN plus (read as AND) the BEAR and IT: grin and bear it.

  10. 10. Sound out the pictures.

    GRASS
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a snake placed inside the word "GRASS" (splitting it after letter 2)
    Need a hint?

    Name the animal, say where it is sitting, then read the word it interrupts.

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    Snake in the grass. The snake sits inside the word GRASS: a snake in the grass.

  11. 11. Sound out the pictures.

    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a duck repeated 4 times in a row
    Need a hint?

    Name the birds in plural, then describe exactly how they are arranged: their exact number does not matter.

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    Ducks in a row. Several identical ducks lined up horizontally are literally ducks in a row: the idiom for being organized.

  12. 12. Sound out the pictures.

    WALKINGSHELLS
    Rebus puzzle: the word "WALKING", printed directly above a picture of an egg, then the word "SHELLS"
    Need a hint?

    Read the top word, say its position relative to the bottom, then merge the picture with the word beside it.

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    Walking on eggshells. WALKING sits on top of EGG+SHELLS: walking on eggshells.

  13. 13. Solve the picture math.

    -F
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a fox, then the symbol "-", then the word "F"
    Need a hint?

    Spell the animal's name, then take away the letter shown after the minus sign.

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    Ox. FOX with the F taken away leaves OX.

  14. 14. Solve the picture math.

    B+
    Rebus puzzle: the word "B", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a rain
    Need a hint?

    Say the letter, then the weather picture, all in one breath.

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    Brain. The letter B added in front of RAIN spells BRAIN.

  15. 15. Sound out the pictures.

    SHELL+
    Rebus puzzle: the word "SHELL", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a fish
    Need a hint?

    Read the written word, then say the sea creature, and push the two sounds together into one word.

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    Shellfish. The written word SHELL plus the fish picture joins into SHELLFISH.

  16. 16. Sound out the pictures.

    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a tree, then a picture of a frog
    Need a hint?

    Say the tall leafy plant first, then the hopper: read left to right.

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    Tree frog. TREE next to FROG reads straight through as TREE FROG.

  17. 17. Sound out the pictures.

    +
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a hand, then the symbol "+", then a picture of a ball
    Need a hint?

    A body part plus a round toy: the plus sign glues the sounds together.

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    Handball. HAND plus BALL joins into HANDBALL.

  18. 18. Sound out the pictures.

    +
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a snowflake, then the symbol "+", then a picture of a shoe
    Need a hint?

    What falls from a cold sky, plus what you wear on your foot.

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    Snowshoe. SNOW plus SHOE joins into SNOWSHOE.

  19. 19. Sound out the pictures.

    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a key, then a picture of a ring
    Need a hint?

    Read the two pictures left to right and snap them into a single word.

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    Keyring. KEY next to RING reads straight through as KEYRING.

  20. 20. Sound out the pictures.

    +
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a star, then the symbol "+", then a picture of a ship
    Need a hint?

    A bright twinkler in the night sky plus a big ocean vessel: join the sounds.

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    Starship. STAR plus SHIP joins into STARSHIP.

  21. 21. Sound out the pictures.

    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a sun, then a picture of a fish
    Need a hint?

    The bright thing in the daytime sky, then the swimmer: read them as one word.

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    Sunfish. SUN next to FISH reads straight through as SUNFISH.

  22. 22. Sound out the pictures.

    +
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a hand, then the symbol "+", then a picture of a book
    Need a hint?

    A body part plus something you read: the plus sign glues the sounds together.

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    Handbook. HAND plus BOOK joins into HANDBOOK.

  23. 23. Sound out the pictures.

    PUT AIT
    Rebus puzzle: the word "PUT A", then a picture of a sock placed inside the word "IT" (splitting it after letter 1)
    Need a hint?

    Name the picture, then say where it sits within the two-letter word.

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    Put a sock in it. A sock emoji sits inside the word IT after PUT A: put a sock IN it.

  24. 24. Sound out the pictures.

    NY SIDE UP
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a sun, then the word "NY SIDE UP"
    Need a hint?

    Say the picture out loud and glue it straight onto the letters after it.

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    Sunny side up. SUN glued to NY makes SUNNY, then SIDE UP reads literally: sunny side up.

  25. 25. Sound out the pictures.

    +EFFECT
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a snowflake, then the symbol "+", then a picture of a ball, then the word "EFFECT"
    Need a hint?

    Add the two pictures' names into one word, then read the word beside them.

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    Snowball effect. SNOW plus BALL makes SNOWBALL, followed by EFFECT: snowball effect.

  26. 26. Sound out the pictures.

    RIGHT OFF THE
    Rebus puzzle: the word "RIGHT OFF THE", then a picture of a bat
    Need a hint?

    Read the words as printed, then simply name the flying animal.

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    Right off the bat. The text reads RIGHT OFF THE and the bat emoji completes the idiom: right off the bat.

  27. 27. Sound out the pictures.

    A
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a ring, then the word "A", then a picture of a bell
    Need a hint?

    The jewelry picture stands for a verb, not the thing itself.

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    Ring a bell. The ring emoji is read as the verb RING, followed by A and the bell: ring a bell.

  28. 28. Sound out the pictures.

    FROM THEBLUE
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a lightning, then the word "FROM THE", then the word "BLUE" printed in blue ink
    Need a hint?

    The weather picture has a second, shorter name: use that one.

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    Bolt from the blue. The lightning emoji is read as BOLT, and the blue-inked word confirms the idiom: bolt from the blue.

  29. 29. Sound out the pictures.

    YOUR FACE
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of an egg, printed directly above the word "YOUR FACE"
    Need a hint?

    Say what the picture is, then say where it sits relative to the words below.

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    Egg on your face. The egg emoji sits ON the words YOUR FACE: egg on your face.

  30. 30. Sound out the pictures.

    AOF A TIME
    Rebus puzzle: the word "A", then a picture of a whale, then the word "OF A TIME"
    Need a hint?

    The sea creature's name here just means something really big.

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    A whale of a time. The whale emoji stands for WHALE meaning huge: a whale of a time.

  31. 31. Solve the picture math.

    +T
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a star, then the symbol "+", then the word "T"
    Need a hint?

    Say the picture's name, then stick the extra letter on the end.

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    Start. STAR + T spells START.

  32. 32. Solve the picture math.

    PL+
    Rebus puzzle: the word "PL", then the symbol "+", then a picture of an ant
    Need a hint?

    Read the two letters first, then say the insect's name right after them.

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    Plant. PL + ANT spells PLANT.

  33. 33. Solve the picture math.

    S++F
    Rebus puzzle: the word "S", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a car, then the symbol "+", then the word "F"
    Need a hint?

    The vehicle's name sits between two extra letters: say all three parts as one word.

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    Scarf. S + CAR + F spells SCARF.

  34. 34. Solve the picture math.

    +D
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a bear, then the symbol "+", then the word "D"
    Need a hint?

    Spell the animal's name, then add the letter to the very end.

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    Beard. BEAR + D spells BEARD.

  35. 35. Solve the picture math.

    โˆ’P
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a plane, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "P"
    Need a hint?

    Spell the flying machine's name, then take the shown letter away from the front.

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    Lane. PLANE minus its P leaves LANE.

  36. 36. Solve the picture math.

    A+
    Rebus puzzle: the word "A", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a corn
    Need a hint?

    Put the single letter in front of the vegetable's name and read it all together.

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    Acorn. A + CORN spells ACORN.

  37. 37. Solve the picture math.

    B+
    Rebus puzzle: the word "B", then the symbol "+", then a picture of an owl
    Need a hint?

    Put the letter in front of the bird's name and read the new spelling.

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    Bowl. B + OWL spells BOWL.

  38. 38. Sound out the pictures.

    CHECK
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a rain, then the word "CHECK"
    Need a hint?

    Name the weather picture, then just read the word beside it.

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    Rain check. The rain emoji plus the word CHECK reads as the idiom for postponing plans.

  39. 39. Sound out the pictures.

    HEADLIGHTS
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a deer placed inside the word "HEADLIGHTS" (splitting it after letter 4)
    Need a hint?

    Say where the animal is standing relative to the long word around it.

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    Deer in headlights. The deer emoji sits inside the word HEADLIGHTS: a deer IN headlights.

  40. 40. Sound out the pictures.

    YOUR STEP
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a watch, then the word "YOUR STEP"
    Need a hint?

    The wrist gadget's name also works as a verb here.

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    Watch your step. The watch emoji read as a verb plus YOUR STEP gives the warning phrase.

  41. 41. Sound out the pictures.

    DUMB+
    Rebus puzzle: the word "DUMB", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a bell
    Need a hint?

    Glue the written word onto the sound of the ringing picture.

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    Dumbbell. DUMB plus the sound of BELL squashed together spells DUMBBELL.

  42. 42. Sound out the pictures.

    42
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a tea, then the word "4", then the word "2"
    Need a hint?

    Say the digits out loud instead of counting with them.

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    Tea for two. TEA plus the spoken numbers 4 (for) and 2 (two) reads TEA FOR TWO.

  43. 43. Sound out the pictures.

    CASH
    Rebus puzzle: the word "CASH", then a picture of a cow
    Need a hint?

    Read the word, then name the farm animal next to it.

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    Cash cow. CASH plus the cow emoji reads the business idiom for a dependable moneymaker.

  44. 44. Solve the picture math.

    M+โˆ’H
    Rebus puzzle: the word "M", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a house, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "H"
    Need a hint?

    Spell the building's name, take away its first letter, and put the shown letter in front instead.

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    Mouse. M + HOUSE with its H removed spells MOUSE.

  45. 45. Solve the picture math.

    โˆ’S+T
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a star, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "S", then the symbol "+", then the word "T"
    Need a hint?

    Drop the first letter of the picture's name, then tack the extra letter onto the end.

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    Tart. STAR minus its S leaves TAR; add T on the end to spell TART.

  46. 46. Solve the picture math.

    โˆ’L+T
    Rebus puzzle: a picture of a bell, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "L", then the symbol "+", then the word "T"
    Need a hint?

    Spell what you see, remove one of its doubled letters, and add the new letter at the end.

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    Belt. BELL minus one L leaves BEL; add T to spell BELT.

  47. 47. Solve the picture math.

    SL+โˆ’SH
    Rebus puzzle: the word "SL", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a sheep, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "SH"
    Need a hint?

    Swap the animal's first two letters for the two shown: fittingly, counting these animals is said to help.

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    Sleep. SL + SHEEP minus its SH spells SLEEP.

  48. 48. Solve the picture math.

    TR+โˆ’D
    Rebus puzzle: the word "TR", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a duck, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "D"
    Need a hint?

    Take the bird's name, knock off its first letter, and put the two shown letters in its place.

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    Truck. TR + DUCK minus its D spells TRUCK.

  49. 49. Solve the picture math.

    M+โˆ’H
    Rebus puzzle: the word "M", then the symbol "+", then a picture of a honey, then the symbol "โˆ’", then the word "H"
    Need a hint?

    Spell the sweet stuff in the jar, drop its first letter, and swap in the one shown.

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    Money. M + HONEY minus its H spells MONEY.

FAQ about 49 Emoji Rebus Puzzles with Answers

How do emoji rebus puzzles work?

Read each emoji for its sound and blend the sounds into one word or phrase. A star and a fish make starfish.

What does a minus sign mean in a rebus?

Take that sound or letter away. A fox minus the letter F leaves ox.

Do the puzzles include answers?

Yes. Every card has a hint and a tap to reveal answer that explains exactly how the pictures decode.

Once you have decoded these emoji rebuses, keep the picture-puzzle fun going with our emoji riddles that turn tiny icons into brain-teasing clues. When you are ready for more visual wordplay, browse the full collection of rebus puzzles to solve and see how many you can crack.