Halloween Riddles for Kids
These easy halloween riddles are all treat and no trick. Every card in this set of halloween riddles with answers for kids is silly-spooky, never scary, so it works for classroom parties and trick-or-treat night alike. Tap to reveal each answer, or play the whole page as a quiz.
Halloween riddles for kids: the clue that turns a spooky picture into a plain object
Ninety cards, and they do not all work alike. Fourteen are what-am-I riddles: a Halloween object lists two or three plain facts about itself, and each one crosses another candidate off. The carved pumpkin offers a stem, a face and a glow after dark. The scarecrow offers a straw shirt and a job shooing crows. None of the fourteen contradicts itself and none needs outside knowledge, so name whatever object springs to mind and hold it up beside clue two.
Clue two is where the real lesson sits. Carved once a year aims a kid at a Thanksgiving turkey, until the pumpkin adds that it smiles through the whole business. Black and perched on a witch's shoulder is a crow, until it meows. White and drifting could be a cloud, one word all night could be an owl, and only a ghost answers to both. Later clues are refusals aimed at the guess you just made.
Most of the rest is puns, boo-ts and a tele-bone and Count Quackula, and they want saying out loud, because the swap lives in the sound. Twenty-two more hang on a word or a set phrase doing two jobs, like a skeleton with no guts. Three cards offer choices, two ask true or false, three are emoji pairs, one is a bat picture, and twenty-six carry the Hard grade. The main Halloween riddles page leans hardest on plain description, and the grown-up version wants folklore recall and clues that fight each other.
- Riddle 30: most people say A turkey. Carved once a year is the clue most kids hear first, and a turkey gets carved every November. Smiling the whole time removes it: nobody has ever seen a grinning turkey, but a pumpkin with a face cut into it does nothing else.
- Riddle 28: most people say A crow. Black and perched on a witch's shoulder is a crow in every storybook picture. Meow is the word that rules the bird out; crows caw, and the only meowing thing a witch keeps is the cat.
- Riddle 25: most people say An owl. One word all night long sounds like an owl calling who, and owls look pale in the moonlight. Floating breaks the match: an owl needs wings beating to stay up, while the thing under the sheet drifts along with nothing holding it there.
- Riddle 20: most people say A black cat. Rides with a witch sends most kids to the cat curled on the broom behind her. Bristles instead of feathers cuts that answer out; a cat has fur and whiskers, and the only bristles on the ride are on the broom's sweeping end.
Name the object clue one suggests, then let every later clue veto it; whatever is still standing at the end wins.
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1. What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? Easy
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A sand-witch.
Sand-witch sounds just like sandwich, tying a witch to the beach.
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2. I have a stem but no leaves, a face but no nose, and I glow when the sun goes down. What am I? Medium
Most people first say: A sunflower
Need a hint?
You scoop out my seeds before you carve me.
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A carved pumpkin.
Stem but no leaves rules out the flower, and the face is the flip: a face that only glows after dark is one somebody cut into a fruit and lit with a candle.
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3. What kind of music do mummies love? Easy
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Wrap music.
Rap and wrap sound the same when you say them aloud, so the music style hides inside the bandages. The joke works only by ear; on paper a silent w is all that tells the two apart.
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4. Why don't skeletons ever fight each other? Easy
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They don't have the guts.
Having the guts is a set phrase for being brave. Read it as plain anatomy instead: a skeleton is bone and nothing more, so it lacks the guts in both senses at once.
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5. I wear a black hat, I ride at night, and my broom never sweeps a floor. Who am I? Easy
Most people first say: A vampire
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A witch.
Riding at night fits a vampire until the broom appears, and a broom that never sweeps is the narrowing clue: only one Halloween rider uses a floor tool as a flying machine.
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6. What do ghosts wear when it rains? Easy
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Boo-ts.
Ghosts say boo, so boo-ts replaces the boot sound for rain gear.
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7. Where do baby ghosts go during the day? Medium
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Day-scare.
Day-scare swaps care for scare in daycare, fitting spooky ghosts.
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8. I am full of candy but I am not a store. Kids carry me from door to door. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: A candy bowl
Need a hint?
You hold me open and say the magic words.
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A trick-or-treat bag.
Full of candy sends most kids to the bowl by the front door, and the second sentence removes it: a bowl stays home while this thing travels along the route and gets heavier at every porch.
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9. What is a vampire's favorite fruit? Easy
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A blood orange.
Real fruit first: an orange with dark red flesh is sold under that name for its color. The joke reads the first half of the name as a vampire's drink, so one grocery item serves both meanings.
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10. Why did the ghost get invited to every party? Medium
Need a hint?
Ghosts say this word all the time.
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He was a real boo-st to the fun.
Boo-st swaps in the ghost sound boo for the word boost.
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11. What does a skeleton order at a restaurant? Easy
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Spare ribs
Spare ribs are a menu item, and spare also means extra. A skeleton is already nothing but ribs, so ordering extra ones is the joke; the other choices are just spooky-sounding foods.
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12. I have eight legs and I love to spin, but I never get dizzy. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: An octopus
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A spider.
Eight legs pulls an octopus into the room first, and spin sends it right back out: an octopus swims, while the creature that spins makes thread. Never dizzy is a small joke about the other sense of spin.
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13. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire? Medium
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Frostbite.
Take the cold from the snowman and the bite from the vampire and push them together: the result is an everyday word for skin hurt by freezing weather, which is also what a chilly vampire would do to you.
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14. 🍬 + 🌽 Easy
Need a hint?
A striped treat you see in every Halloween bowl.
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Candy corn (candy + corn).
Each picture stands for its plain word and the plus sign says put them side by side. The striped Halloween sweet is named for the corn kernel it is shaped like, so the corn stays literal and nobody needs to solve a pun.
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15. Why don't mummies have any friends? Medium
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They are too wrapped up in themselves.
Wrapped up means both bandaged and self-absorbed, a mummy pun.
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16. I am a house nobody wants to visit alone, with creaky doors and cobwebs of my own. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: An old barn
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A haunted house.
Creaky doors and cobwebs turn up in any empty building, so they cut nothing. Being feared is what narrows it: an old barn is merely dusty, while this place is the one kids dare each other to enter alone.
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17. What is a monster's favorite game? Easy
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Hide and shriek.
Hide and shriek swaps seek for a scream, fitting monsters.
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18. A group of witches is sometimes called a coven. Medium
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True.
True. Coven is the old storybook word for a group of witches, the way a flock is a group of birds. It sounds like oven or cove, which is why many kids doubt it.
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19. What do birds say on Halloween? Easy
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Trick or tweet.
Birds tweet, so trick or tweet replaces treat in the greeting.
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20. I ride with a witch but I never say a word. I have bristles instead of feathers. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: A black cat
Need a hint?
On normal days I sweep the kitchen.
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A broomstick.
Rides with a witch brings the cat to mind first. Never say a word fits both, so the bristles do the narrowing: a cat has fur and whiskers, and the only stiff bristles on that broom belong to the sweeping end.
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21. Why did the vampire read the newspaper? Medium
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He heard it had great circulation
Circulation counts the copies a newspaper sells and also names the blood moving around a body. The other three choices are only vampire props, with no second meaning to carry a joke.
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22. What room in a house will a zombie never wake up in? Medium
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The living room, because zombies aren't living.
Being alive and the family sitting room share one word, and zombies fail the alive sense. So the one room they can never wake up in is the one whose name they cannot earn.
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23. What do you call two witches who share a room? Easy
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Broom-mates.
Say roommates with a witch's accent and the opening sound turns into her flying gear. Sharing one room is the setup; the broom is the sound swap that makes it a Halloween joke.
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24. 🕷️ + 🕸️ Easy
Need a hint?
It hangs in spooky corners and catches things.
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A spider web (spider + web).
Two pictures, two plain words, and the plus sign just glues them together in order. Nothing here is a pun; the only trick is noticing that the second emoji is the web itself and not a second spider.
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25. I am white and I float, and I say one word all night long. What am I and what do I say? Easy
Most people first say: An owl
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A ghost, and I say boo!
White and floating fits a cloud, and one word all night fits an owl, so the pair of clues is doing the narrowing together. The only white floater that talks, and does it after dark, is the one under the sheet.
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26. Why was the candy corn late to school? Medium
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It got stuck in a candy jam.
Candy jam puns on a traffic jam and sticky candy.
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27. What is a witch's favorite school subject? Easy
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Spelling.
A spell is a set of letters in class and a bit of magic on a broomstick, and the school subject carries both senses in one word. The witch picks the class where her hobby is graded.
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28. I am black, I sit on a witch's shoulder, and I say meow. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: A crow
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A black cat
Perched on a witch's shoulder in black, a crow fits the first two clues just as well, so they narrow nothing. Meow is the pivot: it takes the bird off the list and leaves the pet that rides along in every witch picture.
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29. What kind of dog does Dracula have? Easy
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A blood-hound.
Real breed first: the hound with the famous nose carries the word blood in its name, and that word doubles as the count's favorite drink. Asking about a dog lets the answer smuggle the vampire's diet inside a kennel name.
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30. I get carved once a year but I never cry about it. In fact, I smile the whole time. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: A turkey
Need a hint?
Look on porches at the end of October.
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A jack-o-lantern.
Carved once a year is the clue that sends most kids to the Thanksgiving turkey, and smiling the whole time removes it: no bird grins while being cut, but a pumpkin with a face knifed into it does nothing else.
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31. What does a ghost use to wash its hair? Easy
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Sham-boo
Shampoo hides the sound poo at its end, and boo slides in for it. The other choices bolt a spooky word onto a product without a sound match, which is how you spot the real pun.
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32. Why did the skeleton climb the tree? Easy
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A dog was after his bones.
Chew toys first: a dog wants bones as treats, and bones are also everything a skeleton is made of. The joke lets the dog read the skeleton as one giant treat, so climbing keeps him in one piece.
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33. What treat do eye doctors hand out on Halloween? Medium
Need a hint?
It is a mix of candy corn and something an eye doctor checks.
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Candy eye-corn.
Eye-corn adds eye to candy corn, matching what eye doctors check.
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34. Pumpkins grow on tall trees. Easy
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False.
False. Big round fruit like apples and oranges hang from trees, which is where the guess comes from, but a pumpkin is too heavy for a branch and grows on a vine that creeps along the ground.
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35. What do you call a skeleton who won't do his chores? Easy
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Lazy bones.
An old nickname for anyone who dodges work is usually said to a person with skin on. Say it to a skeleton and the nickname turns literal, because bones are all he has to be lazy with.
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36. 💀 + 🔑 Easy
Need a hint?
It can open almost any old door.
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A skeleton key (skeleton + key).
The skull picture is read as its owner, a whole skeleton, and the key keeps its plain meaning. Put together they name a real old-fashioned key that opens many locks; the only step is expanding the skull into the full word.
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37. I follow you all day in the sun, but on a dark Halloween night I disappear. What am I? Medium
Most people first say: Your dog
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Your shadow.
Follows you all day reads as a loyal dog, and the dark night is the clue that removes it: a dog stays close no matter the light, while this companion needs the sun behind you to exist at all.
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38. Why do vampires seem sick all the time? Medium
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They are always coffin.
Coughing is what sick people do, and coffin is where a vampire sleeps; said quickly the two words blur into one. The pun only lands out loud, which is why it reads oddly on the page.
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39. Count the bats flying over the haunted house. How many do you see? Medium
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Five bats. Three high in the sky and two flying lower, near the roof line.
Three fly high across the top of the sky, so a quick sweep counts those and stops. The other two hang low and far out, one by the left edge and one by the right, roughly level with the roof peak.
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40. What is in a ghost's nose? Easy
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Boo-gers.
Out loud, the answer is the ordinary nose word with its opening sound stretched into a ghost's favorite noise. The riddle asks about a nose so the gross but harmless word arrives on its own.
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41. What is a friendly ghost's favorite dessert? Easy
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Boo-berry pie.
Blueberry and boo share their opening sound, so one syllable swap hands the pie to a ghost. Say it out loud and the fruit is still in there; on paper the change looks bigger than it sounds.
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42. Why don't ghosts like a rainy Halloween? Medium
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It dampens their spirits.
Spoiling a mood is what the set phrase means, and a ghost is also a spirit. Read the phrase literally and the rain is soaking the ghosts themselves, so both senses of spirit take the hit at once.
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43. What makeup does a witch put on before a party? Medium
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Ma-scare-a.
Eye makeup first: the usual word for it gets a scare dropped into its middle syllable and still sounds nearly the same. The witch wants the version with fright built in, and the joke works only when spoken.
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44. What is a scarecrow's favorite fruit? Easy
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Straw-berries.
The fruit's name has straw in its first half, spelled exactly like the stuffing inside a scarecrow. The joke reads that half literally and hands the berries to the creature made of it; nothing else about the fruit is scarecrow-like.
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45. What did the pumpkin say to the person carving it? Easy
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Cut it out.
Cut it out means both stop and literally being carved.
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46. Why was the witch's broom late for the Halloween party? Medium
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It over-swept.
Overslept is why anyone is late, and a broom's job is sweeping, so the pun bends slept into swept with a single letter change. It passes for a real excuse until you picture a broom doing it.
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47. How does an owl wish you a happy Halloween? Easy
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Happy Owl-o-ween.
Hal, the opening chunk of Halloween, ends in the same l sound as owl, so the bird's name slides into that slot and the rest of the word stays put. The greeting still scans because the swapped syllable is the same length.
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48. What ride do ghosts love best at the fall fair? Easy
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The scary-go-round.
Merry-go-round is the real ride, and merry and scary rhyme, so one word swap turns a cheerful carousel into a ghost's idea of fun. The rest of the name stays as it was.
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49. I hang upside down all day and flap my wings at night. I am not a bird but I can still fly. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: A sloth
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A bat.
Hangs upside down all day describes a sloth just as well, and the flapping wings at night take the sloth away. Not a bird is the last cut: it removes the owl and leaves the one furry flier.
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50. I stand in a field in a straw-stuffed shirt, and my only job is to shoo the crows away. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: A farmer
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A scarecrow.
Standing in a field with a job around crows suggests a farmer, and the straw-stuffed shirt is the clue that ends that guess: a person has a body under the shirt, while this figure is packed with hay.
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51. I sleep in a coffin, I fear the morning sun, and I can turn into a bat. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: A bat
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A vampire.
Turning into a bat tempts kids to answer bat, and the coffin rules that out, since no animal sleeps in one. Fear of the morning sun then narrows the coffin sleeper to the one Halloween figure that burns in daylight.
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52. What do polite skeletons say right before dinner? Easy
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Bone appetit.
Bon appetit is the French wish for a good meal, and bon sounds almost like bone. A skeleton swaps in the body part it is made of, so the polite dinner phrase comes out in its own accent.
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53. What do you call a werewolf that has lost its way? Easy
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A where-wolf.
Werewolf and where sound almost the same, so the question about being lost is really asking for a spelling change. The opening becomes the question word a lost creature would shout, and the wolf half stays put.
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54. What do you get if you cross a black cat and a lemon? Medium
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A sour puss.
Puss is an old pet name for a cat, and sour puss is the ready-made phrase for a scowl. The cross question asks for a mash-up, and this one already exists in the language, taste and grumpiness together.
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55. I am big and round and glow in the night sky, and I make the werewolves howl. What am I? Easy
Most people first say: The sun
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A full moon.
Big, round and glowing fits the sun, and night sky is the clue that sends it away. The werewolf line then picks out one phase of what is left: the howling in every story starts when the whole disc is lit.
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56. What is a vampire's favorite dance move? Medium
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The fang-dango.
Fandango is a real Spanish dance, and its first syllable, fan, is one letter short of fang. The pun adds that letter so a vampire's teeth become part of the step name.
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57. What do you call a ghost's sweetheart? Hard
Need a hint?
Swap the start of the word for a spooky creature.
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His ghoul-friend.
Girlfriend is the everyday word for a sweetheart, and ghoul is close enough in sound to slide into its first half. The ghost picks the spooky version, and the joke lands because the two openings share a hard g.
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58. What do you call a big round pumpkin that is a little chubby? Medium
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A plumpkin.
Plump is a kind word for chubby, and pumpkin already starts with a p and an m sound, so the two words melt together with one extra letter. The blend only makes sense when you hear both halves.
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59. What is a ghost's favorite street to haunt? Medium
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A dead end.
On a street sign, dead means a road that stops with no way through, not something that stopped living. The ghost hears the other sense and picks the one address in town that already sounds like home.
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60. Why did the bat get in trouble at school? Medium
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It kept hanging around.
Hanging around means loafing and also how bats really hang.
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61. Where does a witch keep her broom at home? Medium
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In the broom closet.
The question seems to want a pun, and that expectation is the whole trick. A witch's broom is still a broom, and the everyday cupboard for brooms is where hers goes too; the plain answer wins over a clever one.
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62. What do you call a little mistake made by a ghost? Medium
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A boo-boo.
A boo-boo is a small mistake and uses the ghost sound boo.
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63. What is a good word for an amazing Halloween party? Medium
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Spook-tacular.
Spectacular is the word for something amazing, and its opening, spec, sounds close to spook. Swap them and the compliment keeps its length and rhythm while gaining a ghost.
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64. What does a witch fly on when her broom breaks? Medium
Most people first say: A mop
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A vacuum cleaner.
Her broom holds two jobs at once, flying machine and floor sweeper. The replacement gets picked by the sweeping job instead of the flying one, which is how a noisy household machine ends up airborne with a witch on top.
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65. What is Dracula's favorite frozen treat? Medium
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I-scream.
I-scream sounds like ice cream, which suits a spooky vampire.
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66. What do you call two spiders that just got married? Hard
Need a hint?
Think of the word for a couple fresh from their wedding.
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Newly-webbed.
Newlywed is the word for a couple fresh from their wedding, and its last syllable sits a sound away from web. Spiders build webs, so stretching that syllable turns a marriage word into a report on what the pair will spin.
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67. What do you call a pumpkin that is great at sports? Hard
Need a hint?
Change one vowel in the pumpkin's usual carved name.
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A jock-o-lantern.
Jack and jock differ by one vowel, and a jock is slang for someone who lives for sports. Change the vowel and the carved pumpkin's usual name gains an athlete.
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68. What do you call a skeleton that rings your doorbell on Halloween? Hard
Need a hint?
A phrase for a look-alike also describes ringing a bell.
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A dead ringer.
A dead ringer means a look-alike and also one who rings the bell.
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69. What do you call a skeleton who loves to clean up? Hard
Need a hint?
Rhyme a scary reaper with something that cleans a floor.
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The grim sweeper.
Grim sweeper puns on the grim reaper while sweeping the floor.
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70. Where does a ghost like to go on summer vacation? Hard
Need a hint?
A famous California beach that ends in a ghostly sound.
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Mali-boo.
Malibu is a famous beach town, and its last syllable already sounds like a ghost's favorite word. The pun spells that syllable the ghost's way and turns a real vacation spot into a haunted one.
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71. Why did the pumpkin roll across the road? Hard
Need a hint?
The chicken joke, with a pumpkin twist on the last word.
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To get to the other slice.
Other slice swaps side for slice, since pumpkins get sliced.
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72. What do witches ride when they want to go really fast? Hard
Need a hint?
Give the broom the sound of a racing car.
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Vroom-sticks.
Broom and vroom rhyme, and vroom is the noise a fast engine makes. Swap the first letter and the witch's ordinary ride gains a motor, which answers the question about speed without changing anything else.
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73. What is a friendly monster's favorite kind of bean? Hard
Need a hint?
Say the words human being with a mouthful of dinner.
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A human bean.
Human bean sounds like human being, a gentle monster joke.
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74. Why did the skeleton go to the Halloween party all alone? Hard
Need a hint?
Split the word nobody into two words.
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He had no body to go with.
Nobody and no body sound the same, but written as two words the phrase turns literal: a skeleton is bones with no body around them. The joke works both ways, lonely and anatomical, at the same time.
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75. What do you call a huge pile of black cats on Halloween? Hard
Need a hint?
A cat sound at the start of a tall landform.
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A meow-ntain.
Mountain begins with a sound close to meow, so the cat noise slides in without bending the word much. The pile in the question is the setup: it makes you picture something big, and mountain is the big word waiting for a cat sound.
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76. What do you call a monster who loves to play tricks? Hard
Need a hint?
Rhyme the famous monster's name with a joke you pull.
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Prank-enstein.
Frankenstein starts with frank, and prank rhymes with it, so swapping one letter turns the famous monster into a joker. Tricks in the question is the nudge toward the word prank.
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77. What does a skeleton use to call his friends? Hard
Need a hint?
A skeleton's version of the thing you dial.
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A tele-bone.
Telephone ends in phone, and bone rhymes closely enough that a skeleton would hear its own body in the word. The swap keeps the first two syllables intact, so the device still counts as something you call with.
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78. What is a vampire's favorite kind of ship? Hard
Need a hint?
A word for a ship that doctors also use.
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A blood vessel.
Sailors use one word for a ship and doctors use the same word for the tubes that carry blood. The vampire hears the medical sense in a question that only asked about the nautical one.
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79. What do ghosts eat for breakfast? Hard
Need a hint?
A hot breakfast cereal, said the way a ghost would.
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Scream of wheat.
Cream of wheat is a hot breakfast cereal, and adding one letter to cream gives the noise a ghost makes best. The joke needs the breakfast name in your ear first, or the answer reads like nonsense.
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80. Why did the ghost bring a ladder to the party? Hard
Need a hint?
A phrase for a happy mood, taken literally by a ghost.
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To reach the high spirits.
High spirits means a happy mood and also something up high for a ghost.
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81. What do you get when you drop a big pumpkin on the ground? Hard
Need a hint?
A pumpkin is one, and also what a drop does to it.
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Squash.
Squash means the pumpkin family and also to smash something flat.
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82. What do witches order when they stay at a hotel? Hard
Need a hint?
What hotel guests order, said with a witch's ride in it.
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Broom service.
Room service is what hotel guests order to their door, and room rhymes with broom. One letter added turns the hotel phrase into a witch's request for her ride.
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83. What kind of pants does a well-dressed ghost wear? Hard
Need a hint?
The everyday pants, with the color swapped for a ghost noise.
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Boo-jeans.
Blue jeans is the pivot, and blue and boo differ by one sound in the middle. The ghost keeps the pants and changes the color to the word it says best.
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84. Why can you never fool a ghost with a lie? Hard
Need a hint?
What a lie and a ghost's body have in common.
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Because you can see right through them.
Seeing through someone is a set phrase for spotting a lie, and a ghost is see-through in the plain sense too. The riddle asks about lying so the idiom arrives first, and the transparent body makes it literal.
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85. What do you call a duck that loves Halloween? Hard
Need a hint?
The most famous vampire, renamed with a duck noise.
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Count Quackula.
Dracula begins with a hard drac sound, and quack fits that slot without changing the rest of the name. The title Count stays as it is, so the joke rests on one swapped syllable and a duck noise.
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86. What do you call a pumpkin that always makes smart choices? Hard
Need a hint?
The pumpkin family name sounds like the word good.
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One with good gourd sense.
Making smart choices is what the phrase good sense reports, and gourd holds on to that same g and d while sliding an r into the middle. A pumpkin really is a gourd, so the swap lands on the right plant.
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87. Where do young monsters go to learn how to be spooky? Hard
Need a hint?
The school little kids attend, ending in a spooky word.
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Elemen-scary school.
Elementary school is where young kids start, and its tail sound sits close enough to scary that the monster word can take the slot. The first syllables never move, so the school name still shows through the joke.
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88. What does a witch spray to keep her hair spooky and in place? Hard
Need a hint?
The styling product, with hair swapped for a fright.
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Scare-spray.
Hairspray is the pivot, and hair rhymes with scare. One swapped word gives the witch a styling product that frightens as well as holds, which is exactly what the question asks for.
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89. Where do ghosts go to buy their groceries? Hard
Need a hint?
Where you shop for food, said with a ghostly moan.
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The groan-cery store.
Grocery starts with a grow sound, and groan is close enough to take its place. The ghost's low moan gets planted into the front of the store name, and everything after it stays the same.
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90. What is a black cat's favorite dessert on a warm Halloween night? Hard
Need a hint?
A cold treat cats lick from a dish, said with a yell.
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A saucer of scream.
Ice cream hides a second reading: say I scream and the very same sounds come out. Cats lap from a saucer, so the dish points at the pet while the run-together words supply the fright.
Easy Halloween riddles with answers
Jack-o-lanterns that smile while being carved, candy buckets, and a broom that never sweeps. Simple what-am-I riddles built for young trick-or-treaters.
Funny Halloween jokes and riddles for kids
Sandwitches, spelling-class witches, and skeletons with no guts for a fight. These land as jokes even before kids work out the pun.
Spooky picture and emoji puzzles
Decode emoji pairs like a spider and its web, count the bats over the haunted house, and answer a few true or false questions about witches and pumpkins.
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FAQ about Halloween Riddles for Kids
Are these Halloween riddles too scary for young kids?
No. The ghosts, witches and skeletons are the cartoon kind, and every card ends in a pun or a friendly object. Nothing here is gory, so it works for kids who still sleep with the hall light on.
What age are these Halloween riddles for?
They suit ages 5 to 10. Grown-ups read the Easy tier aloud to the youngest, early readers who can hear a pun coming enjoy the Medium tier, and the Hard tier belongs to kids who like groaning at a punchline.
How do I turn these Halloween riddles into a party game?
Read a card between games and take the loudest guess, or tape one onto each treat bag. Kids who read well enough will quiz each other happily, because the answer stays hidden behind a tap.
Once the last card is cracked, the same puns have bigger cousins on the Halloween riddles page, where more cards describe an object clue by clue than turn on a pun, and the picture crowd can move on to the Halloween rebus puzzles and read a spooky phrase off emoji instead of clues.