Riddles are a fantastic way to stimulate young minds and encourage creative thinking. They provide a fun and engaging way for kids to improve their problem-solving skills and vocabulary.
This collection of 301 riddles is perfect for 9-year-olds, offering a mix of humor, logic, and simple challenges that will keep them entertained for hours. Let’s dive into these brain teasers and see who can crack the most!
Animal Riddles 🐾
- What has four legs but can’t walk?
Answer: A table 🪑 - What animal can jump higher than a house?
Answer: Any animal, houses can’t jump! 🏠 - What do you call a sleeping bull?
Answer: A bulldozer 😴 - Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field! 🌾 - What do you get if you cross a fish and an elephant?
Answer: Swimming trunks! 🐘 - What kind of dog has no tail?
Answer: A hot dog 🌭 - Why are frogs so happy?
Answer: Because they eat whatever bugs them! 🐸 - What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin 🪙 - What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear 🍬 - Why do fish live in salt water?
Answer: Because pepper makes them sneeze! 🌊 - What do you get if you cross a vampire with a snowman?
Answer: Frostbite! ⛄ - Why don’t seagulls fly over the bay?
Answer: Because then they’d be bagels! 🥯 - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator 🕵️ - Why did the cow go to space?
Answer: To see the moooon! 🌙 - What is black and white and read all over?
Answer: A newspaper 🗞️ - Why did the lion eat the tightrope walker?
Answer: He wanted a well-balanced meal 🦁 - What do you get when you cross a sheep and a kangaroo?
Answer: A woolly jumper! 🐑 - What animal is always at a baseball game?
Answer: A bat! 🦇 - What do you call a pig that does karate?
Answer: A pork chop 🥋 - What do you call an elephant that doesn’t matter?
Answer: An irrelephant 🐘 - Why don’t oysters share their pearls?
Answer: Because they’re shellfish! 🐚 - What do you get when you cross a snowman with a dog?
Answer: Frostbite! 🐶 - Why did the sheep go to the movies?
Answer: To see a baaaad movie! 🎥 - Why was the math book sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems! 📚 - What do you get if you cross a centipede with a parrot?
Answer: A walkie-talkie! 🦜 - Why are ghosts bad at lying?
Answer: Because they are too transparent! 👻 - What do you call a fly without wings?
Answer: A walk! 🪰 - What do you call a rabbit with fleas?
Answer: Bugs Bunny! 🐇 - Why did the turtle cross the road?
Answer: To get to the shell station! 🐢 - What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
*Answer: A thesaurus! 🦕
Food Riddles 🍎
- What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: A mushroom 🍄 - What is orange and sounds like a parrot?
*Answer: A carrot 🥕 - Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing! 🍅 - What is brown and sticky?
Answer: A stick 🍂 - What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🥚 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🌱 - Why don’t bananas ever feel lonely?
Answer: Because they hang out in bunches! 🍌 - What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
Answer: A palm tree 🌴 - What kind of bean doesn’t grow in a garden?
Answer: A jelly bean 🍬 - What fruit is never alone?
Answer: A pear 🍐 - Why did the banana go to the doctor?
Answer: Because it wasn’t peeling well! 🍌 - What kind of cheese is made backward?
Answer: Edam 🧀 - What is the richest nut?
Answer: A cashew 💵 - Why did the grapefruit stop?
Answer: Because it ran out of juice! 🍊 - What did the gingerbread man put on his bed?
Answer: A cookie sheet 🍪 - Why did the apple stop in the middle of the road?
Answer: Because it ran out of juice! 🍏 - What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite! ⛄ - What kind of fish is the most valuable?
Answer: A goldfish 🐟 - What kind of room can you eat?
Answer: A mushroom 🍄 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What runs but never walks?
Answer: Water 🚰 - Why did the banana go to the party?
Answer: Because it was a-peeling! 🍌 - What do you get if you cross an apple with a shellfish?
Answer: A crab apple 🍏 - What kind of flower is on your face?
Answer: A tulip 💐 - What do you call a fast watermelon?
Answer: A quickaloupe 🍉 - Why do fish live in salt water?
Answer: Because pepper makes them sneeze! 🌊 - Why did the orange stop?
Answer: It ran out of juice! 🍊 - What is a cat’s favorite color?
Answer: Purrr-ple! 🐱 - What do you call a fake noodle?
Answer: An impasta 🍝
School Riddles 🏫
- Why was the math book sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems! 📚 - What room do ghosts avoid?
Answer: The living room! 👻 - Why was the broom late?
Answer: It swept in! 🧹 - What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock ⏰ - Why did the student eat his homework?
Answer: Because the teacher said it was a piece of cake! 🍰 - Why was the music teacher good at baseball?
Answer: Because she had perfect pitch! 🎶 - What do you get when you cross a snake with a pie?
Answer: A python 🐍 - Why did the computer go to the doctor?
Answer: Because it had a virus! 💻 - Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything! ⚛️ - Why did the teacher wear sunglasses?
Answer: Because her students were so bright! 😎 - What is heavier than a feather but lighter than a stone?
Answer: A piece of paper 📄 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🧼
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Certainly! Continuing with the “301 Riddles for 9 Year Olds (With Answers)”:
School Riddles 🏫 (continued)
- What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📅 - What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
Answer: Post office 🏤 - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What gets bigger the more you take away?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin 🪙 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 🧢 - What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left?
Answer: Your left hand ✋ - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future ⏳ - What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock ⏲️ - What kind of school do you go to if you want to be a magician?
Answer: A magic school 🎩 - What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T?
Answer: A teapot 🍵 - What is light as a feather but even the world’s strongest person can’t hold it for long?
Answer: Your breath 🌬️
Nature Riddles 🌳
- What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🥚 - What has a bark but doesn’t bite?
Answer: A tree 🌳 - What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What grows when it eats but dies when it drinks?
Answer: Fire 🔥 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤒 - What gets bigger as you take away from it?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow 📆 - What has many keys but can’t open any doors?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What has an eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke ❤️ - What can run but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What comes down but never goes up?
Answer: Rain ☔ - What is green and sings?
Answer: Elvis Parsley 🎤 - What is white when it’s dirty and black when it’s clean?
Answer: A chalkboard 🖍️ - What is always moving but never leaves its place?
Answer: A clock ⏰ - What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
Answer: A stamp ✉️ - What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter W 🌈 - What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?
Answer: Your right hand ✋ - What is so light that a feather can’t lift it?
Answer: Air 🌬️ - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 🪙 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🧼 - What has an eye but cannot see?
Answer: A needle 🧵 - What is a green vegetable that is often used as a condiment?
Answer: Pickle 🥒 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future ⏳ - What has one foot but no legs?
Answer: A ruler 📏 - What is orange and sounds like a parrot?
*Answer: A carrot 🥕 - What is black and white and read all over?
Answer: A newspaper 🗞️
Holiday Riddles 🎄
- What do you get if you cross a snowman and a dog?
Answer: Frostbite! ⛄ - What is Santa’s favorite type of music?
Answer: Wrap music 🎶 - What do you call a snowman with a six-pack?
Answer: An abdominal snowman! ❄️ - What do you call a snowman party?
Answer: A snowball! ❄️ - What do elves use to take notes in school?
Answer: Their elf-abet! 📚 - What do you get if you cross a vampire with a snowman?
Answer: Frostbite! ❄️ - Why did the gingerbread man go to the doctor?
Answer: He was feeling crummy! 🍪 - What does a snowman like to do on the weekend?
Answer: Chill out! ☃️ - What does Santa ride to deliver presents?
Answer: A sleigh! 🎅 - Why was the Christmas tree so bad at knitting?
Answer: It kept dropping its needles! 🎄 - What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
Answer: A snowball ☃️ - What do you call a cat on the beach during Christmas time?
Answer: Sandy Claws! 🐱 - What is a Christmas tree’s favorite candy?
Answer: Ornaments! 🍭 - What did the Christmas tree say to the ornament?
Answer: “Aren’t you just the pick of the tree?” 🎄 - What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
Answer: A snowball! ❄️ - What do snowmen like to do on the weekend?
Answer: Chill out! ☃️ - What do you call an elf who sings?
Answer: A wrapper! 🎶 - What do you call a snowman with a six-pack?
Answer: An abdominal snowman! ❄️ - Why does Santa go down chimneys on Christmas Eve?
Answer: Because it soot’s him! 🎅 - What is Santa’s favorite type of music?
Answer: Wrap music! 🎶 - What do you get if you cross a Christmas tree with an iPad?
Answer: A pineapple! 🎄 - What do elves use to take notes in school?
Answer: Their elf-abet! 📚 - What do you call Santa when he takes a break?
Answer: Santa Pause! 🎅 - Why was the Christmas tree so bad at knitting?
Answer: It kept dropping its needles! 🎄 - What do you call a snowman with a broom?
Answer: A sweeping snowman! 🧹 - What do you call a cat on the beach during Christmas time?
Answer: Sandy Claws! 🐱 - What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite! ❄️ - Why was the snowman looking through the carrots?
Answer: He was picking his nose! ☃️ - What kind of Christmas music do elves listen to?
Answer: Wrap music! 🎶 - What did the gingerbread man use to fix his house?
Answer: Icing! 🍪
Joke Riddles 😄
- Why did the math book look sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems! 📚 - Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything! ⚛️ - What do you call fake spaghetti?
Answer: An impasta! 🍝 - Why did the bicycle fall over?
Answer: Because it was two-tired! 🚲 - What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear! 🍬 - Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
Answer: They don’t have the guts! 💀 - What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
Answer: Nacho cheese! 🧀 - Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field! 🌾 - What do you call a fish with no eyes?
Answer: Fsh! 🐟 - Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing! 🍅 - Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
Answer: In case he got a hole in one! ⛳ - Why did the chicken join a band?
Answer: Because it had the drumsticks! 🥁 - What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator! 🕵️ - Why was the computer cold?
Answer: It left its Windows open! 💻 - Why did the math book look sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems! 📖 - Why do cows wear bells?
Answer: Because their horns don’t work! 🐄 - Why did the bicycle fall over?
Answer: Because it was two-tired! 🚲 - What kind of music do mummies listen to?
Answer: Wrap music! 🎵 - What did the big flower say to the little flower?
Answer: “Hey, bud!” 🌻 - Why don’t you ever see elephants hiding in trees?
Answer: Because they’re so good at it! 🐘 - What’s brown and sticky?
Answer: A stick! 🍂 - What do you call a fake noodle?
Answer: An impasta! 🍝 - Why was the math book unhappy?
Answer: It had too many problems! 📚 - Why do seagulls fly over the ocean?
Answer: Because if they flew over the bay, they’d be bagels! 🥯 - Why was the broom late?
Answer: It swept in! 🧹 - Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
Answer: They don’t have the guts! 💀 - What do you call a snowman with a six-pack?
Answer: An abdominal snowman! ⛄ - Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
Answer: In case he got a hole in one! ⛳ - Why don’t you see elephants hiding in trees?
Answer: Because they’re so good at it! 🐘 - What do you call a fish with no eyes?
Answer: Fsh! 🐟
Science Riddles 🔬
- What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny 🪙 - What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel 🧼 - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🥚 - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold 🤒 - What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle 🪡 - What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle 🍾 - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge 🧽 - What gets bigger the more you take away?
Answer: A hole 🕳️ - What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke 😂 - What has many keys but can’t open doors?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T?
Answer: A teapot 🍵 - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M ⏳ - What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock ⏰ - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future 🔮 - What has an eye but cannot see?
Answer: A needle 🧵 - What is white when it’s dirty and black when it’s clean?
Answer: A chalkboard 🖍️ - What is light as a feather but even the world’s strongest person can’t hold it for long?
Answer: Your breath 🌬️ - What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin 🪙 - What starts with an E, ends with an E, but only has one letter?
Answer: An envelope ✉️ - What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
Answer: A glove 🧤 - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence 🤫 - What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb 💇 - What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg 🥚 - What comes down but never goes up?
Answer: Rain ☔ - What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano 🎹 - What is green and sings?
Answer: Elvis Parsley 🎤 - What has a bed but doesn’t sleep?
Answer: A river 🌊 - What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke 🌱
Justin Taylor is a puzzle enthusiast and connoisseur, dedicated to exploring the fascinating world of puzzles. With a knack for solving complex riddles and a deep understanding of puzzle mechanics, Justin’s contributions to Puzzlerpedia are both enlightening and entertaining, captivating readers of all skill levels.
