Riddles
Solve word riddles by thinking flexibly about meanings and clues.
What your child learns
- Read every clue carefully
- Think of words with double meanings
- Combine clues to find one answer
Example
What has hands but can't clap? A clock.
Practice questions
A taste of the questions in BloomTracks – the app makes fresh ones every time and adjusts the level as your child answers.
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Question 1 · Level 1
What has to be broken before you can use it?
- a pencil
- a window
- an egg
- a cup
Show the answer
Answer: an egg
The answer is an egg! 😄
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Question 2 · Level 3
What has a bed but never sleeps, and a mouth but never eats?
- a cave
- a hotel
- a baby
- a river
Show the answer
Answer: a river
The answer is a river! 😄
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Question 3 · Level 5
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
- a bubble
- a shadow
- a secret
- silence
Show the answer
Answer: silence
The answer is silence! 😄
Try it at home
Swap one riddle a day at dinner — make up your own too.
Key takeaway
Riddles often play with words that mean two things.
Practise riddles with Bloomie
Bloomie reads every question aloud, listens to spoken answers and adapts the difficulty one question at a time.