Answers to 10 Fun Types of Riddles

Thanks for taking on our riddle challenge! Below are the answers and explanations to the examples from our Types of Riddles blog post.

1. Rebus Puzzle Answer

Puzzle: 🅂 + 🌾 + 𝒆 + 🥧
Answer: Sweetie Pie
Explanation: S + “wheat” + “e” + “pie” = Sweetie Pie.

2. Lateral Thinking Puzzle Answer

Puzzle: A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?
Answer: He’s playing Monopoly.
Explanation: The “hotel” is a property on the Monopoly board, and landing on it made him lose his fortune.

3. “What Am I?” Riddle Answer

Puzzle: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map.
Explanation: A map shows cities, mountains, and water but doesn’t contain the real elements.

4. Logic Grid Puzzle Answer

Puzzle: Amy, Ben, and Chris each order a different drink: coffee, tea, or juice.
Amy doesn’t drink coffee. Ben hates tea. Who ordered what?
Possible Answers:

Amy – tea, Ben – juice, Chris – coffee
Amy – juice, Ben – coffee, Chris – tea
Explanation: Based on the limited clues, multiple combinations are possible. The key is only that:
Amy ≠ coffee
Ben ≠ tea
Chris can take any drink not already assigned. Without more constraints, at least two logical solutions exist.

5. Cryptogram Answer

Puzzle: GSV XLWV RH Z YVXLIVI
Answer: THE CODE IS A SECRET
Explanation: This cryptogram uses the Atbash cipher, a classic substitution cipher where the alphabet is reversed:

A ↔ Z
B ↔ Y
C ↔ X
…
So:
G → T
S → H
V → E
X → C
L → O
W → D
R → I
H → S
Z → A
Y → B
I → R

Putting it together: THE CODE IS A SECRET

6. Word Ladder Answer

Puzzle: Turn “COLD” into “WARM” in four steps.
Answer: COLD → CORD → CARD → WARD → WARM
Explanation: One letter changes per step using real English words.

7. Dingbat Answer

Puzzle:

Answer: Head over heels.
Explanation: The word “head” is over “heels,” representing the phrase.

8. Emoji Riddles Answers

Puzzle 1: 🦁👑 → The Lion King
Puzzle 2: 🍌🚶‍♂️🦍 → King Kong

9. Anagram Riddle Answer

Puzzle: Rearrange “LISTEN” to form something you do with your eyes.
Answer: Silent
Explanation: It’s a clever wordplay—though you don’t literally “silent” with your eyes, both relate to attentiveness and observation.

10. Pattern or Sequence Riddle Answer

Puzzle: 2, 4, 8, 16, ?
Answer: 32
Explanation: Each number is double the previous one: ×2 pattern.