Top 50+ Fun And Challenging October Riddles For Kids & Adults

Top 10 Spooktacular October Riddles for Halloween Fun

  1. What kind of music do mummies listen to?
    Answer: Wrap music.
  2. Why did the ghost go to the party?
    Answer: Because he heard it was going to be a “boo”-last!
  3. What room does a ghost not need?
    Answer: A living room.
  4. What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
    Answer: A sand-witch.
  5. Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
    Answer: They don’t have the guts.
  6. What is a vampire’s favorite fruit?
    Answer: A necktarine.
  7. Why was the broom late?
    Answer: It swept in!
  8. Where does Count Dracula usually eat?
    Answer: At the foo-dinner table.
  9. What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?
    Answer: Frostbite.
  10. Why did the ghost break up with his girlfriend?
    Answer: He couldn’t handle the boo-sting!

Creative October Riddles to Challenge Your Friends

  1. I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?
    Answer: A clock.
  2. I’m found in October, but I’m not a month. I can be scattered but am often found together. What am I?
    Answer: Leaves.
  3. I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
    Answer: A joke.
  4. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
    Answer: A stamp.
  5. I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I may never escape. What am I?
    Answer: Pencil lead.
  6. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
    Answer: An echo.
  7. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
    Answer: The letter ‘m’.
  8. What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
    Answer: A teapot.
  9. What has keys but can’t open locks?
    Answer: A piano.
  10. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
    Answer: A bank.

Family-Friendly October Riddles for All Ages

  1. What do you call a witch’s garage?
    Answer: A broom closet!
  2. What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?
    Answer: A carrot!
  3. What has ears but cannot hear?
    Answer: Corn.
  4. Why did the vampire need mouthwash?
    Answer: He had bat breath!
  5. Why didn’t the skeleton go to the dance?
    Answer: Because he had no body to dance with.
  6. What can you catch but not throw?
    Answer: A cold.
  7. What runs around the yard without moving?
    Answer: A fence.
  8. Why did the zombie go to school?
    Answer: He wanted to improve his “dead”ication!
  9. What do you call a friendly ghost?
    Answer: A boo buddy!
  10. What did the scarecrow win an award for?
    Answer: Being outstanding in his field!

Mind-Bending October Riddles to Sharpen Your Wits

  1. What has keys but can’t open locks and can make beautiful music?
    Answer: A piano.
  2. I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
    Answer: A cloud.
  3. What can you keep after giving it to someone?
    Answer: Your word.
  4. What’s full of holes but can still hold water?
    Answer: A sponge.
  5. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
    Answer: Silence.
  6. What has a neck but no head?
    Answer: A bottle.
  7. What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
    Answer: An envelope.
  8. I am light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for 5 minutes. What am I?
    Answer: Breath.
  9. What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water?
    Answer: A map.
  10. I am taken from a mine, and once my job is done, I am placed in a wooden case. What am I?
    Answer: Pencil lead.

Seasonal October Riddles to Celebrate the Fall Spirit

  1. What type of tree fits in your hand?
    Answer: A palm tree!
  2. What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?
    Answer: Squash.
  3. What can you make that no one can see?
    Answer: A shadow.
  4. What is the tallest building in October?
    Answer: The library, because it has the most stories!
  5. What’s big, orange, and makes a lot of noise in October?
    Answer: A pumpkin bomb!
  6. What do ghosts wear when their eyesight gets bad?
    Answer: Spook-tacles!
  7. What do owls say when they have a problem?
    Answer: “Who, who can help me?”
  8. Why did the leaves go to school?
    Answer: To get a little “leaf-ducation”!
  9. What do spiders do on their computers?
    Answer: Web browsing!
  10. What is it that you can see through but is not a window?
    Answer: A spider’s web!