How Many of These Thanksgiving Riddles Can Your Family Answer?
What's the one thing everyone likes to gobble up on Thanksgiving but won't leave you too full for pie?
Each one of these fun Thanksgiving riddles! Everyone brings something different to the holiday table, whether that's food, entertainment, or a meaningful Thanksgiving prayer. "In my nuclear family, I do all the cooking," says Ree Drummond, "but we usually get together with family who bring different components of the meal." This year, make your signature dish a festive brain teaser that no one has heard before. These riddles are just as funny as classic Thanksgiving jokes and can keep your family entertained for hours.
We've found complex riddles for adults, as well as riddles that have Thanksgiving puns for their answers (ahem, calling all uncles who love their dad jokes). There are also funny riddles for kids of all ages. Ask your little ones, "Most people eat me, and that is no surprise. I taste great as chips and also as fries. What am I?" (A potato!) Just imagine: You're in the midst of preparing the Thanksgiving menu, and the children are nowhere to be seen. How could it be? They're in the other room trying to figure out one of these head-scratchers!
Thanksgiving Riddles for Kids
I'm always on the Thanksgiving dinner table, but you don't get to eat me—what am I? Plates and silverware!
Most people eat me, and that is no surprise. I taste great as chips and also as fries. What am I? A potato.
It's something I spy with my little eye: I'm an orange squash that is baked in a pie. What am I? A pumpkin.
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving? In the dictionary.
I can be smashed, baked, carved, and you can find me everywhere on Thanksgiving. What am I? A pumpkin.
It has ears but it cannot hear and it has flakes but it has no hair. What is it? Corn.
What smells the best every Thanksgiving dinner? Your nose!
What never eats at the Thanksgiving table, but is always stuffed? A turkey!
I'm a key that has legs, but I cannot open a door. What type of key am I? A tur-key!
What is brown, big, and red all over? A turkey covered in cranberry sauce.
What do thankful, grateful, and joyful all have in common? They're all full!
Why can a turkey fly higher than an ostrich? Ostriches can't fly.
What is hard, a strange shape, and brings good luck on Thanksgiving? A wishbone!
Why was the turkey the drummer in the school band? It always had two drumsticks!
When the Pilgrims landed, where did they stand? On their feet.
Why did the turkey cross the road? To prove it wasn't a chicken.
What's a sad cranberry called? A blueberry.
Which side of the turkey has the most feathers? The outside.
I have feathers and a beak and get dressed once a year. What am I? A turkey!
First, you throw away the outside and then cook the inside. Next, you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What am I? Corn on the cob.
There were ten pairs of hands in the dining room on Thanksgiving, but only eight people eating. How? There was a clock on the wall!
I'm extra helpful after Thanksgiving dinner, I'm full of holes but still hold water. What am I? A sponge!
Thanksgiving Riddles for Adults
I'm very silky yet only cost a few dollars per pound. What am I? Corn!
If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for? Their age.
April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring? Pilgrims.
What's really easy to get into and hard to get out of? Jeans on Thanksgiving.
Why do you get lower grades after Thanksgiving? Because everything is always marked down after the holidays.
I'm tall and dark with a big gold buckle, but if you saw me today I might make you chuckle. What am I? A pilgrim hat.
I can be hot or cold and made with fruit, vegetable, or meat. But either way, on a Thanksgiving table, I will be a treat. What am I? A pie.
Two moms and two daughters are at the Thanksgiving table, yet there are only three people at the table—how is that possible? They are a grandma, mom, and daughter.
Which is heavier: a ton of potatoes or a ton of turkey feathers? Neither, because they both weigh a ton.
I am an agricultural season and also a moon. Take away three letters and I become an item of clothing. What am I? The harvest.
What can never be eaten at Thanksgiving dinner? Thanksgiving lunch and breakfast!
I grow underground but have skin and eyes. What am I? A potato.
If you carve the turkey with an electric cutter, what kind of battery will it need when it runs out of power? None, it’s electric-powered.
What invention lets you see the turkey through the oven? An oven window.
It’s a flower, but it won't bloom; it sounds like a month and can float over water. What is it? The Mayflower.
Why should you call a turkey when the coop is locked? They're the only bird with a key!
There's one day a year that it's good to smell fowl. What day is it? Thanksgiving!
What day of the year does everyone want to get sauced? Thanksgiving!
I'm warm and stuffed, but dinner hasn't started. What am I? A turkey.
Grandma is trying to figure out some math while cooking Thanksgiving dinner. She adds five to eleven and gets 4. How could this be? It is 11 a.m., and she has five hours until the food needs to be ready at 4 p.m.
If it took two people four hours to roast a turkey, how long would it take three people to roast the same turkey? None, the turkey is already cooked.
Pull me from a bird, and I taste so much better. What am I? Stuffing.
Thanksgiving Pun Riddles
What kind of music did the pilgrims listen to? Plymouth rock!
What sound does a turkey's phone make? Wing-wing!
At a farm meeting, the turkeys, chickens, and ducks all got in trouble. Why? They were using fowl language.
How do you know a turkey fight is over? When he gets the stuffing knocked out of him.
What sport do pumpkins and gourds like best? Squash.
If apples and pears come from trees, where do turkeys come from? A poul-tree!
Why is the Plymouth Rock brave? It’s because it was a little bold-er.
Why did the cranberry turn red? It saw the turkey dressing
Which of the Thanksgiving beverages always sounds sad? Apple sigh-der.
What is Dracula's favorite holiday (besides Halloween)? Fangs-giving.
Why wouldn't the pilgrims tell secrets in the cornfields? There were ears all around.
One pie gets in a fight with another pie. What does it say? "You want a piece of me?"
What would Shakespeare have said on Thanksgiving? "To feast or not to feast?"
The turkey says "gobble, gobble, gobble," and the peach says "cobbler, cobbler, cobbler." What does a computer say? "Google, Google, Google."
What do you call it when it's raining turkey on Thanksgiving? Fowl weather.
What sound does a turkey on crutches make? "Wobble, wobble!"
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