Letter Riddles With Answers
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Quick answer: This page offers 42 letter riddles with answers, built on the alphabet, vowels, silent letters, letter patterns and simple letter codes. It suits children learning to read, puzzle fans and teachers looking for an alphabet game. Begin with the easy riddles, try the trickier and hard sets, and finish with eight quick-fire letter questions.
Easy Letter Riddles
How many letters are there in the alphabet?
26.
We are a group of five letters, and nearly every English word contains at least one of us. Who are we?
The vowels: A, E, I, O and U.
Which letter looks like a ring?
O.
Which letter would a pirate like best?
R, because pirates say arrr.
Which letter looks like a snake?
S.
I come after K and before M. Which letter am I?
L.
Which two letters sit exactly in the middle of the alphabet?
M and N, the 13th and 14th letters.
I am the last letter of the alphabet, and in some countries I am called zed. Which letter am I?
Z.
In Roman numerals I stand for one. Which letter am I?
I.
Which two small letters wear a dot on their heads?
Lowercase i and j.
Which capital letter looks like a tent with a bar across the middle?
A.
How many letters are there in the word letter?
6: L, E, T, T, E, R.
Trickier Letter Riddles
How many letters are there in the alphabet if you spell out the words the alphabet?
11: T, H, E, A, L, P, H, A, B, E, T.
Which three letters change a girl into a woman?
A, G and E. Age turns a girl into a woman.
What letter comes next: A, C, E, G, ...?
I. The pattern skips one letter each time.
What letter comes next: Z, Y, X, W, ...?
V. The letters run backwards through the alphabet.
What letter comes next: A, E, I, M, Q, ...?
U. The pattern jumps four letters each time.
What letter comes next: M, T, W, T, F, ...?
S. They are the first letters of the days of the week, and Saturday comes next.
Which letter is silent at the start of knee, knot and knife?
K.
Which letter is silent at the end of lamb, comb and thumb?
B.
How many vowels are there in the word education?
5. It has E, U, A, I and O, all five.
How many letters, and how many different letters, are in the word Mississippi?
11 letters, 4 different (M, I, S and P).
Which letter do the words one and two have in common?
O.
If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on, what do the letters of CAB add up to?
6, because 3 + 1 + 2 = 6.
Hard Letter Riddles
What letter comes next: O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, ...?
N. They are the first letters of one, two, three ... and eight, so nine comes next.
What letter comes next: A, D, G, J, ...?
M. The pattern jumps three letters each time: A, D, G, J, M.
What letter comes next: A, B, D, G, ...?
K. The gaps grow by one each time: +1, +2, +3, +4.
What letter comes next: A, B, D, H, ...?
P. The positions double: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and the 16th letter is P.
If A = 1, B = 2 and so on up to Z = 26, what do the letters of LETTER add up to?
80, because 12 + 5 + 20 + 20 + 5 + 18 = 80.
If A = 1 up to Z = 26, which eight-letter word for your outlook on life adds up to exactly 100?
Attitude, because 1 + 20 + 20 + 9 + 20 + 21 + 4 + 5 = 100.
How many different letters are there in the word alphabet?
7: A, L, P, H, B, E and T. The A appears twice, so 8 letters give 7 different ones.
Only one letter of the alphabet does not appear in the name of any US state. Which one is it?
Q.
In Morse code, which letter is made of just one short dot?
E.
How many capital letters of the alphabet are made only of straight lines, with no curves?
15: A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, T, V, W, X, Y, Z. The other 11 are curved.
Quick-Fire Letter Riddles
Every letter that is not a vowel.
Consonants.
All the letters from A to Z.
Alphabet.
Big letters, used at the start of a sentence.
Uppercase.
Small letters, used for most of the words.
Lowercase.
The first letters of your names.
Initials.
Two letters that make one sound, like sh or ch.
Digraph.
The style of the shapes of printed letters.
Font.
The letter you do not hear in island.
S.
How to Use These Riddles
Letter riddles suit early readers because they practise the alphabet in a playful way. Say each letter aloud, write it down and talk about its shape and sound. The easy section works well as a warm-up in the classroom or at home.
For sequence riddles, write the positions of the letters as numbers: A is 1, B is 2 and so on. The pattern in the numbers often shows the rule, whether it is skipping, doubling or growing steps.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the answer to how many letters are in the alphabet?
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. The trick version asks how many letters are in the words the alphabet, and the answer to that one is 11.
Which letter is not in any US state name?
The letter Q. Every other letter of the alphabet appears in at least one US state name, but none of the fifty states contains a Q, which makes it a popular trivia question.
How do I solve a letter sequence puzzle?
Turn the letters into numbers (A = 1, B = 2 and so on) and look for a pattern in the gaps. Also check whether the letters are the initials of days, months or number words.
Are these letter riddles suitable for young children?
Yes. The easy section uses simple questions about shapes and positions in the alphabet. The trickier and hard sections add silent letters, codes and sequences for older children and adults.
