Fridays are associated with fun and relaxation after a long work week. They are great occasions for riddles and brain teasers to get your mind working in new ways. Here are 105 riddles all about the special day that is Friday, along with their explanatory answers.
Funny Riddles about Friday
Let’s start with some funny and lighthearted riddles about Fridays.
Riddle 1
What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear!
Riddle 2
What does Friday wear to work?
Answer: Fri-day casual!
Riddle 3
Why do frogs love Fridays?
Answer: Because they can jump, jump for joy!
Riddle 4
What do you call a dog that works in an office?
Answer: A dogument expert!
Riddle 5
Why did the picture go to jail?
Answer: Because it was framed!
Tricky Riddles about Friday
Now let’s look at some trickier riddles that involve some wordplay and lateral thinking.
Riddle 6
What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock
Riddle 7
What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library
Riddle 8
I have cities with no houses, forests with no trees, and water with no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map
Riddle 9
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
Riddle 10
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
Friday Riddles for Kids
Kids love riddles too. Here are some kid-friendly Friday riddles.
Riddle 11
What do you call a dog magician?
Answer: A labracadabrador!
Riddle 12
What falls in winter but never gets hurt?
Answer: Snow!
Riddle 13
What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library!
Riddle 14
What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: A garbage truck!
Riddle 15
What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock!
Friday Brain Teasers
Stretch your brain with these Friday brain teasers.
Riddle 16
What word begins and ends with an E but only has one letter?
Answer: Envelope
Riddle 17
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map
Riddle 18
What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
Riddle 19
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Answer: A piano
Riddle 20
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
Hard Riddles about Friday
Up for a challenge? Try to solve these hard Friday riddles.
Riddle 21
What tastes better than it smells?
Answer: A tongue
Riddle 22
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Answer: Your name
Riddle 23
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
Riddle 24
What’s full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge
Riddle 25
What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold
Friday Jokes for Adults
Let’s liven up your Friday with some jokes for the grown-ups.
Riddle 26
Did you hear about the hungry clock?
Answer: It went back four seconds!
Riddle 27
Did you hear about the kidnapping at school?
Answer: It’s okay, he woke up.
Riddle 28
What do you call bears with no ears?
Answer: B!
Riddle 29
How do you follow Will Smith in the snow?
Answer: You follow the fresh prints!
Riddle 30
What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite!
Harder Friday Brain Teasers
These Friday riddles will really make you think outside the box.
Riddle 31
What word looks the same upside down and backwards?
Answer: Noon
Riddle 32
The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
Answer: A hole
Riddle 33
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
Riddle 34
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Answer: Silence
Riddle 35
You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
Answer: The letter “e”
Friday Riddles for the Office
Share these riddles with your coworkers to make your office more fun.
Riddle 36
What do you call someone who gets in trouble for telling too many Friday jokes in the office?
Answer: Guilty as charged!
Riddle 37
Did you hear about the magic tractor? It turned into a field!
Riddle 38
Why are offices so cold?
Answer: Because all the employees gave their two weeks notice!
Riddle 39
What do you call a fish with two knees?
Answer: A two-knee fish!
Riddle 40
Why did the scarecrow get a promotion?
Answer: Because he was out standing in his field!
Friday Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Stretch your thinking skills on Friday with these mind-bending puzzles.
Riddle 41
A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he is bankrupt. Why?
Answer: The man is playing Monopoly.
Riddle 42
A man is found dead outside an apartment building. The windows are open and a fan is blowing. How did he die?
Answer: He jumped out the window.
Riddle 43
A man lives on the 100th floor of an apartment building. On rainy mornings he rides the elevator all the way up. On sunny mornings he takes the elevator up to the 50th floor and walks the rest. Why?
Answer: The man is short and can only reach the 50th floor button.
Riddle 44
A truck driver takes a wrong turn and drives his truck into a muddy ditch. The truck is too heavy to pull out. Why is he able to drive the truck out of the ditch the next morning?
Answer: The sun dried up all the mud.
Riddle 45
A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender points a shotgun at the man. The man says thank you, and walks out. Why?
Answer: The man had the hiccups.
Friday Logic Puzzles
Tickle your logic skills with these reasoning riddles.
Riddle 46
Emily’s mother has three daughters. The first two are named April and May. What is the third daughter’s name?
Answer: Emily
Riddle 47
How many months have 28 days?
Answer: All 12 months
Riddle 48
If you’re running a race, and you pass the person in 2nd place, what place are you in now?
Answer: 2nd place
Riddle 49
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?
Answer: 9
Riddle 50
Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
Answer: All of them
Friday Riddles to Share
Here are some fun Friday riddles to share with friends and family.
Riddle 51
Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
Answer: They’d crack each other up!
Riddle 52
What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?
Answer: “Supplies!”
Riddle 53
What do you call a pig that does karate?
Answer: A pork chop!
Riddle 54
What do you call a dog magician?
Answer: A labracadabrador!
Riddle 55
Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?
Answer: Because then it would be a foot!
Funny Friday Riddles for Adults
Laughter is great medicine. Enjoy these funny Friday riddles.
Riddle 56
What do you call someone who gets in trouble for telling too many Friday jokes in the office?
Answer: Guilty as charged!
Riddle 57
Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything!
Riddle 58
What do you call a factory that sells passable products?
Answer: A satisfactory!
Riddle 59
My friend thinks he’s a parking attendant.
Answer: I don’t have the heart to tell him he’s not valet.
Riddle 60
Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut?
Answer: He just needed some space!
Friday Tongue Twisters
Try twisting your tongue around these tricky tongue twisters.
Riddle 61
Fuzzy flies fly frivolously.
Riddle 62
Fresh French fried fly fritters.
Riddle 63
I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop.
Riddle 64
Betty Botter bought some butter but she said the butter’s bitter.
Riddle 65
Six slick slimey silly snakes slowing sliding southward.
Rhyming Riddles for Friday Fun
Rhymes make riddles even more fun. Enjoy these rhyming brain teasers.
Riddle 66
I come one in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years. What am I?
Answer: The letter M
Riddle 67
What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
Riddle 68
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
Riddle 69
What month of the year has 28 days?
Answer: All of them!
Riddle 70
What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age
Friday Riddles to Tell Friends
Here are some fun Friday riddles to share with your friends.
Riddle 71
What do you call a nervous javelin thrower?
Answer: Shakespeare!
Riddle 72
What do you call someone who gets in trouble for telling too many Friday jokes?
Answer: Guilty as charged!
Riddle 73
Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
Answer: They’d crack each other up!
Riddle 74
What’s the best day to go to the beach?
Answer: Sunday!
Riddle 75
What do you call a fake noodle?
Answer: An impasta!
Friday Riddles for Kids
Here are some fun and easy Friday riddles for kids to solve.
Riddle 76
What bow can’t be tied?
Answer: A rainbow!
Riddle 77
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
Answer: Stairs
Riddle 78
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M
Riddle 79
What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: A garbage truck
Riddle 80
What has one head, one foot and four legs?
Answer: A bed
Friday Jokes and Puns
Laugh your way to the weekend with these silly jokes and puns.
Riddle 81
Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
Answer: They’d crack each other up!
Riddle 82
What do you call a fake noodle?
Answer: An impasta!
Riddle 83
How does the ocean say hello?
Answer: It waves!
Riddle 84
What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator!
Riddle 85
February March April May, the rest have thirty days…
Answer: Except for February alone, which has twenty-eight days clear, and twenty-nine in each leap year!
More Friday Brain Teasers
Here are some more challenging riddles for clever minds.
Riddle 86
What word looks the same upside down and backwards?
Answer: Noon
Riddle 87
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M
Riddle 88
What belongs to you, but others use it more than you?
Answer: Your name
Riddle 89
I have branches but no fruit, trunk but no bark, leaves but no blossoms. What am I?
Answer: A library
Riddle 90
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Answer: Light
Friday Limerick Riddles
How about some riddles in limerick form to tickle your rhyming funny bone?
Riddle 91
There once was a clam from Nantucket
Who dreamed of becoming a bucket
When asked “why a pail?”
He said “I won’t fail
To hold water, I’ve very good luck-it!”
Riddle 92
A silly old crow from St. Kilda
Once said “The best way to kill da
Boredom, I’ve found
Is to stand upside-down
On my beak til I fall in ailda!”
Riddle 93
There once was a snake named Jake
Who tied himself up in a drape
He said “I admit
This is all for my wit!”
But inside he made a escape.
Riddle 94
An electric eel named McPhail
Decided to ride on a whale.
But the whale had to dive
Which broke the eel’s drive
And ended McPhail’s sea tale.
Riddle 95
There once was a pirate named Bates
Who danced the tango on skates
He slipped on a step
And fell on his kep
And got kicked off the Golden Skates.
Friday Rhyming Riddles
Rhymes make riddles even more challenging. Test your rhyming skills with these.
Riddle 96
I come one in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years. What am I?
Answer: The letter M
Riddle 97
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map
Riddle 98
What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
Riddle 99
I am tall when young and short when old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
Riddle 100
You can catch me but not throw me. What am I?
Answer: A cold
Friday Math Riddles
These math riddles add extra challenge to your brain workout.
Riddle 101
Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exactly three eggs, each person had an egg. How is this possible?
Answer: There were only two people at the table – a grandfather and his grandson.
Riddle 102
If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?
Answer: A secret
Riddle 103
I have branches but no fruit, trunk but no bark, leaves but no blossoms. What am I?
Answer: A library
Riddle 104
What 3-digit number has all its digits different and is also divisible by each one of the digits?
Answer: 142 (divisible by 1, 2, and 4)
Riddle 105
I come in winter but never in summer. What am I?
Answer: The letter “W”
Conclusion
Friday is a great day to share riddles and puzzles with family, friends, kids and colleagues. I hope you enjoyed exercising your mind with these 105 riddles all about Friday. Let the riddle solving begin and the laughter commence!
