Nighttime can be mysterious, magical, and sometimes a little spooky. Riddles that play on the curiosities of the night can be fun and challenging. Here are 81 riddles about night with answers to test your wits.
Funny riddles about night
These humorous riddles use wordplay and puns to poke fun at nighttime.
Riddle 1
What do you call a dog that works for Dracula?
Answer: A bloodhound!
Riddle 2
Where do birds sleep at night?
Answer: In their birdcages!
Riddle 3
Why was the vampire sent to his room?
Answer: Because he was coffin too much!
Riddle 4
What’s a vampire’s favorite fruit?
Answer: A nectarine!
Riddle 5
Why do demons and ghouls hang out together?
Answer: Because demons are a ghoul’s best friend!
Riddle 6
Why can’t basketball players go on moonlight strolls?
Answer: They might dribble!
Riddle 7
Why didn’t anyone want to babysit the little goblin?
Answer: He was a little monster!
Riddle 8
Why do ghosts love riding in elevators?
Answer: It lifts their spirits!
Riddle 9
What do you call a fat jack-o-lantern?
Answer: A plumpkin!
Riddle 10
Where does a ghost go on vacation?
Answer: Mali-boo!
Hard riddles about night
These brainteasers about nighttime will really make you think.
Riddle 11
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter ‘M’
Riddle 12
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Answer: Your name
Riddle 13
I have cities with no people, forests with no trees, and oceans with no water. What am I?
Answer: A map
Riddle 14
What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
Riddle 15
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
Riddle 16
What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock
Riddle 17
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Answer: Light
Riddle 18
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Answer: The letter ‘R’
Riddle 19
What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
Riddle 20
The more you take away, the larger I become. What am I?
Answer: A hole
Scary riddles about night
Do you dare solve these spine-tingling riddles?
Riddle 21
They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?
Answer: Stars
Riddle 22
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Answer: Money
Riddle 23
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Answer: The letter “R”
Riddle 24
Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters. What is it?
Answer: The wind
Riddle 25
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can never touch me or catch me. What am I?
Answer: Your shadow
Riddle 26
The maker doesn’t want it; the buyer doesn’t use it; the user doesn’t see it. What is it?
Answer: A coffin
Riddle 27
What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
Answer: Silence
Riddle 28
I have no eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I’m white and empty. What am I?
Answer: A skull
Riddle 29
What runs but never walks,has a mouth but never talks,has a head but never weeps,has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river
Riddle 30
I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I touch, will soon turn red.
Answer: Fire
Night animal riddles
Guess the nocturnal creature in these nighttime riddles.
Riddle 31
I only come out at night when the moon is bright. I swoop and swoosh on wings that are quiet as a mouse. What am I?
Answer: An owl
Riddle 32
I crawl on many legs. I have fangs and I hunt by sensing your body heat. What am I?
Answer: A spider
Riddle 33
I like bananas and sleep in trees. I’m naughty and funny when you swing with me. What am I?
Answer: A monkey
Riddle 34
I howl at the moon and travel in packs. Rabbits and deer had better watch their backs. What am I?
Answer: A wolf
Riddle 35
I slither and slide through the grass on my belly. Mice and voles had better run pell-mell. What am I?
Answer: A snake
Riddle 36
I live in the ocean, have eight arms, and love to give big hugs. What am I?
Answer: An octopus
Riddle 37
I’m black and white and live near the poles. I swim and catch fish with my sharp claws. What am I?
Answer: A penguin
Riddle 38
I live in an igloo that’s made out of snow. I hunt seals – where cold winds blow. What am I?
Answer: A polar bear
Riddle 39
I’m big and heavy with a very thick skin. In the hot sun I take mud baths to keep cool. What am I?
Answer: A hippopotamus
Riddle 40
I’m a slow mover but have a thick shell. I carry my home wherever I dwell. What am I?
Answer: A snail
Riddles about night sky
Unravel mysteries about stars, planets and other celestial objects.
Riddle 41
I shine brightest in the darkest night, I’m present in the day though pale. What am I?
Answer: The moon
Riddle 42
I’m up in the sky, so far away. Twinkle twinkle, throughout the day. What am I?
Answer: A star
Riddle 43
I light your nights, I’m made of rock, I have no air or living flocks. What am I?
Answer: The moon
Riddle 44
I’m a trail in the sky, left behind as planets fly by. There’s a storm where I lie, what am I?
Answer: A comet
Riddle 45
I’m cold and gassy, spinning round and round, With rings of rock my arms are bound. What am I?
Answer: Saturn
Riddle 46
I’m the first planet you’ll spy, Look up on a clear night sky, Close to the sun I’m found, Small, rocky and red all around. What am I?
Answer: Mercury
Riddle 47
I’m the red planet, dusty and dry, With ice in my caps way up high, Your rover took lots of my photos, Now do you know who I am? Do you know?
Answer: Mars
Riddle 48
I’m the planet that’s striped white and brown, I turn around as I go round the sun, At an angle I tip, what planet am I?
Answer: Uranus
Riddle 49
I’m furthest from the sun, cold, gassy, and blue, I was the last true planet discovered, in eighteen-forty-six, now who am I?
Answer: Neptune
Riddle 50
I’m not really a planet anymore, but I still circle the sun, Way out past Neptune is where I call home, Pluto’s my name in the blackness unknown.
Answer: Pluto
Short riddles about night
Quick riddles to solve in just a few seconds.
Riddle 51
Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun. What am I?
Answer: A shadow
Riddle 52
I am weightless but you can see me. Put me in a bucket and I’ll make it lighter. What am I?
Answer: A hole
Riddle 53
I come out at night without being called, and lose my way when the light shines. What am I?
Answer: The stars
Riddle 54
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Answer: Money
Riddle 55
What month of the year has 28 days?
Answer: All of them
Riddle 56
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
Riddle 57
Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters. What is it?
Answer: The wind
Riddle 58
What has words, but never speaks?
Answer: A book
Riddle 59
What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle
Riddle 60
What month has 28 days?
Answer: All of them
Rhyming riddles about night
Can you figure out these nighttime rhymes?
Riddle 61
As the sun does set, this I get. All through the night, I gather my light. At dawn I’m gone, until dusk I bide, slowly showing my face. Glowing so bright, what am I?
Answer: Moonlight
Riddle 62
In the night it comes without being fetched. By day it is lost without being stolen. What is it?
Answer: The stars
Riddle 63
I hide out in the dark all day. I come out at night to laugh and play. What am I?
Answer: An owl
Riddle 64
As you look up at night, I appear bright and white. You can see me but I give you no light. What am I?
Answer: The moon
Riddle 65
I come to you in daylight, but at night I am gone. Few people know what I look like, yet everyone sees me. What am I?
Answer: A rainbow
Riddle 66
Every night I draw a different shape as I shine up above. Sometimes a sliver, sometimes a crescent, waxing or waning my shape changes on. What am I?
Answer: The moon
Riddle 67
My first is in day but not in night. My second is in owl and is also in flight. My third is in cat and is also in mouse. My whole is something that glows bright.
Answer: Moonlight
Riddle 68
I sneak and creep in the shadows of night, looking for my prey try as they might. My eyes they glow, my claws are sharp, from me it’s best not to stray too far. What am I?
Answer: An owl
Riddle 69
I light the night to guide your way, through darkness, gloom, shadows I sway. Look up in the sky and see me shine, glowing moonbeams for all time.
Answer: The moon
Riddle 70
Twinkle, twinkle in the sky so high. Up above the trees and buildings I fly. Glowing in darkness throughout the night. What am I shining oh so bright?
Answer: A star
Tricky riddles about night
Stretch your mind with these perplexing nighttime puzzles.
Riddle 71
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Answer: Silence
Riddle 72
What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
Riddle 73
I fly when I’m born, lie down when alive, and run as I die. What am I?
Answer: A snowflake
Riddle 74
What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
Riddle 75
What can one catch that is not thrown?
Answer: A cold
Riddle 76
What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel
Riddle 77
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Answer: Short
Riddle 78
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years?
Answer: The letter M
Riddle 79
What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library
Riddle 80
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp
Conclusion
Riddles that play with the concept of night and darkness can be an amusing way to challenge your mind and perspective. Some riddles use puns and humor while others rely on wordplay and double meanings to conceal the answer. Solving night riddles can be thrilling when the “a-ha” moment hits and the solution becomes clear. With so many riddles to choose from, you can enjoy these puzzles again and again.
From funny to tricky, scary to rhyming, short to complex, riddles about the night come in all varieties. Making sense of the questions requires logic, creativity and lateral thinking. Stretch your skills and see nighttime in a whole new light by unraveling these 81 puzzles. How many were you able to get right?
