Riddle O’Day – January Answers

Here are the answers to the Riddle O’Day riddles that are used each January at Big Sea Games. They are in alphabetical order by the first word of the riddle, when applicable. If you’re playing in another month, you can find that month’s riddles at our Riddle O’Day Answers list page. For the latest news and information on Riddle O’Day, check out our archive of Riddle O’Day posts.

Archived Riddles – January

A hole leading in
A hole leading out
I connect to a cavern
That is slimy throughout
- NOSE

A kind of weather
That comes your way
But add a “D”
And it will run away
- DRAIN

Born in Nature shaped by man
Getting shorter in one life span
When needed I can light the way
And then I’m hero of the day
Always give and never take
On certain days I top the cake.
- CANDLE

CKAB
CESLMA
HET
EKBRO
TI
- STRAW

ETASE
OUGHT
EMAYN
- BULLY

Get me to a drink
Look through me to see
As I drop get a broom
Sweep sweep sweep
- GLASS

I am so small that
Sometimes I’m missed
I get misused
And help when you list
People pause when they see me
Can you guess what I could be?
- COMMA

I came from Africa, it is true
But I was mostly played
Where grass is blue
My neck is like a ladder
Some say I’m high strung
With a brass bar on every rung
- BANJO

I can precede bug
I can precede child
I can be held dear
I can be quite wild
I can be long, I can be less
That’s it for now, can you guess?
- LOVE

I clean and protect
Before you know it
My last four is seen
In a connected series
But my last three is seen
Most often on paper
- BLINK

I come back every night
But you often forget me
Sometimes i help you fly
Or speak with the dead
When i turn scary
I fill you with dread
– DREAM

I have a T at my start
I have a T in my end
I have T in my middle
And it comes through my bend
- TEAPOT

I tower over the man-made plain
With peaks scraping the heavens
I have many brothers like me
As many as a hundred and seven
I hold inside that which has been
- PYRAMIDS

I travel in waves
On the ocean shore
And everywhere else
You’ve been before
- SOUND

KOOL FBOREE OYU
- LEAP

Lovely and round
I shine with pale light
Grown in the darkness
A lady’s delight
- PEARL

My 1st is in act but not in play
My 2nd in April but not in May
My 3rd is in noble and in lord
My 4th is in card but not in board
My last is in stack, not in hay
You look at me every day
- CLOCK

My 1st is in fire, not in grate
My 2nd is in early, not in late
My 3rd is in music, also in tune
My 4th is in it, but not in soon
My last is in frost and also sleet
When I’m ready I’m juicy and sweet
- FRUIT

My 1st is in ocean, not in sea
My next is in wasp, not in bee
My last is in glider and flight
I often hunt through the night
- OWL

My first is second in line
I send shivers up your spine
Not quite shining bright
I glitter in the light
- ICE

My story whispers ancient lore
I’ve sixty minions, maybe more
Most famous for my lovely rings
You never know what I will bring
Bad fortune may soon start
When my return is on your chart
- SATURN

ON NOE NCA RESVE WTO
- MASTERS

Round I was
Yet no shape have I
Allow me to breathe
Whether fruity or dry
As I get old
My price climbs high
- WINE

Sometimes I’m grey
Sometimes I’m blue
I am always
Bigger than you
Jonah saw me from within
I took a boy of wood for a spin
- WHALE

THISIS
EWARDI
RNWOST
- VIRTUE

Though in theory
I am always behind you
I am also always
Here to remind you
Just don’t dwell
Or I can blind you
- PAST

Though my beauty
Is becoming
I can hurt you
Just the same
I am what I am
By any other name
- ROSE

Though my gray beginnings
Are not so pretty
I grow into my beauty
Purest white or black as night
Thanks to Tchaikovsky
My grace is known to all
- SWAN

What can you blow up
And keep intact?
- BALLOON

When telling a story
About flounder or dory
I often end up far apart
But when bowing your head
Or mourning your dead
I’m together at your heart
- HANDS

When you need it
You throw it away
But when you don’t need it
You take it back
- ANCHOR