Riddle O'Day – November Answers

Here are the answers to the Riddle O’Day riddles that are used each November 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 – November

A little pool with
Two layers of wall
One white and soft
The other dark and hard
Almost a grassy brown lawn
- COCONUT

A man but an animal
With a bull’s head and tail
Trapped within a maze
Until a hero could prevail
- MINOTAUR

An insect with the name
Of a famous band
And the name of another insect
In its first half
- BEETLE

An open ended barrel
I am shaped like a hive
Inside is flesh
And the flesh is alive
-THIMBLE

As a whole I am steady
Behead me when you want to eat
Behead me once more and
I’m the partner of ready
Restore me fully and I am
The domain of beasts
- STABLE

DESTBA
GOBBLE
WATTLE
BLACK
HET TPO LLACS THE TKETLE
- TURKEY

Die without me
Walk right through me
Always there
But you never see me
- AIR

HET PSCIE FO FLIE
- VARIETY

I am four letters long
I am the ocean and the sea
You can see me in the sky
I’m a sad way to be
- BLUE

I build bridges of silver
Crowns of gold
And the smallest caves
One could imagine
Everyone needs me
But still most fear me
- DENTIST

I’m a lion with
A human head
Guess my riddle
Or you’ll be dead
- SPHINX

I’m holes tied to more holes
And really not much more
I am only as strong
As my weakest part
- CHAIN

I’m the part of the bird
That’s not in the sky
I can swim in the ocean
And yet remain dry
- SHADOW

Inside a burning house
This thing is best to make
And best to make it quickly
Before it’s too much to take
- HASTE

It rides on top
Of a hairy mop
- CAP

It stays in the same place
When it goes off
- GUN

MOTNAHP
ERTCEPS
SHTIARW
DETNUAH
- GHOST

Of no use to one
But sweet bliss to two
A child gets it for nothing
A young man has to lie for it
An old man has to buy it
- KISS

SMEDICIXR
PFHDANTEO
DFELLNIN
XXLORENIM
FCALVINOL
- ITALIANS

Some are pot-bellied
While others are ranges
Coal, gas, and wood
With time it all changes
- STOVE

The sun bakes them
The hand breaks them
The foot treads on them
The mouth tastes them
- GRAPES

This tiny thing
Goes around the world
While staying forever
In the same corner
- STAMP

Those who create me
Cannot control me
I take in wood, paper
And flesh alike
To my creators I seem
To be everywhere
- BABY

To unravel me
You need a key
No key that was made
By a locksmith’s hand
But a key that only
I will understand
- CIPHER

What do you use to
Hoe a row
Slay a foe
Wring with woe?
- HANDS

What is it that rows
With four oars but
Never comes out from
Under its own roof?
- TURTLE

What kind of tree is
most warmly clad?
- FIR

What word can be written
Forward, backward
Or upside down
And can still be read
From left to right?
- NOON

Woodwind yet reedless
Magic by Amadeus
A channel, groove or furrow
Or filled with champagne
- FLUTE

You use it between
Your hands and toes
The more it works
The thinner it grows
- SOAP