Easy Riddles for Elementary School Students
Riddles you can enjoy with friends and family in little pockets of time.
Just knowing a few questions lets you play on the bus during a field trip, in between stops on a family vacation, or to kill time with friends!
In this article, we’ll introduce riddles perfect for passing the time, geared toward elementary school students.
We’ve gathered a variety—from easy ones to slightly tricky ones, and even ones that help you learn kanji or English just by solving them.
Even though they’re meant for elementary schoolers, if you try them on Mom or Dad, they might surprisingly not know the answers…?
Give them a try whenever you have a moment, and have some lighthearted fun with friends and family!
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[Easy] Riddles for Elementary School Students (1–10)
Kanji Riddles

When you hear “kanji problems,” it might remind you of studying and make you think it’s not really a game, right? But these kanji problems are proper riddles, and being able to solve them means you understand the kanji.
It’s a game where you can learn kanji while playing—killing two birds with one stone.
And the kanji you learn this way really stick in your memory, don’t they? I’m sure they’ll come to you quickly on tests or in situations where you suddenly have to write them.
It might even become a method for learning kanji.
Animal Sound Riddles

This is a quiz where you listen to animal sounds and guess the animal’s name.
Even kids who don’t really like animals or don’t know much about them have probably heard some of these before, right? Let’s ramp up the difficulty step by step, using sounds from a wide range of animals—from familiar ones like dogs and cats, to animals you only see at the zoo, and even those you’ve only seen on TV or in picture books.
If it’s too hard with sound alone, it’s a good idea to give a little hint.
There are plenty of examples on video sites, so try searching for them.
Brain teaser

Lately, puzzle riddles have been popular even among adults.
You often see TV and YouTube personalities pondering over them and giving answers, right? How about trying some of those riddle puzzles yourself? Brain-teaser puzzles have certain little patterns, but even when you figure out the pattern, there are still plenty of times when you can’t get the answer, aren’t there? Still, the satisfaction and clarity you feel when you finally solve one are absolutely unbeatable! They’re great mental exercise too, so why not give them a try?
[Easy] Riddles for Elementary School Students (11–20)
If you can’t solve it, that’s weird!? Easy brain-training quiz

The title is a bit intriguing, but let’s treat this as a brain exercise and dive in without hesitation! The problem itself is simple, but since it’s a quiz, you’ll need a bit of inspiration.
If you approach it like a word association game and let various ideas come to mind, you may find the answer surprisingly easy.
cipher riddle

This is a collection of cryptic riddles.
Puzzles that use ciphers are quite unique; rather than understanding the content of the problem, you derive the answer by interpreting combinations of what’s displayed, which makes them very educational.
They also make you think, so they’re often referred to as “brain training” puzzles.
English riddles

This is a collection of riddle quizzes that use simple English words.
The questions are very straightforward, and most of them are designed so you can figure out the answer from the pronunciation or spelling even if you don’t know the meaning of the word.
You can learn English vocabulary while having fun.
Irritating riddles

A collection of riddles that might make you go “Ugh!” or “Grr!” the moment you think you know the answer.
But once you learn the answer, you’ll surely be impressed—these are all fascinating! If you’ve gotten a bit used to easy riddles, these are the ones you should definitely try.



