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Riddle of the Day

A daily brain teaser with the answer under wraps.

One riddle a day, answer hidden until the room has properly suffered. Early finishers, morning warm-ups and the last five minutes all get a new best friend.

Also called: daily brain teaser · puzzle of the day

  • Free for teachers · no login required

Today's riddle

What has hands but can't clap?

How it works

Three steps, zero setup

No setup screen, no import wizard — Riddle of the Day lives on the same board as everything else and it's running before the class has sat down.

1

Open the dock and tap Riddle of the Day

Today's riddle appears; the answer stays hidden.

2

Let them wrestle with it

Take guesses all day if you like — the answer only shows when you tap.

Reveal the answer

The tap of triumph or despair. A new riddle arrives tomorrow.

Classroom ideas

Try it tomorrow

Three ways teachers actually run riddle of the day — steal one for tomorrow morning.

The official early-finisher station

'Try the riddle' permanently replaces 'what do I do now?' — and fast finishers stop being your scheduling problem.

Family homework, the nice kind

Send the day's riddle home unanswered. Tomorrow's reveal rewards whoever actually asked at dinner.

Write-your-own Fridays

After a month of dailies the class knows the shape — have them write their own, and the best one opens Monday.

I keep one board for the whole week — timetable, name wheel, timer — and just swap the background when the room needs a lift.
Dana Whitfield 3rd Grade Teacher
Same dock, one tap away

Pairs well with

Every tool lives on the same board — these turn riddle of the day into a whole routine.

Joke of the Day

The daily double: one groan, one think.

Timer

Three minutes on the clock turns guessing into a sport.

Quote of the Day

One to puzzle over, one to ponder.

Sticky Note

Park the class's guesses beside the riddle until the reveal.

…and the rest of the dock is one tap away:

FAQ

Good to know

How hard are the riddles?

Pitched for classrooms — solvable with a think, not a search engine. The occasional one will humble the staffroom too.

Can I get a new one mid-day?

Yes — refresh if the class solves it embarrassingly fast.

Does the answer show right away?

Never — it stays hidden until you choose to reveal it. Suspense is the whole product.

Do I need an account to try it?

No — no login, no install. Your board saves on this device; an account only matters for using it across devices.

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Put a daily riddle on your board

Open a board, tap the dock, and it's there. That's the whole setup.