Anagram Riddles 1

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Anagrams are words that contain the same letters but arranged in a different

order. For example, act is an anagram of cat. The answers to the clues below are
anagram pairs.

Ex) A part of your body. A male sheep.

1. A short sleep during the day. Something to cook with.

2. An animal that people ride. The place where land meets sea.

3. Something you bake. Hair on your face.

4. A place to see art. Something that makes you sneeze.

5. Another word for jump. Another word for white.

6. An animal that lives in a pack. Move like water.

7. A dogs feet. An insect that stings.

8. A place to wash dishes. What covers your body.

9. The past tense of leap. Something to serve food on.

10. A sour fruit. A juicy fruit.


1. What you call a person. Hair around a lion’s neck.

2. What superheroes wear. A place to see stars and planets.

3. Beef or pork. A group of athletes.

4. Another word for strange. Less narrow.

5. One of the four directions. A place to sit.

6. A place to grow flowers. Something to be careful of.

7. Another word for big. An angry stare.

8. What polite people say. Not awake.

9. A time when things are cheap. A marine mammal.

10. Person who fibs. A dragon’s home.


1. Things people wear in winter. Where land meets the sea.

2. Another word for under. A part of your arm.

3. Try to hear. Another word for quiet.

4. The past tense of spell. The past tense of sleep.

5. Fix a written work. Try to lose weight.

6. Another word for gift. A large snake or a dragon.

7. A piece of beef. A shoe for ice.

8. Something you hear with. A period of time.

9. A hot drink. The past tense of eat.

10. A person who draws or paints. Characteristics of something.


1. A hot drink. Have some food.

2. Something used to water plants. A thing you put on your foot.

3. Things you hammer. A mollusk with a shell on its back.

4. A piece of something. Something used to catch things.

5. The opposite of far. Receive money for working.

6. Not as hard. A place where many trees grow.

7. The past tense of learn. A deer’s horn.

8. Competitions to see who is fastest. Another word for frighten.

9. A number. The opposite of here.

10. Things that babies wear. Another word for complimented.


1. The opposite of close. An informal way to say ‘no.’

2. A boy or a man. Something you eat.

3. A body of water. Where water drips from the ceiling.

4. Trees with cones. Another word for backbone.

5. Something extra. A long sharp weapon.

6. Something you get for doing good. Illustrate something again.

7. Far away. A rock from space.

8. A place with little rain. Took a break.

9. Another word for story. The opposite of early.

10. Minutes and hours. A thing on a list.

Be a thief. Not fresh (as in bread).


Make bigger. The commander of an army.

A spot on your shirt. A person who does good deeds.

An organ that pumps bloods The planet we live on.

A square or a triangle. The shape of the moon.

Another word for warn. Another word for change.

Pieces of furniture to serve food on. A place where horses are kept.

A seasoning. The opposite of first.

A piece of wood in your finger. A precious metal.

The past tense of win. Have belongings.

Answer key 1:

1. nap/pan 2. horse/shore 3. bread/beard 4. gallery/allergy 5. leap/pale 6. Wolf/flow 7. paws/wasp 8. sink/skin

9. leapt/plate 10. lemon/melon

Answer key 2:

1. name/mane 2. capes/space 3. meat/team 4. weird/wider 5. east/seat 6. garden/danger 7. large/glare

8. please/asleep 9. sale/seal 10. liar/lair


Answer key 3:

1. coats/coast 2. below/elbow 3. listen/silent 4. spelt/slept 5. edit/diet 6. present/serpent 7. steak/skate

8. ear/era 9. tea/ate 10. artist/traits

Answer key 4:

1. tea/eat 2. hose/shoe 3. nails/snail 4. part/trap 5. near/earn 6. softer/forest 7. learnt/antler 8. races/scare

9. three/there 10. diapers/praised

Answer key 5:

1. near/earn 2. male/meal 3. lake/leak 4. pines/spine 5. spare/spear 6. reward/redraw 7. remote/meteor

8. desert/rested 9. tale/late 10. time/item

Answer key:

1. steal/stale 2.enlarge/general 3.stain/saint 4.heart/earth 5.shape/phase 6.alert/alter 7.tables/stable

8.salt/last 9.sliver/silver 10.won/own

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