The wordplay playground
WTF Break!
100 short dad jokes, word riddles and letter puzzles—with answers. Think, reveal, pass it on.
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What word becomes shorter when you add two letters?
Add two lettersER
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WTF?SHORT + ER = SHORTER.
Two more letters. Literally SHORTER.
I only know 25 letters of the alphabet…
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WTF?ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
I don’t know Y.
STRESSED?
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WTF?DESSERTS.
STRESSED is DESSERTS spelled backward.
What do you call a fake noodle?
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WTF?An impasta.
Impasta sounds like impostor.
What did the zero say to the eight?
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WTF?Nice belt.
An 8 looks like a 0 wearing a belt.
What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
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WTF?Nacho cheese.
Nacho sounds like not your.
Why was the math book sad?
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WTF?It had too many problems.
Problems can be exercises or troubles.
What do you call a bear with no teeth?
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What kind of shoes do ninjas wear?
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What do you call an alligator wearing a vest?
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WTF?An investigator.
In a vest + gator.
How do you organize a space party?
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WTF?You planet.
Planet sounds like plan it.
Why couldn’t the bicycle stand up?
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WTF?It was two-tired.
Two tires; too tired.
What do you call a factory that makes okay products?
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Why do bees have sticky hair?
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How do trees get on the internet?
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Why can’t a leopard hide?
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WTF?It’s always spotted.
Spotted means seen, or covered in spots.
Why did the stadium get hot after the game?
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Why was the mushroom the life of the party?
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WTF?It was a fun guy.
Fun guy sounds like fungi.
What kind of tree fits in your hand?
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What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
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What kind of music scares balloons?
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What begins with E, ends with E, and contains one letter?
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WTF?An envelope.
Letter means a piece of mail.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
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WTF?A towel.
It absorbs water as it dries something else.
What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T?
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WTF?A teapot.
T sounds like tea.
Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
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WTF?If they flew over the bay, they’d be bagels.
Bay + gulls sounds like bagels.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
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WTF?The letter M.
Look at the letters in those phrases.
What do you call a fish with no eyes?
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WTF?Fsh.
Eyes sounds like I’s. Remove the I from FISH.
What has a face but no head, hands but no arms, and can run but can’t walk?
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What do you call a deer with no eyes?
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WTF?No-eye-deer.
It sounds like no idea.
What word is always spelled incorrectly in the dictionary?
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WTF?Incorrectly.
It’s the word INCORRECTLY.
I’m worried about the calendar.
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WTF?Its days are numbered.
What has ears but cannot hear?
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WTF?A cornfield.
Ears of corn.
I’m reading a book about anti-gravity.
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WTF?It’s impossible to put down.
I can’t think of any jokes about cutting down trees.
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What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?
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WTF?A carrot.
Carrot rhymes with parrot.
Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
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WTF?It was feeling crummy.
Crummy sounds like crumb-y.
Why did the scarecrow win an award?
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WTF?It was outstanding in its field.
What do you call a sad strawberry?
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WTF?A blueberry.
Blue can mean sad.
What do you call a pile of cats?
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WTF?A meowntain.
Meow + mountain.
Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
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WTF?They’d crack each other up.
Why do cows have bells?
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WTF?Their horns don’t work.
Why couldn’t the skeleton go to the dance?
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WTF?It had no body to dance with.
No body sounds like nobody.
What do computers eat for a snack?
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What do you call a snowman in summer?
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What do you call a sleeping bull?
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WTF?A bulldozer.
Dozing means sleeping.
What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back?
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What do you call a small pepper in the fall?
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WTF?A little chilli.
Chilli sounds like chilly.
How do you make an octopus laugh?
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WTF?Give it ten tickles.
Ten tickles sounds like tentacles.
Why shouldn’t you write with a broken pencil?
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Two fish are in a tank. One asks the other…
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WTF?Do you know how to drive this thing?
Tank can mean an aquarium or a vehicle.
Why did the chicken go to the gym?
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WTF?To work on its pecks.
Pecks sounds like pecs: chest muscles.
How do you put a baby spaceship to sleep?
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WTF?You rocket.
Rocket sounds like rock it.
What do you call a sick pony?
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WTF?A little hoarse.
Hoarse sounds like horse.
What’s a pirate’s favorite letter?
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WTF?You’d think R, but their first love is the C.
C sounds like sea.
What do you call a dinosaur with a strong vocabulary?
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Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
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WTF?In case they got a hole in one.
What type of dog can do magic?
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WTF?A Labracadabrador.
Labrador + abracadabra.
Why did the invisible man turn down the job offer?
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WTF?He couldn’t see himself doing it.
What do you call a bear in the rain?
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WTF?A drizzly bear.
Drizzly sounds like grizzly.
I don’t trust stairs.
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WTF?They’re always up to something.
What do you call a duck that gets all A’s?
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WTF?A wise quacker.
Quack + wisecracker.
What did one wall say to the other?
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WTF?I’ll meet you at the corner.
How does a penguin build its house?
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WTF?Igloos it together.
Igloos sounds like he glues.
Want to hear a roof joke?
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WTF?It’s on the house.
On the house also means free.
What kind of haircut do bees get?
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Want to hear a joke about construction?
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WTF?I’m still working on it.
What do you call a sad cup of coffee?
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WTF?A depresso.
Depressed + espresso.
What school subject is the fruitiest?
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WTF?History. It’s full of dates.
Dates are fruit, or days on a calendar.
What kind of tea is hard to swallow?
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WTF?Reality.
Reali-tea. Reality can be hard to accept.
Why do electricians listen to news radio?
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WTF?To keep up with current events.
Current also means a flow of electricity.
What five-letter word sounds the same with four letters removed?
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WTF?Queue.
QUEUE becomes Q. They sound the same.
What do you call a belt made of watches?
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WTF?A waist of time.
Waist sounds like waste.
The word SEVEN has EVEN in it.
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WTF?That’s odd.
Seven is an odd number.
What did the cheese say to its reflection?
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WTF?Halloumi.
Halloumi sounds like hello me.
Dozens of teeth, but I won’t bite. I may cause a tear. What am I?
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WTF?A comb.
Its teeth can tug on tangled hair.
What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
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What do you call a can opener that doesn’t work?
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What did the ocean say to the beach?
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WTF?Nothing. It just waved.
What did the big flower say to the little flower?
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Want to hear a joke about paper?
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WTF?Never mind. It’s tearable.
Tearable sounds like terrible.
What did one hat say to the other?
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WTF?You stay here. I’ll go on ahead.
Ahead sounds like a head.
Why can’t you trust atoms?
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WTF?They make up everything.
Make up can mean compose or invent.
Why did the banana go to the doctor?
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WTF?It wasn’t peeling well.
Peeling sounds like feeling.
What happens when frogs park illegally?
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WTF?They get toad.
Toad sounds like towed.
What do you call a fish wearing a bow tie?
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WTF?Sofishticated.
Fish + sophisticated.
I used to be a baker…
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WTF?But I couldn’t make enough dough.
Dough can mean bread mixture or money.
How do you fix a broken tomato?
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Why did the orange lose the race?
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What do you call a person who cleans out a vacuum cleaner?
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What do you call a lazy kangaroo?
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WTF?A pouch potato.
Pouch potato sounds like couch potato.
How do you make a tissue dance?
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WTF?Put a little boogie in it.
Boogie can mean a dance or a booger.
What do you call a line of rabbits walking backward?
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WTF?A receding hare line.
Hare sounds like hair.
Why is fishing such good business?
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What has 88 keys but cannot open a single door?
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What word has three consecutive pairs of double letters?
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WTF?Bookkeeper.
b-OO-KK-EE-per.
What’s the key to a good mailman joke?
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How does a train eat?
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WTF?It goes chew, chew.
Chew sounds like choo.
What’s the difference between a piano and a fish?
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WTF?You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish.
Tune a sounds like tuna.
Two antennas got married.
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WTF?The ceremony was okay, but the reception was excellent.
Reception means a party or a radio signal.
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