Watermelon is the taste of summer, but it is also full of surprises. It is mostly water, it is botanically a berry and in Japan some are grown in square boxes. These riddles cover all of that and more.
Each riddle has a different answer, so you will learn about rinds and vines, lycopene, cucumbers and the record for the heaviest watermelon ever grown.
Easy Watermelon Riddles for Kids
- I am green and striped outside, red and juicy inside and full of black seeds. What am I? 👉 A watermelon
- I am the hard green skin on the outside of a watermelon. What am I? 👉 The rind
- I am small and black, and people like to spit me out when eating watermelon. What am I? 👉 Seeds
- I am the hot, sunny season when watermelons are ripe and ready. What am I? 👉 Summer
- I am a juicy triangle cut from a big round melon. What am I? 👉 A slice
- I am a cold, sweet drink made by blending watermelon with ice. What am I? 👉 Watermelon juice
- I am the pale yellow patch where a watermelon rested on the ground while it grew. What am I? 👉 The field spot (a creamy yellow field spot is a sign the melon is ripe)
- I am a cousin of the watermelon with orange flesh and a rough, net-like skin. What am I? 👉 A cantaloupe
- I am the long, creeping plant stem that watermelons grow on. What am I? 👉 A vine
- Tap a ripe watermelon and you will hear me. What am I? 👉 A deep, hollow thump
- I am a summer fair contest where people see who can shoot a seed the farthest. What am I? 👉 A seed-spitting contest
Watermelon Fact Riddles
These riddles are based on real food science and history. The note after each answer explains it.
- A watermelon is about this much water: 50 percent, 75 percent or 92 percent? 👉 About 92 percent
- I am the continent where watermelons first grew wild. What am I? 👉 Africa
- I am the red pigment that gives watermelon and tomatoes their color. What am I? 👉 Lycopene
- Botanists say a watermelon is this kind of fruit, even though it is huge. What is it? 👉 A berry (a berry with a hard rind is called a pepo)
- I am the country that grows more watermelons than any other. What am I? 👉 China
- Watermelons belong to the same plant family as me, a crunchy green salad vegetable. What am I? 👉 The cucumber
- Farmers in Japan grow watermelons inside boxes so they turn out this shape. What shape? 👉 Square
- Seedless watermelons are not completely seedless. What do they still have inside? 👉 Soft, white seed coats
- Watermelon seeds have been found in these ancient Egyptian places. Where? 👉 Pharaohs’ tombs
- In the southern United States, the rind of a watermelon is often turned into this tangy snack. What is it? 👉 Pickles
- The heaviest watermelon on record weighed about this much. What was it? 👉 About 159 kg (grown by Chris Kent in Tennessee in 2013)
Funny Watermelon Riddles
- Why do watermelons have big weddings? 👉 Because they cantaloupe
- What do you call a sad melon? 👉 Melon-choly
- What did the watermelon write on its Valentine card? 👉 “You are one in a melon”
Watermelon Brain Teasers
- A watermelon weighs 8 kg and is 92 percent water. About how much of it is water? 👉 About 7.4 kg
- You cut a round watermelon with 4 straight cuts, all through the center. How many wedges do you get? 👉 8
- A farmer grows 3 rows of watermelons with 15 in each row. How many watermelons is that? 👉 45
- A whole watermelon costs $5, and half a watermelon costs $3. How much do you save by buying a whole one instead of two halves? 👉 $1
- You have 6 watermelons and give away all but 2. How many do you have left? 👉 2
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