Can You Solve the Daily Hink Pink?

What do you call an odd bagel spread?

(Hint: The answer is a pair of rhyming words, 1 syllable each.)

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An introduction to hink pinks

What's a hink pink?

A hink pink is a little riddle. The answer to a hink pink is a pair of rhyming words, both with the same number of syllables. Here's an example: what do you call an obese feline? A fat cat!

The answer to a hink pink is always two words that rhyme and contain the same number of syllables. The daily hink pink widget at the top of this page updates with a fresh riddle every 24 hours. Or if you'd like a collection of more than 300 original hink pinks, grab my book on Amazon, The Original Hink Pink: A Game of Rhyming Riddles.

Hink pinks can be easy or difficult. The number of syllables in the answer can also vary. If the answer is a pair of one syllable words, it's called a hink pink. If there are two syllables per word, it's called a hinky pinky. A riddle with three syllables per word is a hinkety pinkety. Four syllables per word, and it's a hitinkety pitinkety. If the answer consists of a pair of five syllable words, it's called a hinketinkety pinketinkety. These are rare and difficult to solve.

What are hink pinks good for?

Hink pinks are the perfect riddles for kids, middleschoolers, highschoolers, and adults. These difficult riddles are a fun way to hone one's verbal prowess. Hink pinks make an excellent educational resource for teachers, homeschool moms, classical education, or family game night. Kick off your class by challenging your students to a hink pink or two. Or print off a worksheet for them to solve at their own pace.

Hink pink riddles are a great way for students to grapple with synonyms and word association. You can write your own hink pink riddles or challenge your students to make up their own. Start with a pair of rhyming words, then come up with a simple clue for the riddle.

Free hink pink worksheets with answers

Looking for free, downloadable hink pink worksheets with answers? You've come to the right place! Here are some of our favorite hink pink riddles. Scroll down a bit further to download one of our free hink pink worksheets with answers.

Hink pink examples

Hink pink: What do you call treaties made with a hatchet?
Answer: axe pacts

Hink pink: What do you call tub time rage?
Answer: bath wrath

Hink pink: What do you call nosh for unwanted plants?
Answer: weed feed

Hink pink: What do you call a playful holy lady?
Answer: fun nun

Hink pink: What do you call an aquatic predator yelp?
Answer: shark bark

Printable hink pink worksheets with answers

For an even larger collection of hink pinks, check out my book on Amazon, The Original Hink Pink: A Game of Rhyming Riddles, where you can find over 300 original hink pink riddles and answers, organized by difficulty.

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Still want more hink pinks?

I hope you found this guide to hink pink riddles entertaining! If you're interested in gaining access to a collection of more than 300 hink pinks with answers, order my book on Amazon! The Original Hink Pink: A Game of Rhyming Riddles is a great activity for students of all ages.

For more free learning tools for teachers and homeschool parents, check out the resource page, where you can learn about the word of the day, the daily idiom, and even a daily article.

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