150+ Pirate Riddles to Plunder Your Brain 🏴‍☠️for 2025

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This treasure trove of riddles is crafted so simply that even an 8-year-old can share them with family and friends.

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Pirate Riddles for Kids

What has a bottom at the top?
A leg.
Where does a pirate keep his cookies?
In a jarrrrr.
What’s a pirate’s favorite letter?
You might think it’s ‘R’, but his true love be the ‘C’.
How do pirates prefer to communicate?
Aye to aye.
Why did the pirate go to school?
To improve his ‘Arrrrrt’.
What’s a pirate’s favorite subject in school?
Navigarrrrrtion.
Why couldn’t the pirate play cards?
Because he was sitting on the deck.
What does a pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Aye matey (I’m eighty).
Why do pirates wear eye patches?
To have one eye adjusted for the top deck and the other for the dark below.
What do you call a pirate with two eyes, two hands, and two legs?
A rookie.

What can travel the world while staying in a box?
A compass.
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs (or a pirate’s leg).
You see me where I never am, and where I cannot be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I?
A reflection (in the sea or on a ship).
What has an eye but cannot see and is stronger than any man?
A needle (used for sails on a pirate ship) or a hurricane.
What has teeth but cannot bite?
A key (to a treasure chest).
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire (on a pirate ship).
What comes once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a day?
The letter ‘E’.
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
A joke (among pirates).
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All aboard are married pirates.
What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it’s dead?
A snowflake (in tales of cold pirate seas).

Why are pirates called pirates?
They just arrrrrgh!
How much did the pirate pay for his earrings?
A buccaneer!
Why can’t you take a picture of a pirate with a wooden leg?
Because a wooden leg doesn’t take pictures!
What is a pirate’s favorite country?
Arrrrrrgentina!
Why did the pirate go on vacation?
For arrrrrgh and arrrrrgh!
Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet?
Because they spend years at C!
What grades did the pirate get in school?
High C’s!
Why didn’t the pirate’s phone work?
Because he left it off the hook!
Why are pirates great singers?
They can hit the high C’s!
What do you call a pirate that skips class?
Captain Hooky!

If you are a pirate and you get into a fight, you’d need to wear this on your face if half your sight.
An eyepatch.
If you find this, you may get rich. But first you have to dig a ditch.
A treasure chest.
I sit on the captain’s shoulder and never fly away. I’m oh so very clever: I’ll repeat just what you say.
A parrot.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A pirate’s penny.
What is a pirate’s favorite fish?
A swordfish.
What kind of grades did the pirate get in school?
High seas (C’s).
Why did the pirate go to the Apple store?
To buy an iPatch.
What did the ocean say to the pirate?
Nothing, it just waved.
How do pirates prefer their steak?
On the rare side, to avoid scurvy.
Why was the pirate ship so cheap?
It was on sail.

Who commands the ship of shadows?
The captain of the Phantom Fury.
Pirate’s favorite number, I’m always one more than three, what am I?
Four (arrr, four seas!).
Treasure chest filled with gold, but I’m not always worth holding, what am I?
A doubloon (a pirate’s gold coin).
I stand on the edge, yet never fall, No man has seen my form at all. I whisper secrets, old and wise, Yet my truths are hidden

What do pirates use to clean their houses?
🏴 A mop-arrrrr.
Why don’t pirates shower before walking the plank?
🏴 Because they’ll just wash up on shore.
What do you call a pirate who steals from the rich and gives to the threshold?
🏴 Robin Hook.
What is a pirate’s favorite holiday?
🏴 Arrrrbor Day.
Why did the pirate bring a ladder to the bar?
🏴 He heard the drinks were on the house.
What is a pirate’s favorite movie rating?
🏴 Arrrr-rated.
Why are pirate jokes so funny?
🏴 Because they always land on the funny side.
What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise?
🏴 Plank-ing.
What kind of socks does a pirate wear?
🏴 Arrrrgyle.
Why did the pirate become a great artist?
🏴 Because he mastered the arrrrt of drawing.

Why did the pirate wear a bandana?
🏴 To hide his hairrrrr.
What do you call a pirate who skips work?
🏴 A skipper.
Why do pirates avoid algebra?
🏴 Because they don’t want to find X.
What did the ocean say to the pirate ship?
🏴 Nothing, it just waved.
Why did the pirate cross the road?
🏴 To get to the other tide.
What’s a pirate’s least favorite vegetable?
🏴 Leeks (in the ship).
What is a pirate’s favorite dessert?
🏴 Rum cake.
How does a pirate tell time?
🏴 With a hook-clock.
Why did the pirate captain wear two eye patches?
🏴 Because he couldn’t see himself retiring.
What did the pirate say when he found his wooden leg in the freezer?
🏴 Shiver me timbers!

Pirate riddles bring fun and excitement to any gathering, whether it’s a kids’ party or a family game night.

These riddles are not only easy to share but also ignite creativity and laughter.

So, gather your crew, pick your favorites, and let the riddling adventure begin!