25 Best Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts

1. Hey Riddle Riddle

Chicago, Illinois, US
Riddles! Puzzles! WhoDunnits! Adal Rifai, Erin Keif, and John Patrick Coan, three of Chicago's most overrated improvisers, are on the case to solve every riddle, puzzle, brain-teaser, and head-scratcher knew to humanity. Some riddles are almost impossible, some are absolutely improbable, and some simply have not aged well. They try and solve a few of these every episode while discussing and dissecting along the way. You can play along while listening but can you solve the questions before we do? Tune in.
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Play⋅ 1.7K⋅ 9.3K ⋅2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 38 min ⋅ Jul 2018 Get Email Contact More

2. Sunday Puzzle : NPR

Washington, District of Columbia, US
Each week, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz presents an on-air quiz to one contestant and gives a challenge for listeners at home.
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Play⋅ 6.7M⋅ 8.9M ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Sep 2004 Get Email Contact More

3. Game Show! from The Incomparable

Mill Valley, California, US
A podcast featuring word games, trivia, classic board games, and even a few reimagined classic game shows from years gone by. We rotate through several different games, with different hosts, from episode to episode. What they all have in common is chat, humor, and fun.
Also in Gaming Podcasts
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Play⋅ 363⋅ 475 ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 67 min ⋅ Apr 2012 Get Email Contact More

4. Transum Mathematics Puzzles

UK
This Transum podcast features a puzzle of the month as well as information about everything new on Transum Mathematics.
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Play⋅ 179⋅ 1.9K ⋅2 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 11 min ⋅ Aug 2014 Get Email Contact More

5. Fill Me In

Cloverdale, California, US
Fill Me In is a crossword podcast, or at least, that's what it pretends to be. Most of the time, it's about other things (including, but not limited to: soup, Thor, Rosana Ñler, Viewer Mail, Jonathan Papelbon, vuvuzelas, the inappropriate glorification of the E Division, and much more), but occasionally, we also talk about crosswords.
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Play⋅ 180⋅ 574 ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 93 min ⋅ Mar 2018 Get Email Contact More

6. Crosspod Wordcast

US
Do you like crosswords? How about solving it with friends? Listen to the puzzlingly clever duo, David and Daniel, solve the themed Sunday edition of the New York Times crossword puzzle.
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Play⋅ 6⋅ 10 ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 100 min ⋅ Oct 2019 Get Email Contact More

7. Road Trip Trivia

QuizMaster Ally Lane takes you a fun ride of trivia games you can play on your own, or with a group of people. Categories cover a wide variety of topics from pop culture, to science, history, geography, sports, and even riddles! Whether you're venturing on a long road trip or hosting a house party with friends, ROAD TRIP TRIVIA is your one-stop-shop for endless hours of game entertainment.
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Play⋅ 185⋅ 568 ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 6 min ⋅ May 2019 Get Email Contact More

8. Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

A short, fun, and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
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Play 2 episodes / day ⋅ Avg Length 18 min ⋅ Jun 2020 Get Email Contact More

9. One Down with Greg Warren and Brendan Eyre

New York City, New York, US
Every day, Comedians Greg Warren and Brendan Eyre attempt the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Every Week, they report their triumphs, failures, observations, and complaints. Lots of complaints. Trust us, it's way funnier than it sounds.
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Play⋅ 9.4K⋅ 7.2K ⋅ Apr 2020 Get Email Contact More

10. Crossnerds

Brooklyn, New York, US
Crossnerds is the world's best-er, nerdiest-crossword puzzle podcast. Editors, constructors, solvers, and allies deliver piping-hot takes on the New York Times crossword puzzle and the vast cruci universe of wordplay beyond.
crossnerds.com
Play⋅ 608 ⋅1 episode / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 45 min ⋅ Jan 2017 Get Email Contact More

11. Couple of Geniuses!

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
A daily play-along podcast (with a couple of idiots) about the NYT Spelling Bee game.
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Play⋅ 477 ⋅ Nov 2020 Get Email Contact More

12. Road Trip Riddles

Looking for an engaging game during your next long road trip or event? From the people that brought you ROAD TRIP TRIVIA comes ROAD TRIP RIDDLES. These games are fast, exciting, and engaging. Each game is a new question to keep you thinking, talking, and driving. Tune in as new games are uploaded every Tuesday.
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Play⋅ 185⋅ 568 ⋅22 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 2 min ⋅ Mar 2020 Get Email Contact More

13. The Mini Crossword Club

Five friends play the New York Times Mini Crossword Puzzle together followed by a breakdown of the highlights (and lowlights) of each puzzle. Listeners can play along with the club.
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Play⋅ 17 ⋅ May 2019 Get Email Contact More

14. The Riddles Podcast

The Riddles Podcast is a break-sized podcast about riddles old and new, popular and darned near impossible to find anywhere. Please subscribe and tell your friends, especially if you got stumped! This will help me get new riddles out faster. Each podcast features the riddle, a pause, a hint, and then a solution so there are no spoilers.
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Play Aug 2020 Get Email Contact More

15. Puzzling Maths

England, UK
In this lively and laughter-filled podcast, Rob Eastaway and Andrew Jeffrey set puzzles and talk about the quirky ways in which maths crops up in their everyday lives with occasional special guests for good measure.
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Play⋅ 8.2K ⋅6 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 27 min ⋅ Oct 2020 Get Email Contact More

16. WoW: Wonderful World Of Words

India
This podcast presents original word puzzles that may be solved using linguistic tools like anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, crossword puzzle-like clues, and the like.
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Play⋅ 13 ⋅ Oct 2020 Get Email Contact More

17. riddles by Meara

Learn fun riddles to tell your family and friends (non-explicit).
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Play Aug 2020 Get Email Contact More

18. Whitey Puzzleman's Crossword Hour

US
Bianca Brady and Olivia Shepson take you through the week's NYT crossword puzzles. They discuss their times, what they loved, what they hated, and how they knew what they know.
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Play⋅ 101 ⋅ Jan 2019 Get Email Contact More

19. Brain Drop Puzzles

A show all about puzzles, games, brainteasers, mysteries, riddles, and lateral thinking. It's an exploration of the quandaries of our lives, a journey through the mysteries of the world, driven by curiosity and wonder. Either that, or it's a bunch of audio files with some puzzles thrown in. Depends on how cynical you are.
braindroppodcast.com
Play⋅ 145⋅ 112 ⋅14 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 20 min ⋅ May 2020 Get Email Contact More

20. DOPE(daily one puzzle exercise) Podcast

DOPE daily one puzzle exercise podcast presents a fun & interesting puzzle on a daily basis and the solution is explained in the next episode. Solving puzzles daily for 25 minutes improves your IQ score by 4 points. Apart from keeping you sharp, improving concentration, reasoning, memory, and other innumerable benefits. Solving puzzles is just fun! So, what are you waiting for? Jump in and start solving a DOPE puzzle.
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Play Aug 2020 Get Email Contact More

21. Riddle Skittle

Riddles are great conversation starters and help improve critical reasoning skills while having fun. At our home, we enjoy chatting and bonding over riddles/jokes and wanted to share them with others.
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Play May 2020 Get Email Contact More

22. Audio Dungeon - Riddles In The Dark

Staten Island, New York, US
The crew tries to solve a puzzling D&D style riddle offered by the Riddle Master. The catch? They can only ask yes or no questions while trying to find the solution. Can you solve it before time runs out??? Tune in every Wednesday and find out.
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Play⋅ 82.1K⋅ 1K ⋅ Feb 2020 Get Email Contact More

23. On The Cross with Lucas Murphy

US
Writer, comedian, and social gadabout Lucas Murphy sits down with friends and contemporaries to solve the New York Times crossword puzzle. Along the way, he might just learn a little bit about life, love, and the meaning of archaic words.
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Play⋅ 30 ⋅ Jun 2017 Get Email Contact More

24. Quick brown fox

Listen to me telling riddles, poems, stories, to you my lovely viewers!
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Play May 2020 Get Email Contact More

25. Bedtime Crosswords

The goal of this podcast is to help you sleep by tiring the mind. Each episode, I will be solving a crossword puzzle and as I'm doing so, I will read the clues and the number of letters out loud so that you can solve with me in your head. This will hopefully help you drift off in sleep.
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Play Jul 2020 Get Email Contact More

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