What’s a Hink Pink? Well, it’s a “cool tool.” A Hink Pink is a riddle where the answer is two words that rhyme and have one syllable. For example, an embargo on air movement devices is a fan ban. There’s also something called a “Hinky Pinky” and a “Hinkety Pinkety.” Those have two syllable and three syllable answers, respectively.
Try this Hinkety Pinkety: What is a large gathering of newly created products? An invention convention!
These riddles are a lot of fun and perfect for younger classrooms. With Hink Pinks, students will learn to make connections between words and their definitions, write creatively and even illustrate. Click here to see what the Utah Education Network has to say about them, and visit Wuzzles and Puzzles or click here to find more examples of Hink Pinks.
Now, leave a comment if you can figure out this Hinkety Pinkety: A part of a recipe that always does what you tell it to do. Or, share one of your favorite Hink Pinks.
