The Answer to “What Do Trees Do In Autumn?” + Other Fun Riddles

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The best autumn riddles and jokes for kids and adults

Co-authored by Alison Betts and Luke Smith, MFA

Last Updated: September 18, 2025 Fact Checked

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You might’ve heard the classic riddle, “What do trees do in autumn?” There are a few different answers, and they’re all pretty clever. We’ll fill you in on those answers, and we’ll also give you tons more autumn-themed riddles and jokes that’ll have you scratching your head and fall-ing over in laughter!

Autumn Trees Riddle Answer

What do trees do in autumn? Why, they fall into a new season, of course! But that’s not all. You could also say they take a leaf of absence, or they leaf their clothes behind. You might even say they branch out into a new look.

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What Do Trees Do In Autumn Riddle Answer

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   They fall into a new season! That’s quite the punny answer to the classic riddle, but you might have heard a slightly different version. Here are some alternate answers that are just as valid:

   • They take a leaf of absence.
   • They leaf their clothes behind.
   • They branch into a new look.
   • For more fun riddles, check out our 80+ Tricky What Am I Riddles, or our 135+ Funny and Challenging Riddles for All Ages.
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More Autumn Riddles

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   Riddle:What changes color without using paint?

   • Answer: Autumn leaves
2. 2
   Riddle: If the wind is blowing to the west, which direction will the leaves of a pine tree fall in autumn?

   • Answer: Trick question! Pine trees don’t have leaves.
3. 3
   Riddle: Who-who-who asks a question that’s never answered?

   • Answer: Owls
4. 4
   Riddle: What’s born with no face until you give it one?

   • Answer: A jack-o-lantern
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   Riddle: What must fall in the autumn before it can rise in the spring?

   • Answer: An acorn
6. 6
   Riddle: When I’m young, you can see right over my head, but when I’m old, you’ll probably get lost in me. What am I?

   • Answer: A corn field
7. 7
   Riddle: A group of trees stands in a forest in late November. Each tree knows how many leaves it has, but not how many leaves its neighbor has. Believe it or not, every tree has the exact same number of leaves. How many leaves does each tree have?

   • Answer: 0! It’s late November, so all their leaves have fallen, and the only way for them to have the exact same amount is if they all have none.
8. 8
   Riddle: Which letter of the alphabet do you see in the sky every autumn, and again every spring?

   • Answer: V! Geese fly south in the winter in the shape of a V, and return in the spring.
9. 9
   Riddle: What rustles and whistles and blows through the trees; it’s cool and breezy and dances with leaves?

   • Answer: Autumn winds
10. 10
    Riddle: Three apples grow on a tree. In the autumn, you take away 2. How many do you have?

    • Answer: Two! You took 2, so while there’s only 1 left on the tree, there are 2 in your hands.
11. 11
    Riddle: What gets shorter as it gets older, and lights up a face when you stick it in a mouth?

    • Answer: A candle in a jack-o-lantern
12. 12
    Riddle: When would you find a book inside an apple?

    • Answer: When a bookworm lives there!
13. 13
    Riddle: What can fall from great heights without ever getting hurt?

    • Answer: Leaves
14. 14
    Riddle: What happens when winter arrives?

    • Answer: Autumn leaves
15. 15
    Riddle: What’s the best thing to put into a pie, but isn’t an ingredient?

    • Answer: Your teeth!
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Funny Autumn Riddles & Jokes

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   Joke: What do farmers wear when it gets cold?

   • Answer: Har-vests!
2. 2
   Joke: What sort of key can’t open any doors?

   • Answer: A tur-key!
3. 3
   Joke: What do you use to fix a broken Jack-o-lantern?

   • Answer: A pumpkin patch!
4. 4
   Joke: Who won the skeleton relay race?

   • Answer: No body!
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   Joke: What month are trees most afraid of?

   • Answer: Sept-timber
6. 6
   Joke: Why did the scarecrow win a Nobel Prize?

   • Answer: Because he was out standing in his field!
7. 7
   Joke: Who helps the baby pumpkins cross the street after school?

   • Answer: Crossing gourds!
8. 8
   Joke: What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?

   • Answer: Squash!
9. 9
   Joke: What do you get when you divide the circumference of a Jack-o-lantern by its diameter?

   • Answer: Pumpkin Pi!
10. 10
    Joke: What did the autumn leaf say to its crush?

    • Answer: I’m falling for you!
11. 11
    Joke: Why do birds fly south in the autumn?

    • Answer: Well, it’s way too far to walk!
12. 12
    Joke: Why did the Jack-o-lantern scream?

    • Answer: It was caught off gourd!
13. 13
    Joke: What do pumpkins use to summon ghosts on Halloween?

    • Answer: Ouija gourds!
14. 14
    Joke: Why was the skeleton always getting spooked?

    • Answer: Because it had no guts!
15. 15
    Joke: What do you get when you eat too much pie on Thanksgiving?

    • Answer: Autumn-y ache!
16. 16
    Joke: How did the pumpkin compliment his boyfriend?

    • Answer: “You’re so gourd-jeous.”
17. 17
    Joke: What’s a pumpkin’s favorite way to listen to music?

    • Answer: On vine-yl!
18. 18
    Joke: What do you call a pumpkin that’s had a little too much to drink?

    • Answer: Smashed!
19. 19
    Joke: What was the skeleton’s job at the hockey game?

    • Answer: Operating the zam-bony!
20. 20
    Joke: How do skeletons stay so calm?

    • Answer: Nothing gets under their skin.
21. 21
    Joke: What do you call tacky autumn table centerpiece?

    • Answer: A corny-copia!
22. 22
    Joke: Why did the pepper put on a sweater in November?

    • Answer: He was a little chili!
23. 23
    Joke: What did autumn say to summer?

    • Answer: I’ll fall-ow you anywhere!
24. 24
    Joke: Why don’t pine trees ever feel blue?

    • Answer: They’re evergreen!
25. 25
    Joke: What’s the easiest way to get rid of a spirit?

    • Answer: Ghost it!
26. 26
    Joke: Did you hear about the big sale at Spirit Halloween?

    • Answer: It’s a back-to-ghoul special!
27. 27
    Joke: What’s an apple’s favorite thing to do at the gym?

    • Answer: Working on its core.
28. 28
    Joke: Why was the apple crying?

    • Answer: It had its peelings hurt!
29. 29
    Joke: What do you call a tree that’s late to shed its leaves?

    • Answer: A procrast-tree-nator!
30. 30
    Joke: Instead of a scarecrow, what should you use to protect a pumpkin patch?

    • Answer: A gourd dog!
31. 31
    Joke: What did the tree say during the breakup?

    • Answer: Don’t leaf me!
32. 32
    Joke: How do trees access the internet?

    • Answer: They log on.
33. 33
    Joke: Why shouldn’t you tell a joke in a cornfield?

    • Answer: It’s full of ears!
34. 34
    Joke: Why was the pumpkin so anxious?

    • Answer: He never let his gourd down.
35. 35
    Joke: Why are trees so bad at riddles?

    • Answer: They always get stumped.
36. 36
    Joke: How do scarecrows listen to music?

    • Answer: With boo-tooth headphones.
37. 37
    Joke: Why did the man introduce himself to the pumpkin he was carving?

    • Answer: Because he didn’t know Jack!
38. 38
    Joke: What’s a wildfire’s least favorite month?

    • Answer: No-ember
39. 39
    Joke: What is every scarecrow’s favorite fruit?

    • Answer: Straw-berries.
40. 40
    Joke: Why was the young tree so surprised that it lost its leaves?

    • Answer: It couldn’t be-leaf what was happening.
41. 41
    Joke: Why’d the farmer plant a seed in the river?

    • Answer: He was trying to grow a water-melon.
42. 42
    Joke: Why did the tree sign up for college?

    • Answer: She wanted to turn over a new leaf!
43. 43
    Joke: What kind of music did the mummy play at the Halloween party?

    • Answer: Wrap music!
44. 44
    Joke: What’s a gourd’s favorite sport?

    • Answer: Squash!
45. 45
    Joke: Why do trees become so forgiving in the fall?

    • Answer: They’re always leaf-ing it alone.
46. 46
    Joke: What’s a ghost’s favorite dessert?

    • Answer: I scream!
47. 47
    Joke: What did the scarecrow say to the pumpkin?

    • Answer: Cut it out!
48. 48
    Joke: Why did the pumpkin pie go to the doctor?

    • Answer: It felt a little crumby.
49. 49
    Joke: What’s the best movie to watch during autumn?

    • Answer: The Gourd, the Bad, and the Ug-leaf
50. 50
    Joke: What did the cornstalk therapist say to its patient?

    • Answer: I’m all ears.
51. 51
    Joke: Why didn’t the skeleton go to prom?

    • Answer: It had no body to go with.
52. 52
    Joke: What do you call an intimidating horse?

    • Answer: A fright-mare.
53. 53
    Joke: Which room do ghosts always avoid?

    • Answer: The living room!
54. 54
    Joke: Why are ghosts bad at lying?

    • Answer: You can always see right through them.
55. 55
    Joke: What do you call a pumpkin that freezes in the winter?

    • Answer: Jack Frost
56. 56
    Joke: Why did the robots celebrate their anniversary in the fall?

    • Answer: They were both autumn-mated.
57. 57
    Joke: What do you call the truck they use for hay rides in autumn?

    • Answer: Autumn-mobiles!
58. 58
    Joke: Why did the group of lions migrate before autumn?

    • Answer: Because pride goeth before the fall.
59. 59
    Joke: Did you hear about the tree that couldn’t go on summer vacation?

    • Answer: He never got permission to leaf!
60. 60
    Joke: How do you make like a tree at a party?

    • Answer: You leaf.
61. 61
    Joke: What’s Humpty Dumpty’s least favorite season?

    • Answer: Fall, of course.
62. 62
    Joke: What do you call a wall of fallen leaves?

    • Answer: The Great Barrier Leaf
63. 63
    Joke: What’s the cutest season?

    • Answer: Awwwww-tumn!
64. 64
    Joke: What’s the prettiest season?

    • Answer: Beauty-Fall
65. 65
    Joke: How did the tree react to the cringey pun?

    • Answer: “You’re a-corny guy!”
66. 66
    Joke: What do you call the Jack-o-lantern that cut its own face?

    • Answer: Ahead of the carve!
67. 67
    Joke: What do you call a super strong pumpkin?

    • Answer: A Jacked-o-lantern
68. 68
    Joke: Who’s a pumpkin’s favorite chef?

    • Answer: Gourdon Ramsay
69. 69
    Joke: What did the suspicious apple say?

    • Answer: “Nothing to seed here!”
70. 70
    Joke: What did one pumpkin say to the other?

    • Answer: “Orange you happy it’s autumn?”
71. 71
    Joke: Why did the maple tree start crying?

    • Answer: It was watching a sappy movie.
72. 72
    Joke: What’s a pumpkin’s favorite motto?

    • Answer: “Like is gourd.”
73. 73
    Joke: What did the skeleton say when it splurged on a big purchase?

    • Answer: “Trick or treat yourself!”
74. 74
    Joke: What did the scarecrow say before it took a shot of cider?

    • Answer: “B-autumns up!”
75. 75
    Joke: Why was the tree so worried?

    • Answer: It had nothing to fall back on when times got tough.
76. 76
    Joke: Why was the scarecrow so happy when autumn came?

    • Answer: Because it was grate-fall!
77. 77
    Joke: Why do scarecrows love hay?

    • Answer: It’s just in their jeans!
78. 78
    Joke: Why did the pumpkin pie go to the dentist?

    • Answer: It needed a filling!
79. 79
    Joke: What do you call a neighbor who steals your table centerpiece?

    • Answer: A cornucopier!
80. 80
    Joke: Why do scarecrows hate standing in radish fields?

    • Answer: They always get beet up!
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