Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper
picked?
Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter’s bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter
bitter
But a bit of better butter will make my batter
better
So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of
better butter
Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear
Eddie edited it
Willie’s really weary
A big black bear sat on a big black rug
Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks
He threw three free throws
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely
So, this is the sushi chef

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a Four fine fresh fish for you
woodchuck could chuck wood?
Wayne went to wales to watch walruses
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood Six sticky skeletons (x3)
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could
Which witch is which? (x3)
chuck wood
Snap crackle pop (x3)
She sells seashells by the seashore
Flash message (x3)
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
Red Buick, blue Buick (x3)
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice
cream Red lorry, yellow lorry (x3)
I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop Thin sticks, thick bricks (x3)
Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she Stupid superstition (x3)
shines she sits, and where she sits she shines
Eleven benevolent elephants (x3)
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no
Two tried and true tridents (x3)
hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
Rolling red wagons (x3)
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
Black back bat (x3)
I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see
you at the gate, so don’t be late She sees cheese (x3)
You know New York, you need New York, you Truly rural (x3)
know you need unique New York
Good blood, bad blood (x3)
I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
Pre-shrunk silk shirts (x3)
If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he
choose? Ed had edited it. (x3)

I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you We surely shall see the sun shine soon
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Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted
sheet I sit
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump
stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk
Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather
better
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Pulled cod
“Pad kid poured curd pulled
cod.”
A team of researchers from
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology say that this is the most
difficult tongue twister in the
world. Can you say it ten times
fast? The psychologists who
created this tongue twister said that
people who attempted to say it
either stopped right in the middle of
saying it because it was too difficult
or could only get through it once
and weren’t able to repeat it. If you
couldn’t get this one, give these
other hard tongue twisters a try.
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“A tutor who tooted the flute tried
to teach two young tooters to
toot. Said the two to the tutor, ‘Is
it harder to toot, or to tutor two
tooters to toot?'”
Poetry aficionados, did you notice
that this tongue twister is also
a limerick?
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Brave brigadiers
“Brisk brave brigadiers
brandished broad bright blades,
blunderbusses, and bludgeons—
balancing them badly.”
This tongue twister is a lot longer,
so it’s not much easier. You’ll really
have to learn to balance your
tongue on your teeth correctly to get
this one. Here are some of
the hardest words to spell in the
English language.
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already doing that! Check out 37 of

Mad cow the best riddles for teens.

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“If you must cross a coarse,

cross cow across a crowded cow Clam in a can
crossing, cross the cross, coarse
“How can a clam cram in a clean
cow across the crowded cow
cream can?”
crossing carefully.”

Trying to get a clam into a can may

You probably don’t want to stand in
be easier than saying this tongue
the way of a coarse, cross cow. But
twister ten times fast. Check out
if you try to teach him this tongue
the toughest winning words from
twister, he may get distracted from
the National Spelling Bee.
his anger and not hurt you.

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Butter for Betty

“Betty bought a bit of butter. But
the butter Betty bought was
bitter. So Betty bought a better
butter, and it was better than the
butter Betty bought before.”

The idea of bitter butter might put a

bad taste in your mouth…if these
difficult tongue twisters aren’t

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Imaginary
menagerie
“Imagine an imaginary menagerie
manager managing an imaginary
menagerie.”
We’d be happy to imagine an
imaginary menagerie because
keeping animals in captivity isn’t
very nice. Did you know that
the most complicated word in the
English language is only three
letters long?
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Unique New York
“I like New York, unique New
York, I like unique New York.”
We’re in a New York state of…
confusion.
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Toast for saints
“Send toast to ten tense stout
saints’ ten tall tents.”
If these saints are tense and stout,
you’re going to want to send a lot of
toast. Check out these 50
best examples of hyperbole.
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Warriors at the
brewery
“Rory the warrior and Roger the
worrier were reared wrongly in a
rural brewery.”
After being at the brewery, Rory
and Roger probably wouldn’t be
able to say this tongue twister. Here
are some funny words you probably
never knew about.
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Scissors and
thistles
“Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.”
Handle with care. Did you know that
“sizzle” is an example of
onomatopoeia?
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Sick hicks
“Six sick hicks nick six slick
bricks with picks and sticks.”
Get your “s” and “k” sounds ready—
this one is really tricky. This tongue
twisters might make you sound a
little silly, but redeem yourself by
using these words that make you
sound smart.
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Wish of wishes
“I wish to wish the wish you wish
to wish, but if you wish the wish
the witch wishes, I won’t wish the
wish you wish to wish.”
There are a lot of wishes going on
here, which makes this a hard
tongue twister to tackle!
EMMA KUMER/RD.COM “Any noise annoys an oyster but
a noisy noise annoys an oyster
Seashells by the more.”

seashore We wonder if oysters would be

annoyed by incessant repetition of
“She sells seashells by the
these hard tongue twisters.
seashore.”
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! This

tongue twister is a classic. Sick sheep
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“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth

Throne thieves sheep’s sick.”

Is your tongue tired yet? If you want

“The 33 thieves thought that they
to give your mouth a rest from hard
thrilled the throne throughout
tongue twisters, try exercising your
Thursday.”
eyes to spot the difference in these

This sentence makes a little more pictures.

sense than the last one. But can

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you say it really fast? Try out
these word puzzles that will leave
Silly Sally’s
you stumped.
sheep
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“Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven

Annoyed oyster silly sheep. The seven silly sheep
Silly Sally shooed shilly-shallied
south. These sheep shouldn’t
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sleep in a shed.”
Hungry bros
Another tongue twister about
sheep? Sure! “Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed
Fred bread.”
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Bread for everyone! Hopefully no

Swiss wrist one’s trying to say these hard

watches tongue twisters with their mouth full

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wrist watches?”
Thundering
Unless you’re a watch aficionado,
saying this tongue twister might be horses
easier than determining that. These
“Thirty-three thirsty, thundering
“what am I?” riddles might be a bit
thoroughbreds thumped Mr.
easier (but they’re still tricky!).
Thurber on Thursday.”
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Just be glad that you only have to

Canned can
“Can you can a canned can into
an un-canned can like a canner
can can a canned can into an un-
canned can?”
say this tongue twister ten times
fast and that you’re not Mr. Thurber.
Looking for a break from these hard
tongue twisters? Try solving
these short riddles that’ll still stump
you.

Wasn’t cramming a clam into a can

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hard enough?
Are you kidding,
English?!
“English can be understood
through tough thorough thought,
though.”
Why. Just why. This makes us want
to unpack some of the
most confusing grammar rules.
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Solemn silence
indeed
“To sit in solemn silence in a
dull, dark dock in a pestilential
prison with a life-long lock,
awaiting the sensation of a short,
sharp shock from a cheap and
chippy chopper with a big, black
block.”
This hard tongue twister doubles as
a funny poem! (Albeit one with
rather heavy subject matter!)
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Slit sheet
“I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit,
and on the slitted sheet I sit.”
You’ll probably need to take a nap
on the slitted sheet after learning
how to say this hard tongue twister
out loud.
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Red and yellow
“Red lorry, yellow lorry.”
This tongue twister is short, but it’s
still challenging. Can you get it on
the first try? If you’re looking for a
different kind of challenge, check
out these word search puzzles that
you can print for free.
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Cinnamon
synonym
“A synonym for cinnamon is a
cinnamon synonym.”
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Could you find a synonym for
cinnamon in a cinnamon
thesaurus?
Rough rock
EMMA KUMER/RD.COM “Round the rough and rugged
rock the ragged rascal rudely
Thousands of ran.”

feathers Rascals can be rude, but trying to

memorize this tongue twister can be
“Thirty-three thousand feathers
a rough and rugged process.
on a thrush’s throat.”

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You might be wondering what thirty-
three thousand feathers would look
like while trying to say this hard
Sheena and
tongue twister. Sheila
EMMA KUMER/RD.COM “Sheena leads, Sheila needs.”

The greedy ape What does Sheila need? We

suppose that’s her business.
“As he gobbled the cakes on his
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plate, the greedy ape said as he
ate: The greener green grapes
are, the keener keen apes are to
Free throws
gobble green grape cakes.
“He threw three free throws.”
They’re great!”
Not many of these hard tongue
Another limerick! Check out these
twisters make sense as real-world
clever limericks for kids.
sentences, but this one does!
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impossibly-impractical

Timid toads instruments.”

You might need to ask these

“Two tiny timid toads trying to
ingenious iguanas how to master
trot to Tarrytown.”
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have too long of a journey to

Tarrytown. Can you solve Southward
these animal riddles? swans
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“Six sleek swans swam swiftly
southwards.”
Stinky skunk
Once you get the hang of this one,
“A skunk sat on a stump and you can say it a few times in a row
thunk the stump stunk, but the without stumbling.
stump thunk the skunk stunk.”
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Maybe you can hold your nose
while saying this tongue twister to Denise and the
set the mood.
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fleas
“Denise sees the fleece, Denise
Iguanas and sees the fleas. At least Denise
instruments could sneeze and feed and freeze
the fleas.”
“Ingenious iguanas improvising
an intricate impromptu on Good for Denise.
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Coffee for papa
“Give papa a cup of proper
coffee in a copper coffee cup.”
Just be glad there aren’t a thousand
in this list of tongue twisters! Next,
see if you can find the hidden
objects in these tricky pictures.

Take a break from hard tongue

twisters to laugh at some coffee
puns!

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Eddie’s Easter
eggs
“Each Easter Eddie eats eighty
Easter eggs.”

Who says vowels can’t hold their

own in hard tongue twisters?

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A meta tongue
twister
“These thousand tricky tongue
twisters trip thrillingly off the
tongue.”