Tongue twisters are tricky phrases that are fun to say but hard to pronounce correctly. They make you laugh while secretly improving your speech and pronunciation skills.
They are like a workout for your mouth, giving your tongue a run for its money and making you a verbal ninja. If you are looking for some challenge, brace yourselves for these 100 hardest tongue twisters in the world:
Classic Hard Tongue Twisters
1. She sells seashells by the seashore.
2. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
3. I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop.
4. He threw three free throws.
5. Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.
6. Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.
7. A proper copper coffee pot.
8. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
9. Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
10. Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch.
Long & Complex Tongue Twisters
11. Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said, "This butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter."
12. If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
13. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
14. 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.
15. The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
16. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
17. I thought a thought, but the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.
18. Mr. See owned a saw. And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw. Now See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw.
19. If Pickford's packers packed a packet of crisps, would the packet of crisps that Pickford's packers packed survive?
20. You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York.
Repetitive Sound Tongue Twisters
21. Black bug bleeds black blood.
22. Which witch wished which wicked wish?
23. Fresh fried fish, fish fresh fried, fried fish fresh, fish fried fresh.
24. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
25. A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose.
26. Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
27. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
28. The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
29. Green glass globes glow greenly.
30. Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.
"S" Sound Tongue Twisters
31. Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines.
32. Six sticky skeletons.
33. Sarah saw seven sharks while swimming.
34. Silly sheep weep and sleep.
35. Seven slick, slimy snails slid slowly southward.
36. She sees cheese.
37. Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.
38. Some shun sunshine. Shouldn't sun shine soon?
39. Seven small swans swam southward swiftly.
40. Sly Sam slid slowly southward.
"P" and "B" Sound Tongue Twisters
41. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
42. Pretty pink ponies prance proudly.
43. Black back bat.
44. Billy Bob blinks bravely at big brown bears.
45. Peggy Babcock picked a pack of pickled peckers.
46. Betty better butter Brad’s bread.
47. Betty bought a bit of butter, but the butter was bitter.
48. Big blue blimps bounce briskly.
49. Penny paid a penny for pretty paper.
50. Pretty please pick purple peaches.
Difficult Alliteration-Based Tongue Twisters
51. Crisp crusts crackle and crunch crazily.
52. If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
53. Santa’s sleigh slides smoothly southward.
54. Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.
55. A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.
56. Rory’s lawn rake rarely rakes really right.
57. A proper purple peck of prickly pears.
58. Truly rural.
59. A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
60. Six sharp smart sharks.
Difficult "TH" and "CH" Tongue Twisters
61. The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
62. Three free throws.
63. I thought a thought but the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.
64. The theory of thermodynamics.
65. Charlie chooses cherries and chews them cheerfully.
66. Chewy cheese chooses cheerful chefs.
67. Chilly chicken chews chubby cherries.
68. The cheerful chef chooses cheap cheese.
69. Thirty thirsty thieves threw thick things.
70. Thirty-three thick thinkers thought thoroughly.
Unique & Rare Tongue Twisters
71. Selfish shellfish.
72. Rare wristwatches are really round.
73. Chester cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese.
74. Two toads totally tired trying to trot to Tarrytown.
75. Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
76. A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough.
77. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
78. How high would a horse fly if a horse could fly high?
79. A Tudor who tooted a flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
80. We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
International & Multi-Language Tongue Twisters
81. Un cuervo comió queso, y el queso que el cuervo comió, ¡qué queso comió el cuervo! (Spanish)
82. Zeven zwarte zwanen zwemmen in de Zuiderzee. (Dutch)
83. Les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse sont-elles sèches ou archi-sèches? (French)
84. Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach. (German)
85. Tre tigre contro tre tigri. (Italian)
86. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades.
87. Fried fresh fish fillet.
88. Willy’s real rear wheel.
89. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
90. A rough road leads to the stars.
The Ultimate Hardest Tongue Twisters
91. The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
92. Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
93. Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch.
94. Selfish shellfish selfishly stole shoes.
95. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
96. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
97. Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.
98. Send toast to ten tense stout saints’ ten tall tents.
99. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
100. He thrusts forth the thickest thistle through the thicket.
