Puzzle

An example of a simple puzzle.

A puzzle is a problem or enigma presented as entertainment; that is written down, acted out, etc. Many puzzles stem from serious mathematical or logistical problems, whereas others are devised for the sole purpose of being brain teasers. The history of puzzles goes back many thousand years, a tangram being one of the earliest and still one of the most popular puzzles. In certain temples of Japan monks used to write mathematical puzzles on temple walls: see sangaku.

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Well known puzzles

Rubik's Cube

• Anagrams
• Crossword puzzle
• Eight queens puzzle
• Fifteen puzzle
• Jigsaw puzzle
• Knight's Tour
• Logic Puzzle
• Peg solitaire
• Rubik's Cube
• Sudoku
• Sokoban
• Soma cube
• Tangram
• Tower of Hanoi
• Whodunit

See also

• List of puzzle topics
• Letter game
• Mathematical game
• Meta-puzzle
• Mind sport
• Puzzlehunt
• Game of skill
• Geocaching
• Word play
• Puzzles on Wikibooks

References

• Creative Puzzles of the World, 1980, Plenary Publications International
• Denkspiele Der Welt, München 1977,1981, Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag

External links

• The puzzle archive of the rec.puzzles newsgroup
• Puzzle Monster - original online puzzles
• Aha! Puzzles - Original creative puzzles by Lloyd King
• - The Ultimate Internet Game - Cult internet puzzle game spanning several websites
• Puzzle Press - providers of puzzles
• Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
• American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
• Mindbreakers.com - Puzzles and Riddles
• Dell Magazines - Puzzles and Games
• The-Rooms

Puzzle books

• 'Amazing "Aha!" Puzzles' by Lloyd King