Puzzles

a type of brain teaser or logic puzzle that presents a scenario or problem, challenging individuals to think creatively and critically to find a solution or answer

The group played a situation puzzle during the road trip to pass the time.

a type of problem or game that involves mathematical concepts and requires solving equations, patterns, or logical reasoning to find a solution

She loves solving a good mathematical puzzle when she needs a break from work.

a traditional Japanese geometric puzzle or problem that was historically displayed on wooden tablets called "sangaku" at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples

He spent hours trying to solve the sangaku puzzle that his grandfather had passed down.

a type of puzzle that challenges individuals to use deductive reasoning and logical thinking to solve a problem or reach a conclusion

The teacher gave us a logic puzzle to solve during class to improve our problem-solving skills.

a picture on a cardboard that is cut into different pieces and one should fit them together in order for the picture to become whole again

She spent the afternoon working on a challenging jigsaw puzzle with her friends.

a type of puzzle that requires physical manipulation and problem-solving to disassemble, reassemble, or rearrange its components to achieve a specific goal or solution

I spent the afternoon trying to solve a mechanical puzzle I found at the store.

a type of puzzle that involves assembling various pieces to create a specific object or structure

The kids spent hours working on the construction puzzle, trying to build the tallest tower possible.

a 3D combination puzzle with a 3x3x3 grid of smaller cubes, challenging players to solve by aligning each face to have a single color

I spent hours yesterday trying to solve my Rubik's Cube but couldn't get all the colors aligned.

a type of mechanical puzzle where the objective is to separate or untangle interconnected pieces without using force or cutting

I spent an hour trying to solve the disentanglement puzzle, but the pieces just wouldn’t come apart.

a type of mechanical puzzle that resembles a small box or container with hidden mechanisms, requiring specific manipulations or movements to open and reveal its contents

I received a beautiful puzzle box for my birthday, and I spent hours trying to open it.

a type of puzzle that consists of a rectangular board with movable tiles, and the objective is to rearrange the tiles by sliding them into an empty space to form a specific pattern or image

I spent hours trying to solve that sliding puzzle, but I just couldn’t get the pieces in the right order.

a traditional Chinese dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat pieces called tans, which are put together to form various shapes and figures

My little brother loves playing with his tangram set to make different shapes.

a puzzle game in which one writes the answers to the clues in numbered boxes

I spent the morning working on a crossword puzzle while enjoying my coffee.

a word puzzle where players transform one word into another by changing one letter at a time, creating a series of valid English words with each step differing from the previous word by just one letter

Word ladders are a fun way to improve your vocabulary.

a person whose job is hanging criminals

The hangman carried out the execution according to the court's orders.

a social event held in a bar or pub where teams compete in answering a series of trivia questions on various topics to test their knowledge and win prizes

Our team won the pub quiz last month, and we got a free round of drinks as a prize.

a confusing network of paths separated by bushes or walls, designed in a way that confuses the people who pass through

She spent hours trying to find her way out of the maze at the amusement park.

a number puzzle consisting of nine large squares each divided into nine smaller squares that must be filled with the numbers one to nine, without repeating any of them in the same square, column, or row

Sudoku is a logic-based puzzle game that requires filling a 9x9 grid with numbers from 1 to 9, ensuring each row, column, and 3x3 subgrid contains all digits exactly once.

a guessing game that involves at least two players in which participants ask a question that has a surprising or clever answer

He told a tricky riddle that no one could solve.

a type of puzzle where the objective is to fill a given area, typically a rectangular grid or a board, with a set of specific shapes without overlapping or leaving any gaps

I spent the afternoon working on a tiling puzzle, trying to cover the whole board without any gaps.

a 3D spatial puzzle made up of seven different pieces that can be assembled to form a 3x3x3 cube in various ways, presenting a challenging and creative exercise in spatial reasoning and problem-solving

I spent the afternoon trying to solve the Soma cube, but I kept getting stuck.

a type of jigsaw puzzle where pieces have flat edges with specific patterns or shapes that must be matched correctly with adjacent pieces to complete the overall picture or design

I spent hours working on the edge-matching puzzle, trying to get all the pieces to fit perfectly.

a word puzzle or riddle that uses pictures, symbols, or letters to represent words or parts of words, challenging the solver to decipher the hidden meaning or phrase

The teacher gave us a rebus to solve during class, and we all had fun trying to figure it out.

a game for two players who take a turn to put an X or O in nine provided squares, and the first player who manages to make a row, column, or diagonal of three Xs or Os in those squares wins

They played a quick game of tic-tac-toe during their lunch break.

a physical puzzle that involves navigating a small ball or marble through a maze-like structure by tilting or rotating the game board, avoiding holes and obstacles, to reach a specific target or endpoint

I bought a small ball maze as a gift for my nephew, and he loves it.

a type of toy that consists of colored plastic blocks that fit together and using which children can build different things

She enjoyed playing with Lego more than any other toy.

to overwhelm or astonish someone, especially with something difficult to comprehend or believe

The complexity of the scientific theory boggled the students' minds.

a puzzle or problem designed to test one's thinking or problem-solving skills

She loves solving brain-teasers in the morning to get her mind active.

a type of toy that allows users to build and assemble structures, objects, or models using individual pieces or parts

My son loves playing with his construction toy set after school.

a small, usually rectangular or cubic, building element made from materials like wood, plastic, or foam, used for constructing various structures and fostering creative play and imagination

The child spent hours building a castle with her toy blocks.

a pencil-and-paper game played on a grid of dots, where players take turns connecting two dots with a line to create boxes, aiming to complete the most boxes and claim them with their initials to score points

We played a few rounds of dots and boxes after dinner last night.