Puzzle

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For the character in the Chronicles of Narnia series, see Puzzle (Narnia).

Image:PuzzleExample.jpg A puzzle is a problem or enigma that is written down, acted out, etc. People often use puzzles for entertainment, but that is not their only purpose. Indeed, many puzzles stem from serious mathematical or logistical problems, and their successful resolution is a significant contribution to mathematical research. 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.

Contents 1 Well known puzzles 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Well known puzzles

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• Anagrams
• Crossword
• Eight queens puzzle
• n-puzzle (a.k.a. Fifteen puzzle)
• Jigsaw puzzle
• Knight's Tour
• Logic puzzle
• Paint by numbers (a.k.a. Tsunami or Pixel Puzzle)
• Peg solitaire
• Puzz-3D
• Rubik's Cube
• Sudoku
• Sokoban
• Soma cube
• Tangram
• Tetris
• Tower of Hanoi
• Whodunit

See also

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

References

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

External links

• Usenet rec.puzzles Archive
• Puzzle Monster
• Brain Bashers
• All Star Puzzles
• Cyclopedia of Puzzles
• AlgoGeeks
• Mind Puzzles

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