Puzzles and Your Health

With the coming of the new year, many of us resolve to improve our physical fitness. But, what about our mental fitness? Your brain needs exercise, too, for optimum health and well-being. The importance of keeping your brain well-tuned only increases with age. Solving puzzles is an excellent way to reduce stress, keep your brain active, and provide hours of relaxation and entertainment. Why not resolve to make puzzle solving part of your daily 'mental workout'? Here are a few of my favorite puzzle games to get you started.

Easy Crossword Puzzles
If completing a crossword puzzle brings you a sense of satisfaction then take the fast track to puzzledom's Pleasuredome with these easy-to-solve puzzles. Solve online or on paper.

Free Crosswords
Free crossword puzzles of varying difficulty levels, ranging from easy puzzles for beginners to mind-bending cryptic crosswords for experienced solvers looking for a challenge. Solve these free crossword puzzles online or print them for solving on paper.

Free NYTimes Crossword Puzzles
Crossword puzzles from the New York Times puzzle archives. These are easy puzzles of Monday-Wednesday difficulty. These free crossword puzzles can be solved online or printed and solved on paper.

Sudoku
For the Sudoku enthusiast, free Sudoku puzzles for every level of expertise. Though Sudoku puzzles use numbers, they don't require advanced mathematical skills and can be solved using logic alone.

Trivia Quizzes
Test your knowledge of interesting facts with these entertaining trivia quizzes.

Word Search Games
These hidden word games are easy to solve and don't require an extensive vocabulary. Word searches can be solved on your computer or printed and solved on paper.