Free Puzzles and Games
By Dave Fisher, About.com Guide
Crossword Puzzles
Crossword lovers, this is for you! Links to the best in American-style crosswords, foreign language crosswords, cryptic crosswords (where the challenge is to decipher the clue), freeform crossword puzzles (also called vocabulary puzzles), themed crossword puzzles, and solving tips and tutorials.
- Free Crossword Puzzles
- Easy Crossword Puzzles
- Themed Crosswords
- Free New York Times Crosswords
- Holiday Crosswords
- 10 Tips - How to Solve Crosswords
- About Crossword Puzzles
- Cryptic Crosswords
- Foreign Language Crosswords
- Diagramless Crosswords
- Newspaper Crosswords
- Acrostic Puzzles
- Daily Crossword
Trivia Quizzes
Riddles, conundrums, quizzes and IQ tests to test your creative thinking skills or just for fun.
- Christmas Trivia Quiz
- Columbus Day Trivia Quiz
- Easter Trivia Quiz
- Day of the Dead Trivia Quiz
- Halloween Trivia Quiz
- Independence Day Trivia Quiz
- Ireland Trivia Quiz
- Mythological Monster Trivia Quiz
- New Year Trivia Quiz
- President's Trivia Quiz
- Thanksgiving Trivia Quiz
- Valentine's Day Trivia Quiz
- The Puzzler's Snob Test
Sudoku and its Variations
Addicted to Sudoku? Here, you'll find Sudoku puzzles for every area of expertise to play online or to print and solve anytime, anywhere.
- Sudoku Games to Play Online
- Sudoku Puzzles to Print
- Alphadoku - Sudoku with Letters
- How to Solve Sudoku Puzzles
Jigsaws and Picture Puzzles
Free jigsaw puzzle downloads for your solving pleasure. Subjects include animals, nature, space, art, scenic attractions, cars, motorcycles, boats, and more! Also, a collection of optical illusions, ambigrams, spot-the-difference and visual perception puzzles.
- Free Jigsaw Puzzles
- Hidden Picture Puzzles
- Ambigrams - Topsy-Turvy Matchboxes
- Optical Illusions
- Spot the differences?
Word Search Games
Popular with both children and adults, word search games are an excellent way for children and second language learners to acquire new words and improve their spelling.
Word Games
Love to play with words? Here, you'll find riddles, anagrams, tongue-twisters, palindromes, puns, pyramid puzzles, jumbled-letter games, vocabulary tests and other forms of wordplay.
Brainteasers, Math and Logic Puzzles
Logic puzzle lovers, sharpen your solving skills with links to perplexing online games, riddles, logic problems, brain teasers, paradoxes, math puzzles, mind benders, strategy games and lateral thinking puzzles. Puzzles for math lovers as well: mathematical puzzles, prime numbers, cross sums, memes, logic puzzles, brainteasers and more. Good for students trying to improve their math skills.
Online Solving Resources
A comprehensive list of links to the puzzler's reference library. From ordinary to arcane plus maps, stats, and facts.