Solving Puzzles
By Dave Fisher, About.com Guide to Puzzles
Ready to solve puzzles? Here, you'll find a wealth of online resources, mostly free, featuring all your favorite puzzles: crosswords, jigsaw puzzles, word searches, sudoku, logic puzzles, math puzzles, strategy games, IQ and trivia quizzes and much, much more!
- Crossword Puzzles
- Jigsaws and Picture Puzzles
- Brainteasers, Math and Logic Puzzles
- Online Solving Resources
- Puzzles for Kids - Animals
- Holiday Puzzles for Kids - Jan. to Mar.
- Holiday Puzzles for Kids - Apr. to June
- Holiday Puzzles for Kids - July to Sep.
- Holiday Puzzles for Kids - Oct. to Dec.
- Trivia Quizzes
- Word Searches and Word Games
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.
- 10 Tips - How to Solve Crosswords
- About Crossword Puzzles
- Acrostic Puzzles
- Daily Crossword
- Easy Crossword Puzzles
- Easy New York Times Crosswords
- Cryptic Crosswords
- Diagramless Crosswords
- Holiday Crosswords
- Foreign Language Crosswords
- Newspaper Crosswords
- Themed Crosswords
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
- Checker Shadow Illusion
- Christmas Spot-the-Difference
- Ambigrams - Topsy-Turvy Matchboxes
- Hidden Picture Puzzles
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, Sudoku, Kakoru, logic puzzles, brainteasers and more. Good for students trying to improve their math skills.
- Alphadoku: Sudoku With Letters
- Brainteasers
- Encryption Puzzles
- Four Rivers Strategy Game
- Futoshiki: Online and Print
- Kakuro: Free Printable Puzzles
- Logic Puzzles
- Math Puzzles and Games
- Rising Star Puzzle
- Rush Hour Strategy Game
- Sudoku: Free Online Games
- Sudoku: Free Printable Puzzles
- Skeet Shooting Puzzle
- Tangrams
- Towers of Hanoi
Online Solving Resources
A comprehensive list of links to the puzzler's reference library. From ordinary to arcane plus maps, stats, and facts.
Puzzles for Kids - Animals
Birds, dinosaurs, and other animal friends are featured in these easy crosswords, jigsaw puzzles, mazes and other free interactive puzzle games.
Holiday Puzzles for Kids - Jan. to Mar.
Children will enjoy these entertaining crosswords, word searches, brain teasers, pyramid puzzles, and other games.
- Australia Day
- Black History Month
- Chinese New Year
- Easter
- Groundhog Day
- Mardi Gras
- Martin Luther King Day
Holiday Puzzles for Kids - Apr. to June
Free kids' puzzles with themes related to holidays celebrated in Spring and early Summer.
Holiday Puzzles for Kids - July to Sep.
Free crosswords, word searches, brain teasers, hidden picture puzzles and more with themes pertaining to holidays celebrated in the late summer and early fall.
Holiday Puzzles for Kids - Oct. to Dec.
Kids' word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles and games with themes pertaining to holidays celebrated in the late fall and early winter.
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
- Halloween Trivia Quiz
- Independence Day Trivia Quiz
- New Year Trivia Quiz
- President's Trivia Quiz
- Thanksgiving Trivia Quiz
- Valentine's Day Trivia Quiz
- The Puzzler's Snob Test
Word Searches and 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.
