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A puzzle is a problem or enigma presented as entertainment; that is written down, acted out, etc. Many puzzles stem from serious mathematical or logistical problems, whereas 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.
Well known puzzles
- 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
- 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
- Modern Puzzle Games
- Mind Puzzles for various skill levels
- Usenet rec.puzzles Archive
- Puzzle Production Company
- Puzzle IT
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