/r/puzzles
The place for all kinds of puzzles including puzzle games. Self-promotion is allowed in the stickied "Promo Weekly" post.
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No spam. Self-promotion is allowed only in the Promo Weekly post stickied to the top of the thread. Links to apps, blogs, and most videos belong in the Promo Weekly post. Logic and/or math-based puzzles that fit a text or image format are generally allowed. Posts that make sense as a video or website link are allowed with moderator approval, so please ask us first. Generally, videos should promote discussion, and websites should provide features that are useful to solving the puzzle.
Use spoiler tags when posting a hint or solution to a puzzle. Guesses must also be spoiler-tagged. Top level comments are automatically removed unless they include a spoiler tag or start with "Discussion:" or "Question:"
All puzzles should be logic based. Check out /r/riddles for puzzles based on lateral thinking. Jigsaw puzzles are best suited to /r/jigsawpuzzles
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/r/riddles - word-based puzzles that use lateral thinking, rather than logic. Stuff like "What gets wetter as it dries?"
/r/mazes - Visual puzzles where you find a path through the, well, maze.
/r/rebus - Visual puzzles where images are strung together to make a sort of visual pun. Find the phrase the images "spell"
/r/jigsawpuzzles - Jigsaw puzzles. You have a bunch of pieces that fit together to make an image
/r/CrackTheCode - If you solve the puzzles, you could win a key to a game!
/r/puzzles
Got stuck here, any idea how to go on?
I'm doing the last puzzle in a logic puzzle app, I've read the clues multiple times but haven't gotten any confirmed connections. Does anybody have any tips on what to do when you get stuck like this? Is the last puzzle and I haven't used any hints so i don't want to use them.
The creators of Kanoodle, a caboodle of mind-bending puzzles, had released Kanoodle ultimate champion. In Kanoodle Ultimate Champion, there are >!500!< puzzles vs the original >!200!<. Is there a way to find a PDF of the booklet of Kanoodle Ultimate Champion online?
I tried the link >! https://www.educationalinsights.com/kanoodle-solutions-guides !< but it did not have KUC. Is there a way I can find the KUC booklet online? Because I don't like the >!colours!< of the KUC puzzle pieces. There are some videos where the studio's >!lighting!< conditions made >!green!< and >!lime!< become difficult to distinguish, like >! https://youtu.be/8q6yLlIoqv8 !<. A beginner who starts on KUC might think two >!lime!< pieces are there and no >!green!<, especially after hearing ">!Green!<" in answer key videos.
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Hello
First of all I'm not sure this the right place to ask, if not would someone be able to point me in the right direction.
My family and I are always doing arrowwords puzzles and I am trying to create a personalised one as a Christmas present for them.
I have a list of 55 clues, now I have no idea where to even start assembling them into a grid. Has anyone got any pointers to how I start even designing this. I attempted to find online generators but none of them seemed to be able to do it. Chat GPT was also useless in helping me and simply put all the words in a a list for me.
Hello r/puzzles! Lately I have been wanting to get into puzzles (logic, brain teasers, etc...) and this subreddit seems to have many different types of puzzles and a lot of different puzzles to try.
p.s. Would it be a good idea to make this the beginning of a r/puzzles Wiki for beginners or just as a reference resource with faqs?
She is constantly doing regular puzzles and I was looking for something with more of a twist to it maybe. She wouldn’t enjoy a rubiks cube but she is very good at standard puzzles if that helps at all. Or if anyone has suggestions for a puzzle pack that is particularly interesting I would appreciate that as well. Thanks!
This puzzle was handed out to members of a local seniors club as part of a raffle that has since ended and we've been completely stuck for weeks. Any help greatly appreciated.
Here you go, I named my post so hopefully it doesn’t get taken down. Good luck with this one
The puzzle was invented by Eduard E. Rekstin, Latvia.
Since different countries use different rules for writing multiplication in a column, here is an example of the writing used in this case.
Two numbers with all 10 different digits are multiplied according to the example. The result of the product also contains all ten digits. Restore the original notation.
OQ: you have 12 balls and a scale, one ball is either lighter or heavier than the others. With just three weighs, how can you determine which balls is different and if it's lighter or heavier
Discussion:
The key is the second weighing. Assume all balls are numbered
First way was 1,2,3,4 and 5,6,7,8. Assume 1,2,3,4 heavier (unbalance scenario)
the second weigh would be 1,2,5 and 3,4,9.
Can someone explain to me the thinking that comes to this weigh? My pseudo expo now
Just trying to work on how to reach the solution
The back of the card says 20
Some 15-20 years ago I came across a picture in a style of "where is Waldo" where there were lots of rock bands scattered around. For example I remember a gray airship with Pb written on it (Led zeppelin) or some roses with a gun (Guns and roses) long nails with a meter set at 9 inches and so on. Does anyone have that picture?
I see a lot of posts on this subreddit where people say "can you solve this?" but it's some random puzzle they found in some random place.
I'm curious to know if there is an app or a website where I can play these puzzles often. I enjoy games like wordle and crosswords but I'm looking for more challenging games as well. Even stuff like riddles. Something to engage my mind everyday.
If any of you do, where do you play these brain-stimulating games?
Or am I dumb and they're called Logic puzzles like at the top? Regardless, please enjoy!
Example of game play:
https://youtube.com/shorts/vx7QuSHpeRU?si=_mF7udI_RWAoevol
What is the best strategy? My best guess so far is: Write down my moves, and if I lose, I can correct and try again.
The passengers always appear in the same order.
There are a lot of these floating around. I have like 16 of this kind of puzzle installed right now.
Was playing this puzzle an can’t figure it out. Please help?
I must be overlooking some style of logic here. Can someone explain? I don’t see any pair of rows or columns that helps, no regions that can be narrowed together as none line up. I use the brown shading to indicate any area 1 star is required and green for an area that requires at least one star but could also be 2, just not 0. All I can see to do is guess or try possibilities. Thanks
I am completely stumped on the hardest difficulty in star battle. I used a hint to help me decide what my next course of action would be, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how I am supposed to get there logically on my own. Can someone explain the strategy behind this?