Puzzle Blog Posts With Keyword Puzzles

Crime Logic Puzzles for Adults
Detective Dilemmas: Crime-themed Logic Grid Puzzles Channel your inner detective with our new book of crime-themed puzzles, detective dilemmas: The book contains 50 brand-new cross-referencing logic puzzles, in which you will be confronted with...
Added: 07 Nov 2023

Dominoes Puzzles for One Player
Dominoes is best-known as a game involving a range of tiles that must be placed end to end with matching numbers. But did you know that dominoes is also the name of a single-player logic game? If not, then you do now! The rules of the dominoes...
Added: 23 Mar 2020

Free Sudoku Plus Puzzle
Sudoku Plus is a variant of sudoku that you might not have seen before. The puzzle grid itself is the same as usual: a 9x9 grid that you must place 1 - 9 in once per region (row, column and 3x3 box). However there are far fewer givens in the puzzle...
Added: 24 Mar 2011

GCHQ Christmas Puzzles: Did You Tackle Them?
In the run up to Christmas 2015, GCHQ launched a website with a series of puzzles for people to solve, with the option for people to submit their answers if they reached the final part. The deadline set for entries was 31 January 2016. The puzzle...
Added: 29 Jan 2016

Guessing and Puzzle Solving
One of the perennial debates is around what count as valid strategies when it comes to puzzle solving, and what a 'good' puzzle should expect of the solver. Generally most solvers would expect that a puzzle can be solved without having to guess, ie,...
Added: 05 Jun 2013

How to Solve Star Battle Puzzles
In this article, we will take a look at some strategies you can use to help you solve star battle puzzles, also sometimes just called 'stars'. In these puzzles, you are typically presented with a 10x10 grid and must place two stars in each row, column...
Added: 02 Jun 2021

Human vs Computer Created Puzzles
Are computer created puzzles as good as ones made by humans? It is an interesting question that has been asked many times. In order to answer it, it seems reasonable to come up with a test to see if a person can distinguish between the two - if a...
Added: 13 Jun 2011

Humorous Crime Puzzle Book: The Misadventures of Sir Pelham Welby
If you’re on the hunt for brainteasers with a generous helping of laughs, then prepare to have your fancy tickled by The Misadventures of Sir Pelham Welby. ...
Added: 20 Mar 2024

Kids Educational Puzzles
One of the great things about puzzles is that they are fun. And there is a real sense of satisfaction that comes with solving a puzzle. Therefore puzzles make a great educational tool, particularly where they help children to practice certain skills...
Added: 28 Jun 2012

Link Word Puzzles
Link Word puzzles are the sort of puzzle that many people enjoy, but are hard to find other than the occasional puzzle here and there in a mixed puzzle book or magazine. If you've not come across this simple yet deceptively fun puzzle type before,...
Added: 24 Feb 2017

Personalised Puzzle Book Gifts
Have you ever been stuck for the perfect gift idea for a child who enjoys puzzles? If so, then you might like to consider a book from our new collection of personalised puzzle books for children. These books contain a range of different puzzle...
Added: 29 Aug 2013

Sudoku Variants: How Many Are There?
It is probably impossible to come up with a definitive list of sudoku variants because the number of them is truly mind-boggling. And there are new types being created all the time. There is also some ambiguity about what counts as a sudoku variant: for...
Added: 21 Dec 2022

The I Book of Children's Puzzles
We have pleasure in introducing The i Book of Children's Puzzles. This book makes the ideal gift for any young puzzle lover, and is targeted approximately at the 8-12 year age range, although younger and older puzzlers should also find something...
Added: 15 Nov 2018

The i Book of Puzzles
We are pleased to announce the launch of The i Book of Puzzles. Containing over 100 puzzles, and no less than 28 different puzzle types, there is something for everyone in this delightful collection of puzzles. The book contains a mix of the...
Added: 15 Nov 2016

What makes a good puzzle
We regularly receive submissions of new puzzle types from aspiring puzzle authors. One of the most common problems is that the puzzle is either too derivative, and is effectively just an existing puzzle presented differently, OR the rules are too...
Added: 04 Jun 2013

World Puzzle Championships 2013
The World Puzzle Championships for 2013 recently took place in October, hosted this year in China. The world puzzle championship is an event organised by the WPF - World Puzzle Federation - where the best solvers from around the year meet annually to...
Added: 17 Nov 2013