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Famous Trick Donkeys is a puzzle invented by Sam Loyd in 1858, [1] first printed on a card supposed to promote P.T. Barnum 's circus. At that time, the puzzle was first called "P.T. Barnum's trick mules". [2] Millions of cards were sold, with an estimated income for Sam Loyd of $10,000 from 1871 [3] —more than $200,000 in 2023 dollars.
Wonderword. Wonderword is a word search puzzle, still created by hand, with a solution at the end. All the words in the grid connect and the remaining letters spell out the answer. The puzzles are either in a 15×15 or 20×20 grid. [ 1] Each puzzle has a title, theme, solution number and wordlist.
Hashiwokakero. A Hashiwokakero puzzle (left) and one of its solutions. The number of bridges connected to each "island" must match the number written on that island. Hashiwokakero (橋をかけろ Hashi o kakero; lit. "build bridges!") is a type of logic puzzle published by Nikoli. [ 1] It has also been published in English under the name ...
These puzzles can easily be printed at home for some after-school entertainment or be used as a fun activity at a Halloween party. Most of these puzzles have just eight words to find—easy enough ...
Kakuro or Kakkuro or Kakoro ( Japanese: カックロ) is a kind of logic puzzle that is often referred to as a mathematical transliteration of the crossword. Kakuro puzzles are regular features in many math-and-logic puzzle publications across the world. In 1966, [ 1] Canadian Jacob E. Funk, an employee of Dell Magazines, came up with the ...
Who doesn’t love a game of Tetris? Enjoy the addictive shape-fitting puzzle for hours on end. PLAY HERE. 8. 10 x 10. Enjoy this modern twist on a classic, logical puzzle!
The "nine dots" puzzle. The puzzle asks to link all nine dots using four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen. The nine dots puzzle is a mathematical puzzle whose task is to connect nine squarely arranged points with a pen by four (or fewer) straight lines without lifting the pen. The puzzle has appeared under various other names ...
Word ladder (also known as Doublets, [1] word-links, change-the-word puzzles, paragrams, laddergrams, [2] or word golf) is a word game invented by Lewis Carroll. A word ladder puzzle begins with two words, and to solve the puzzle one must find a chain of other words to link the two, in which two adjacent words (that is, words in successive ...