Puzzle Basics
The term for how tightly jigsaw pieces hold together
What is Fit?
A rearrangement of letters to make a new word or phrase.
What is Anagram?
The famous twisty cube invented by Ernő Rubik.
What is Rubik's Cube?
These pieces typically have one straight edge
What is Edge Piece?
What has keys but cannot open locks?
What is a Piano/Keyboard?
January 29th celebrates this unofficial international holiday
What is International Puzzle Day?
In crosswords, the left-to-right answers are called these.
What is Across Entries?
A puzzle where you slide tiles into an empty space is this type.
What is a Sliding Puzzle?
What is a Jigsaw?
What has hands but cannot clap?
What is Clock?
A common term for a sudden "aha!" moment when solving.
What is Insight/Light bulb?
A word that reads the same forward and backward.
What is Palindrome?
A puzzle with a hidden opening mechanism, often opened in steps
What is Puzzle Box?
The technique of assembling the border first is commonly called building the what?
What is Frame?
What has a head and a tail but no body?
What is a Coin?
In 1942, this popular puzzle was first published.
What is the New York Times Crossword Puzzle?
A puzzle where you replace letters with other letters based on a key.
What is Cryptogram?
A mechanical puzzle type where you remove a ring from a loop or set of bars.
What is Disentanglement Puzzle?
What is Chipboard?
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A Towel
This famous puzzle game was created by Alexey Pajitnov in the 1980s.
What is Tetris?
A word puzzle where each letter stands for a number (Often 1-26)
What is Alpha Metric/Letter-Number Cipher?
A classic three-peg puzzle where you move disks without placing larger on smaller.
What is Tower of Hanoi?
Inventor of jigsaw puzzles
Who is John Spilsbury?
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
What is a Stamp?