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ABC puzzles
The ABC puzzle is a fun puzzle, and if you haven't come across it, here's how to play: You start with a grid that can be of any size; usually it is 5 x 5 making this a nice and small, compact...

Battleships
Battleships is a fun game that has been around for a long time and has been a great hit with children and adults alike. The battleships game is based on pretty much the same idea. By being...

Breaking a Vigenere Cipher
The Vignere cipher was thought for a long time to be indecipherable - in other words, secure. It did not seem to yield to frequency analysis as it is polyalphabetic and therefore there is a choice...

Buying Word Puzzles
There are a whole host of word puzzles around; here is just a selection: - Codewords In this puzzle, you substitute the coded numbers 1 - 26 with the letters from A - Z. This is a good test of...

CodeWords
CodeWords is a puzzle that is great fun, and a good test of your logical abilities in addition to a test of your vocabulary. It combines elements of the standard crossword puzzle with elements...

Creating a Sudoku Puzzle
Sudoku needs no introduction - and if it does, then you probably won't be too interested in how to create a sudoku puzzle. For everyone else, here is a simple way to create a sudoku puzzle by...

Crosswords
Crosswords are one of the most popular and enduring of all puzzles. A perennial favourite of magazines and newspapers, the crossword has seemingly forever graced the back page of many magazines...

Cryptograms
How a Cryptogram is Created A cryptogram is a puzzle where a sentence in the language of choice - for these purposes, English, is turned into a code that you need to solve. Most...

Fillomino
Over the last year, a large spate of Japanese puzzles have become popular in the UK and across the rest of Europe and America. The most popular of these is, no doubt, the smash hit sudoku. ...

Futoshiki Puzzles
This puzzle comes under a couple of different names: Futoshiki and Hutosiki, but the principal is the same: you are given a grid of any size - normally 4 x 4 or 5 x 5 and need to...

Hanjie
Hanjie is a puzzle that has had many names and still goes under different names in different magazines. The puzzle is unusual in that the end result of the puzzle is actually a piece of art - in...

Hutosiki solving tips
Hutosiki puzzles are still fairly uncommon over in the West, so first an explanation of what they are. They are a puzzle, also called futoshiki, in which you have a square grid that is...

Kids Puzzles
Puzzles are a great educational aid for kids, offering a fun and developmental challenge to their rational faculties. It is always hard to find ways of teaching kids that they enjoy, and puzzles...

Killer Sudoku
Killer sudoku is one of the most popular of the sudoku variants. It is also perceived as one of the tougher variants, though through use of logic and practice, the majority of killer sudoku puzzles...

logi-5
Logi-5 is a form of sudoku, but rather than the larger 9 x 9 grid the grid is 5 x 5, hence it is called Logi-5. There is also a more cosmetic difference, in that it tends to be played with the...

Mind Mapping
A mind map is a useful way of storing and/or sharing information, as it creates a visual representation of a subject and its sub topics. The process of working out how to structure and create a...

Nurikabe
Nurikabe is a fun puzzle that has come over from Japan in recent months. The puzzle starts with a grid, and some numbers placed in the grid. The aim of the Nurikabe puzzle is to solve...

TV phone in quiz shows
For those of you who do those millions of phone in TV quiz shows that have started to spring up... you are probably wasting your money. Whilst they might seem like they offer a great chance to win...

Word Ladders
A word ladder puzzle is a fun test of your knowledge of words! The aim is to move from the top rung of the ladder and the word that is given to the bottom of the ladder. The rule is that you...

Word Search
The word search puzzle is one of the most well-known and established of all puzzles, and is particularly popular with children. The aim of a word search puzzle is simple: to find all the words...