Puzzle blog — tips, strategy & guides
Strategy guides, solving tips, and walkthroughs for every puzzle we make. Pick a puzzle below to read its articles — or learn the basics first on the how to play and rules pages.
Games
Classic puzzle games with number placement and logic.
- MinesweeperReading number clues, 1-2 patterns, and the no-guess mindset.
- MazesWall-following, dead-end pruning, and route planning.
- NonogramLine-solving, overlaps, and edge logic for picture grids.
- Tower of HanoiThe recursive trick to move every disc in the fewest steps.
Logic
Deductive reasoning, pattern recognition, and codebreaking.
- Logic Grid PuzzlesSetting up elimination grids and reading clues efficiently.
- Pattern PuzzlesSpotting the rule in sequences, matrices, and odd-one-out sets.
- Deduction PuzzlesTurning a wall of clues into a single certain answer.
- CryptogramFrequency analysis and the letter patterns that decode ciphers.
Math
Mathematical riddles, brain teasers, and number challenges.
- Brain TeasersLateral thinking, wordplay, and the trick behind trick questions.
- Number ChallengesFinding the pattern in number sequences and properties.
- Number GridLeft-to-right equation logic and cross-referencing rows and columns.
Words
Word-based puzzles: scrambles, searches, and ciphers.
- AnagramUnscrambling letters faster with structure and common patterns.
- Word SearchScanning strategies for finding hidden words quickly.
- CrosswordReading clue types and working crossings to fill the grid.
Grid
Grid-based puzzles with spatial reasoning and constraints.
- KakuroCross-sum combinations and the magic of unique run totals.
- SkyscrapersVisibility clues, forced lines, and edge-count deductions.
- BinairoThe three rules of 0s and 1s — and how to chain them.
- Star BattleRegion logic, forced stars, and column/row counting.
- Light Up (Akari)Lighting every cell without conflicts, wall-number logic.
- SuguruFilling cages so no equal digits touch — adjacency reasoning.
- SlitherlinkLoop logic, corner rules, and reading the number clues.
- HashiBridge counting, island degrees, and keeping the network connected.
- NurikabeIsland sizing, wall connectivity, and no-pool reasoning.
- ShikakuCarving the grid into rectangles, one number at a time.
- AquariumWater-level logic from row and column clues.
- HitoriShading duplicates without isolating or splitting the grid.
Sudoku Puzzles
Classic Sudoku and its variants: Killer, Samurai, Jigsaw, KenKen, and Futoshiki.
- SudokuScanning, pencil marks, and the techniques that crack Einstein-level grids.
- Killer SudokuCage sums, the 45 rule, and combination filtering.
- Samurai SudokuWorking five overlapping grids without losing the thread.
- Jigsaw SudokuIrregular-region logic and the law of leftovers.
- KenKenCage arithmetic and Latin-square logic, broken down step by step.
- FutoshikiInequality chains and how to seed a grid from the comparisons.