The Front Page
All the puzzles
fit to solve.
The Puzzle Post is an informational gazette of puzzles and logic games — the types worth knowing, the techniques that crack them, and the curious history behind them. Every one a test of wits; never a matter of luck.
Puzzles come in families — word, number, logic, and physical — and each rewards a slightly different turn of mind. A crossword tests your vocabulary and your patience; a sudoku, your pure deduction; a tangram, your eye for shape.
What they share is the quiet satisfaction of the last square filled. Learn a handful of techniques and the whole world of puzzles opens to you — no special tools, no cost, and nothing left to chance.
The Puzzles
The full listing →The Crossword
Clues across and down, crossing in a grid.
Number & LogicSudoku
Nine by nine, no repeats in sight.
DeductionLogic Grid
Who owns the fish? Cross-reference to find out.
WordThe Cryptic
Every clue is a tiny riddle in disguise.
Logic & NumberNonogram
Number the rows and a picture appears.
WordWord Search
Hidden words, tangled in a field of letters.
The Solver's Column
Five techniques that
crack almost anything.
The same handful of habits solve a crossword, a sudoku, and a logic grid alike. Learn them once and never stare at a blank grid again.
- Start with What's Certain Every solvable puzzle has a foothold — a clue or cell with only one possible answer. Find it first, and the rest begins to open up.
- Pencil in the Possibilities When a cell has more than one candidate, don't leave it blank — note every option lightly. Shrinking those lists is how the hardest puzzles fall.
- Work the Intersections The richest information sits where two lines of a puzzle cross. A single confirmed letter or number there can unlock both directions at once.
- Eliminate, Don't Guess A good puzzle never needs a guess. Ruling out the impossible is slower than guessing, but it's the only path that always reaches the right answer.
- Come Back with Fresh Eyes Stuck fast? The oldest trick in solving is to walk away. A short break resets the mind, and the answer you couldn't see is often obvious on return.
From the Archives
The full history →Riddles Around the Fire
Long before paper and pencil, puzzles lived in spoken riddles and clever questions. Cultures across the world tested wits with word games and brain-teasers passed down by memory.
Ancient – MedievalNumbers in a Square
The magic square — a grid where every row, column, and diagonal sums the same — fascinated mathematicians for millennia and set the stage for the number puzzles we love today.
1913The First Crossword
A newspaper printed a diamond-shaped 'word-cross' for its readers to fill in. It was an instant sensation, and within a decade the crossword had become a daily habit around the world.
Late Edition
Sharpen a pencil. Pick a grid. Start solving.
Begin with a technique, choose a puzzle to learn, and read how these grids and riddles came to be.