Here you will find puzzles not included on the other Mind Challenges pages. Among these are logic puzzles, brainteasers, mind puzzles, optical illusions, Rubik’s Cube activities, Nonograms, slide puzzles, Kakuro, paradoxes, tangrams, … .

This page has a varied collection of puzzles including some for most of the types listed above. They include online puzzles, printables, software downloads, other Language-based puzzles, anagrams and more.

We continually add to information available and are willing to consider suggested areas and sources as time permits.

Other Puzzles

• ALfunstuff
  ‘Choose between thousands of Free printable logic puzzles with grids,Fun educational games : crosswords puzzles, wordsearches, codeword puzzles, sudokus and wordokus, to print or to play online. TMost of the Free word games are available in eight different languages’.
• All Star Puzzles
  ‘These best-of-the-Web puzzles test even experienced logic solvers. Stars indicate level of difficulty, from Easy to Challenger’.
• All Web Hunt - Puzzles
  Use the menu on the left for puzzles from 3D to Word games, read the articles, join the discussions.
• Amazing Art
  ‘Amazing Art is the biggest collection of extraordinary images on the web. Optical illusions, impossible images, upside downs, search pictures, it’s all there - and there’s plenty of it …’
• Archimedes’ Laboratory
  ‘Puzzles : problems or toys that are designed to test a person’s knowledge or skill. … We believe that you came to this site because you love doing puzzles and brain teasers and that you enjoy wrestling with geometry problems we make up especially for you’. Includes puzzles, optical illusions, curiosities and more.

Backgammon

• GNU Backgammon
  ‘This site will help you download and install GNU Backgammon, and give you tips on how to use GNU Backgammon to improve your game. GNU Backgammon is a world class backgammon application, and it works on many operating systems. It can play, analyse and teach backgammon’.
• JellyFish Backgammon for Windows
  ‘JellyFish is a neural net based backgammon program that plays at a very high level. On the highest playing level it matches the best humans in the world’.
• Quick Backgammon
  Available as a portable program.

• Brain Food
  ‘Give your mind a work out on our devious collection of puzzles. There are hundreds, ranging from word games to logic problems to riddles’.
• Braingle
  ‘If you want to improve your brain, check out the Mentalrobics section. If you crave a brain teaser, mind puzzle, riddle or game, we are the place to get it. Increase your creativity, boost learning and become a better person at Braingle’.
• Brain Teasers
  A listing of links to sites that pose a range of brain teasers for students at varying levels. Mixed puzzles are included. More suited to secondary levels and up.
• Checkers
  Little Polish. Small program which operates on Windows and Linux to allow you to play checkers at a fairly high level.
• Click Mazes
  ‘Lots of unique interactive puzzles and mazes found here, and a few other things besides. Click on the links to find out more’.
• Cluemaster
  Requires registration to access the variety of Free puzzles available on the site. Includes crosswords and more.
• Cognitive Labs
  ‘Dwell on improving your brain’. Use the games, exercise in the brain gym, find about genes and memory and take some of the tests.
• Cube Maniak
  ‘Cube Maniak lets you play Rubik’s cube on your PC in a 3D environment. You can rotate the cube, rotate faces in all ways very freely. You can change the faces images to your own design’. For a downloadable program allowing you to play Rubik’s Cube, try Rubiksim.

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• Curiouser
  ‘A selection of paradoxical puzzles, games, illusions, tricks, poems, quotations and ideas. It is hoped that viewers will find the experience both entertaining and thought provoking’.
• Eluzions
  ‘Online Games, Optical Illusions, and Puzzles’. Also quizzes, more.
• Fit Brain Games
  ‘Fit Brains offers a collection of fun, scientifically-based Brain Games that provide a balanced workout across the 5 Major Brain Areas : Memory, Concentration, Language, Visual & Spatial, and Executive Functions [Logic & Reasoning]. Each of the games offers multiple activities that target a broad range of mental stimulation’.
• Free Puzzles
  A range of different crosswords, word searches, brain busters and more. You can have crosswords sent to you [you select the areas you want included].
• Games for the Brain
  ‘Play neverending quiz, memory & brain games to train your thinking’. Large selection.
• Ghronos
  ‘Ghronos is a gaming clock for chess, go, scrabble, boggle, and any other game which requires a timing device’.
• Igowin
  ‘Igowin is a 9x9 Free version of Many Faces of Go. It keeps track of your record and playing strength and has an on-line manual with history of go, where to buy books and equipment, etc. It includes [a] Go Tutorial … , so it is a good program to give a beginning go player’.

Jigsaw Puzzles

• Free Jigsaw Puzzles
  ‘These are computer jigsaw puzzles created with BrainsBreaker. They can be Freely distributed and don’t require any software installation. Just click any of the images below for running it’.
• Online Jigsaw Puzzles
  ‘We offer you online jigsaw puzzles free to play. You can choose from a variety of wallpapers and themes from the gallery and also choose a level of difficulty from a simple 6 piece cut for kids to a challenging 247 pieces’.

• John Rausch’s Puzzle World
  Home page for a variety of puzzle sites.
• Kakuro.com
  ‘Here’s a selection of Kakuro puzzles for you to try. To print a puzzle out, right click on it and go to Print picture’. For those who want to learn to do Kakuro visit How to play Kakuro or to find more puzzles go to KakuroConquest or Kakuro.
• Logicville
  ‘A resource for anagrams, cryptograms, alphametics, word puzzles, logic problems, doublets, tangrams, chess, math quizzes, and more’.
• Minestein
  ‘Minestein is a version of the famous Minesweeper game. But, unlike the original Minesweeper, in its default mode Minestein will always produce puzzles that can be solved using logic - no guessing is required’.
• Nonogram Solver
  ‘This website provides information about Nonogram logic puzzles, and how to solve them. Nonograms are logic puzzles that originate in Japan. A Nonogram consists of a series of numbers that can be used to determine a picture. The puzzle comes from building this picture from the numbers’.
• Online Board Games
  ‘Your one stop resource for information regarding your favourite online board games. You will find here complete details, rules to play and strategies to play various types of board games online and also information about playing free online board games’.
• Perplexing Problems
  Logic problems in the areas of Mathematics, Mysteries, Words, Logic.
• Puzzle
  For all who remember the old slide puzzle [16 spaces, 15 tiles], this is the latest computer version. Small, free download.
• Puzzle Choice
  Crosswords and a wide range of puzzles - Kid’s Choice, quizzes, wordplays, online games and more, suitable for children and adults of all ages.
• Puzzle Master
  ‘Puzzle Master has a large and unique collection of brain teasers & puzzles for sale. In addition, they also carry chess, mechanical banks, puzzle books, magic trick books, boomerangs, etc’.. Canadian based.
• Puzzlr
  Links to ‘other good sites about Puzzles, Games and Quizzes’.
• Quizland
  Find quizzes, crosswords and much, much more.
• Riddles & Brainteasers
  Brainteasers from Palindromes via Optical Illusions, What’s in a Name ? to Seashore Homonyms and much more. You can also learn about your brain by using this link.
• SourGumdropK
  ‘SourGumdropK is a Kakuro/Cross sum playing program with a range of helpful options. It can be downloaded for Free. The Overview page gives a good idea of some of the program’s main features. Of course the only way to really know if you like a program is to try it … ’
• Scrabble3D
  ‘Scrabble3D is a highly customisable Scrabble game that not only supports Classic Scrabble and Superscrabble but also 3D games and own boards. You can play locally against the computer or connect to a game server to find other players’.
• Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection
  ‘This page contains a collection of small computer programs which implement one-player puzzle games. All of them run natively on Unix [GTK], on Windows, and on Mac OS X; they can also be played on the web, as Java applets’.
• Sourkoban
  ‘Sourkoban is one of very many versions of the game Sokoban. Why try this one ? Well today, it’s probably the newest. It also has [a wide range of] features’.
• The Logic Zone
  A ‘world of online logic problems, logic puzzles, cryptograms and other puzzles too !’
• World Championship Checkers
  ‘World Championship Checkers is a highly sophisticated checkers program’, This is a large file to download [154mb].
• YouPlay
  [Lovatts]
  Not only a daily serving of crosswords but a variety of other word puzzles.

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