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Puzzle Wiki is intended to be the ultimate resource for all puzzles. Of course, this is an insanely ambitious task. So we're starting small. If you would like to join us, please join the discussion group at http://groups.google.com/group/puzzlewiki.

Popular Puzzle Genres/Types

• Crosswords
• Jigsaw Puzzles
• Constraint Satisfaction Puzzles -- these are puzzles that are most prevalent in the World Puzzle Championship and World Sudoku Championship.
  • Sudoku
  • Pure Loop
  • Four Balls
• Mechanical Puzzles
  • Rubik's Magic Cube
  • Sliding Block Puzzles
• Information Reduction Puzzles -- these are puzzles that solve to one word or phrase. One could expect to see these in The Amazing Race, Puzzle Hunts, and The Game.
• Brainteasers -- these are free-form questions that are generally fun to discuss in a casual setting. Most of the puzzles in the RecPuzzles archive are of this form.
  • Lateral Thinking Puzzles