Tricky, Tricky

Can you figure out the number I am thinking of? Some cryptic clues: Call it sin, and mess it up (9) Between θ and κ (4) Engage emotionally (5) Half a byte (6) Mottle (5) Never mix meds & gin…

Battery Test Puzzle

You have four good/new batteries and four bad/used batteries but don’t know which are which. You have a flashlight that uses two batteries, which will only work if both batteries are good – if it doesn’t work, you won’t know…

Pulley Puzzle

In the pulley puzzle diagram below, there is a pulley attached to a scale. One side of the pulley is attached to a weight and the other side is attached to the ground. If the scale reads 100g, does the…

Escape the Maze

In this maze of 8×8 rooms, each room has an arrow that points up, down, left, or right – and it will only let you move to the adjacent room in the direction of the arrow. After you leave a…

How to Solve Rebus Puzzles

Rebus Puzzles A rebus is a visual word puzzle that uses the positioning of words, letters, and/or symbols to represent a common phrase, sometimes in an indirect or tricky manner. They are sometimes referred to as “hidden meaning” puzzles. Here…