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Brain Teaser, Optical Illusions and Logic Links
Brain Teasers & Puzzlers
BrainBashers
brain teasers, puzzles, riddles, games and optical illusions, new
stuff daily
Brain
Binders can you fold this page, into that shape, red on one side, yellow
on the other? Not as easy as it sounds...
Brain Boosters Weekly challenge puzzle, plus great archives
Brain Food Give your mind a work out on our devious collection of puzzles
Braingle
over 12,000 brain teasers, riddles, logic problems, quizzes and mind
puzzles...
BrainQuest It's OK to be smart!
TheCase.com for Kids Mini-mysteries to solve, scary stories, magic tricks, and contests
Conceptis
Puzzles free puzzles including
Pixel Puzzles ,
Hashi , and lots more!
EPGY K8 Puzzle Page although only EPGY students can compete, these are still great puzzles for everyone!
The
Grey Labyrinth some of the toughest puzzles around, plus archives...
Griddlers.net
paint-by-number puzzles to solve online or offline
Kenken
a new math puzzle, loved by those who like Sudoku and Kakuro
Knossos
Games Terrific brain teasers, featured on Johns' Hopkins Imagine magazine!
KrazyDad's
Free Printable Puzzles
choose from 1000's of Mazes
in 5 levels, Bridges ,
Cross Figures ,
Galaxies ,
Kakuro (Cross Sums)
and loads more!
Labyrinth Make your own mazes, and solve them in 3D!
The
Labyrinth Society Learn to draw a labyrinth, take a virtual
labyrinth walk, or find a labyrinth in your area!
Mastermind
interactive version of traditional logic game. Choose 2 to 6 colors, and play!
MazeWorks
download interactive (Java) games, including Fiver, Peg Solitaire,
and more...
Mystery
Masters Logic Puzzles puzzles and grids, to solve...
Netives
Marbles, Mahjongg, Gems, Copycat, Plumber Pete and more!
Puzzlemaker Make your own mazes, word searches, math squares, cryptograms...
Puzzle
Parlor
interactive GamePuzzles
Puzzle
Playground great mind benders, with new puzzles every two weeks,
courtesy of Thinkfun (Binary Arts)
Quiz
Hub interactive games, puzzles, quizzes and more
Rubik's
Cube Solver by WrongWay sometimes everyone needs a little help.
Solves 2x2x2, 3x3x3 and 4x4x4 cubes...
SAT Question of the Day fun, and good practice!
Scholastic Games
& Puzzles
SET, Quiddler and Xactika check out the Puzzles of the Day!
SharpBrains
Top 50 Brain Teasers Tease all the bits of your brain:
attention, memory, senses and more...
Simon
Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection Black box, Cube, Bridges,
and many other great puzzles!
Sunday Puzzle by Will Shortz on NPR, don't miss these great weekly
brain challenges!
Tangram
Ancient Chinese moving piece puzzle, including history, downloads, links...
Tower
of Hanoi interactive version of the traditional puzzle
TextTwist
rearrange the letters and make as many words as you can
WebSuduko
Number puzzle, but no math required... trillions of puzzles!
or for a shareware PC game try
Sudoku
Word RacerTM
up to 8 players compete by creating words from various grids made up of
letters...
XKCD
Puzzle page a page of puzzles which appear simple but are
fiendishly counterintuitive
Amazon.com Widgets
Logic & Critical Thinking
Conceptis
Puzzles
logic puzzles, including pixel puzzles, dot-to-dots, Sudoku, Kakuro,
Battleship, and more
Kakuro.com
Free daily Kakuro puzzle!
Logic
Puzzles Interactive logic mazes, from Theseus and the Minotaur
to the Starry Night Maze featured on the Games Magazine cover,
locations for good Maize (corn) Mazes, and more...
Math
Playground Logic Games Creative logic puzzles for all ages!
Check out Civiballs, Factory Balls and more...
Mission: Critical an interactive tutorial for critical thinking
Mystery
Master Logic Puzzles traditional logic puzzles, with printable solving grids
Simon
Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection a collection of small
computer programs for one-player puzzle games (PC, Unix, Mac)
Optical Illusions
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Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
but better than the illusions, are the terrific explanations of each
one!
Dr.
Angry and Mr. Calm an interesting illusion...
Dynamic
Optical Illusions intriguing selection of old, new and exclusive
optical illusions
IllusionWorks
Welcome to the fascinating world of illusions...
Interest
Optical Illusion is it moving, or still?
Magic
Eye stereograms, construction and more, plus great links!
The
Truth About the Spinning Dancer the illusion, explanation, and
hints to see both ways!
Three-dimensional
street paintings , various artists (below), plus comments from
Snopes ...
World of Escher Learn about Escher's art, plus Penrose's puzzles, and submit your own or vote for your favorite modern
tessellations!
Plexers /
Rebuses / Wacky Wordies / Frame Games / Punzzles