Featured Puzzle: Snake #3
When they’re not in your boot, snakes are often found sunning themselves in some peaceful place. In this grid, you can see the head and the tip of the snake’s tail. Can you safely uncover the rest of its body?
Featured Puzzle: Word Sleuth – Chocolate Haul
My favorite type of Halloween candy is the definitely the chocolate. Today’s puzzle is a Word Sleuth. It’s similar to a Find-a-Word puzzle, but to make it challenging, I’m not giving you the list. Oh, and the words aren’t in a straight line.
Featured Puzzle: Word Web #1
For this final day of Hanukkah, we have a simple word puzzle. Within this web, find the phrase HAPPY HANUKKAH. Start at one letter H, and trace a path along the lines to each following letter. This path will not cross itself, so it won’t use any letter twice.
Featured Puzzle: Worms #1 – Need Some Bait?
Today is National Go Fishing Day! So get out there, bait your hook, drop a line, and catch a whopper! What? You forgot the bait? No problem – let’s dig some up right now! I see here a grid with a whole bunch of worm burrows.
Featured Puzzle: Worms #2 – Digging up Gummy Worms
Gummy bears were invented all the way back in the 1920s, but in 1981, an unusual variation appeared. While gummy candy had been all over Europe for over half a century, they didn’t make their way onto US shores until the early 80s. They became such a huge fad that the German company Trolli created Gummy Worms, based on the notion that they’d sell because of the shock factor. (We Gen-Xers were some sick puppies – don’t forget we were the original market for Garbage Pail Kids.)
How to Solve Arukone Puzzles
Connect each pair with a line that only travels orthogonally. These paths do not cross and might not use every cell in the grid.
How to Solve Hashi Puzzles
Draw bridges between islands to create one connected group. Numbers on the islands indicate the number of bridges that connect to that island.
How to Solve Paint by Pairs Puzzles
Link identical pairs of numbers with a number of cells equal to that number, including the start and end cells. Fill in those links to form a picture.
How to Solve Snake Puzzles
Use the clues to uncover the body of a snake, given the location of the head and tail. The body is a 1-cell wide path that travels only in orthogonal directions and may never touch itself, even diagonally.