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A '''puzzle''' is a [[game]], [[Problem solving|problem]], or [[toy]] that tests a person's ingenuiityingenuity or [[knowledge]]. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together ([[Disentanglement puzzle|or take them apart]]) in a logical way, in order to arrive atfind the correct or fun solution of the puzzle. There are different genres of puzzles, such as [[Crosswords|crossword puzzles]], word-search puzzles, number puzzles, relational puzzles, and logic puzzles. The academic study of puzzles is called [[enigmatology]].

*[[Word game|Word puzzles]], including [[anagram]]s, [[cipher]]s, [[Crossword|crossword puzzles]], [[Hangman (game)]], [[dropquote]]s, and [[Word search|word search puzzles]]. Tabletop and digital word puzzles include [[Bananagrams]], [[Boggle]], [[Bonza (Word Game)|Bonza]], [[Dabble]], [[Letterpress (video game)]], [[Perquackey]], Puzzlage, [[Quiddler]], [[Ruzzle]], [[Scrabble]], [[Upwords]], [[WordSpot]], and [[Words with Friends]]. [[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)]] is a game show centered on a word puzzle.

Solutions of puzzles often require the recognition of [[pattern]]s and the adherence to a particular kind of order. People with a high level of [[inductive reasoning aptitude]] may be better at solving such puzzles compared to others. But puzzles based upon [[inquiry]] and [[Discovery (observation)|discovery]] may be solved more easily by those with good [[Deductive reasoning|deduction skills]]. Deductive reasoning improves with practice. Mathematical puzzles often involve BODMAS. [[BODMAS]] is an acronym which stands for Bracket, Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction. In certain regions, PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction) is the synonym of BODMAS. It explains the order of operations to solve an expression. Some mathematical puzzles require Top to Bottom convention to avoid the [[ambiguity]] in the order of operations. It is an elegantly simple idea that relies, as [[sudoku]] does, on the requirement that numbers appear only once starting from top to bottom as coming along.<ref name="Sudoka">{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=R |title=Sudoka Number Game |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/sudoka |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref>

* {{Cite book |lastlast1=van Delft |firstfirst1=Pieter |last2=Botermans |first2=Jack |url=https://archive.org/details/creativepuzzleso0000delf |title=Creative puzzles of the world |year=1978|publisher=Cassell |isbn=978-0-304-30300-7 }}