Puzzles
(sorted by source)

0-B B-B (2, 3 ) B-C C-C C-F G-H H-J J-J (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) J-K K-L

M-M (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) M-N N-N N-P Q-S S-S (2, 3, 4, 5) S-W W-W W-Z

(sorted by type)

A-A A-B C-F F-F G-H H-H (2, 3) I-K K-K (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) K-L L-M M-M M-N

N-N (2) N-P P-S S-S (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) S-V V-Z

Welcome to my puzzles page.

This is really just a collection of links to other peoples' puzzles and a bit of commentary. A friend of mine showed me a puzzle called nurikabe, over at Janko Raetsel. I figured if i'm going to try it, I may as well try the hardest nurikabe they had. It took me a while, but I managed to finish it eventually. There are a bunch of different types of puzzles at Janko Raetsel, and I started searching for other sites that had more of those puzzles. Eventually it branched out into what you see here.

Q: How many puzzles does this page link to?

A: That depends on whether you count generators and whether you count pages that have a large number of puzzles, but don't have direct links. If you count generators, then technically there are an infinite number of puzzles linked to from this page. If you count One Billion Mazes, then it may not be infinite, but it's over one billion. If you count pages that don't show the total, but appear to show a large number (ex: 'you are playing puzzle #78,324'), then it's probably over one million, but not over ten million. If you count the total number of pages linked to from this page, it's 431 the last time I counted.

Q: Is this a comprehensive list for any of these puzzle types?

A: No. "The net is vast and infinite." New data are being constantly added and existing data are constantly being changed. I searched for additional sites to include, but the limiting factor is a human one- my patience in this case. Nurikabe as an example- I googled for 'nurikabe' and searched sites listed in the first 10 pages of hits. I can't say for certain that i've done this for all of the puzzle types listed below, but I think i've done so for most of them.

Q: What gets a site chosen or rejected?

A: The site has to have at least a few puzzles to start. I probably wouldn't list a site that had fewer than about 6 puzzles. Things that almost instantly get a site rejected are requiring a software download or a login. I don't want to install your software; I just want to see the puzzle. I don't want to give you my email address, I just want to see the puzzle. Or, I don't want to go to the trouble of creating a gmail / hotmail / yahoo email account just for this login- I just want to see the puzzle. The main idea is that trying to make me do anything instead of just showing me the puzzle is a waste of my time because there's a hundred other sites that don't make me jump through any hoops. What helps get a site listed is having a lot of puzzles shown right up front with no b.s., with a good, easy to use interface. In most cases there has to be an online version of the puzzle- I want to try the puzzle right now, in my browser. M enneske is an exception in that it doesn't let you solve the puzzles online. You have to print them out and solve them on paper. I listed that site due to the large number and variety of puzzles.

Q: You have too much time on your hands, don't you?

A: Meh. I have as much time as anyone else I suppose. I just spend some of it doing this. The way I look at it, my wife has a husband with a hobby that doesn't involve me dying or getting injured if it doesn't go right. She's happy, i'm happy.

The two sets of links above and the list below should have the same list of pages, just sorted differently. One might want to see what puzzles M enneske has to offer, or what site have hitori puzzles. There's a certain convenience with each different type of list.

This is a list of each puzzle, alphabetically, with a link to each site (Bezumie, Brain Bashers, Brain Stuff, Conceptis, Hirofumi, Krazydad, LGO, Janko, Menneske, Mikio, Nikoli, Puzzlinks, SE, SPN, Wikipedia)'s particular page on that puzzle.

ABC End View: Janko
ABC Kombi: Janko
Akari: Nikoli
Alphametics: Janko
Analogien: Janko
Arukone 1: Janko, Janko (2), Janko (3), Menneske 5x5, Menneske 9x9, Nikoli, Wikipedia
Bijutsukan (Light Up): Brain Bashers, Janko, Mikio, Mikio (2), PLU, SG, Wikipedia
Blockteilung: Janko
Dominos: Janko
Dusomoh: BB
Ebony And Ivory: Janko
Ein Begriff PaBt Nicht: Janko
Fillomino: Brain Bashers, Janko, Menneske 5x5, Menneske 7x7, Mikio, Nikoli, Wikipedia
Futoshiki: Brain Bashers, JPFG Generator, SPN 4x4, SPN 5x5, SPN 6x6, SPN 7x7, SPN 8x8, SPN 9x9, Wikipedia
Geschicten Mit Knoten: Janko
Gokigen: Janko
Hakyuu Kouka: Janko, Mikio, Nikoli, Wikipedia
Hashiwokakero: Brain Bashers, Conceptis, Janko, Menneske 7x7, Menneske 9x9, Menneske 11x11, Menneske 13x13, Menneske 17x17, Menneske 20x20, Menneske 25x25, Nikoli, PB, Wikipedia
Hexaflex: HC
Heyawake: Janko, Mikio, Nikoli, Wikipedia
Historische Ratsel: Janko
Hitori: Brain Bashers, Conceptis, Funmin Generator, HC Generator, Janko, Menneske 5x5, Menneske 6x6, Menneske 8x8, Menneske 9x9, Menneske 12x12, Menneske 15x15, Menneske 17x17, Menneske 20x20, Nikoli, Wikipedia
Inshi No Heya: Wikipedia
Kakurasu: Janko
Kakuro: ATK, Brain Stuff, Brain Stuff Giant, BW Generator, BW Hard Generator, Conceptis, Conceptis (Diamond), Conceptis (Heart), Conceptis (Holes), Conceptis (Multi), Conceptis (Round), FKS Generator, HC Generator, Heavygames, Hirofumi, Krazydad, Janko, KC 8x8, KC 9x11, KCC, KL Generator, Kongregate, KW Generator, KWorld Generator, Menneske 5x4, Menneske 5x5, Menneske 5x6, Menneske 5x7, Menneske 6x6, Menneske 7x6, Menneske 7x7, Menneske 8x8, Menneske 9x8, Menneske 8x11, Menneske 9x12, Menneske 10x10, Menneske 10x13, Menneske 13x13, Menneske 15x15, Menneske 15x30, Menneske 20x20, Menneske 25x25, Menneske 30x30, Menneske 5x4x4, Menneske 5x5x4, Menneske 5x5x5, Menneske 6x6x15, Menneske 9x8x12, Menneske 9x8x16, Menneske 9x8x20, Menneske 13x13x12, Menneske 13x13x16, Menneske 13x13x20, Mikio, Mikio (2), MP, Nikoli, SPN 5x5, SPN 6x6, SPN 7x7, SPN 8x8, SPN 9x9, SPN 10x10, Torpito Generator, Wikipedia, YK
Kreuzzahlen: Janko
Kuromasu Wa Doko Da (Where Is Black Cells): Janko, Mikio, Nikoli, Wikipedia
Lateinische Quadrate: Janko
Laterale: Janko
Lateinische Summen: Janko
Lights Out: Goobix, LGO 5x5, LGO 9x9
Logic Problems: ASP, Brain Bashers, TLZ
Logicals: Janko
Logik: Janko
Magic Square Letters: SG
Magische Quadrate: Janko
Magnete: Janko
Masyu: Janko, Mikio, Mikio (2), Nikoli, Wikipedia
Master Mind: Janko
Mathematik: Janko
Maze: Friedman, Krazydad, One Billion, Wikipedia
Minesweeper: Janko
Mochikoro: Puzzlinks
Moebius: Janko
Mosaik: Janko
Nokoli: Janko
Nonograms: AW, BC, Bezumie 5x5, Bezumie 5x15, Bezumie 10x5, Bezumie 10x10, Bezumie 10x15, Bezumie 15x5, Bezumie 15x10, Bezumie 15x15, Brain Bashers, Corona, Goobix, Hirofumi, Janko, LOTM, NO Generator, PN, PT, SP, Wikipedia
Number Chain: Bobs
Nurikabe: Brain Bashers, DS, JG Generator 5x5, Janko, LGO 5x5, LGO 9x9, Mikio, Nikoli, PN, Wikipedia
Nuruomino: Wikipedia
Paint By Numbers: Wikipedia
Patchwork: Janko
Pathfinder: Janko
Pentominos: Janko
Pfadfinder: Janko
Pfeilpfad: Janko
Pfeilzahlen: Janko
Physik: Janko
Picture Maze: Wikipedia
Rchengitter: Janko
Rectangles: Brain Bashers
Samunamupure: Janko
Schlangenlinie: Janko
Seek Numbers: Janko
Shikaku Ni Kire: Janko, Nikoli, Wikipedia
Sikaku: Mikio, Mikio (2)
Slither Link: 2d Games, Brain Bashers, Conceptis, Hirofumi, Krazydad, Mikio, MIT Generator, Nikoli, PL, Wikipedia
Solitaire Battelships: Janko
Sphinx: Janko
Spukschloss: Janko
Sudoku: A365 Odd Sizes, AS, ASP, AW, AW Samurai, Bezumie, Bobs Jigsaw, Brain Bashers, Brain Stuff, Brain Stuff Killer, Brain Stuff Samurai, Braingle Generator, BW Samurai Generator, BW Samurai Hard Generator, Conceptis, Conceptis (16x16), Conceptis (Even Odd), Conceptis (Irregular), Conceptis (Multi), Conceptis (Picture), Conceptis (Sums), Conceptis (X), DN Greater Than, ES, FS Generator, FSP Generator, FSS Generator, Goobix, GP Greater Than, HD Hexagonal, Hirofumi, Hirofumi (more), Hirofumi (18 Hint), Hirofumi (20 Hint), Hirofumi (diagonal), Krazydad, Krazydad (GT Sudoku), Janko, JS Generator, KSO, Menneske 2x2, Menneske 2x3, Menneske 2x4, Menneske 2x5, Menneske 3x3, Menneske 3x4, Menneske 3x5, Menneske 4x4, Menneske 5x5, Menneske 6x6, Menneske 7x7, Menneske 8x8, Menneske 9x9, Menneske 3d 2x2, Menneske 3d 2x3, Menneske 3d 3x3, Menneske Diagonal 2x2, Menneske Diagonal 2x3, Menneske Diagonal 2x4, Menneske Diagonal 2x5, Menneske Diagonal 3x3, Menneske Diagonal 4x4, Menneske Diagonal 5x5, Menneske Diagonal 6x6, Menneske Disjoint 2x2, Menneske Disjoint 2x3, Menneske Disjoint 2x4, Menneske Disjoint 3x3, Menneske Disjoint 4x4, Menneske Even Odd 2x2, Menneske Even Odd 2x3, Menneske Even Odd 3x3, Menneske Even Odd 4x4, Menneske Greater Than 2x2, Menneske Greater Than 2x3, Menneske Greater Than 3x3, Menneske Jigsaw 2x2, Menneske Jigsaw 2x3, Menneske Jigsaw 2x4, Menneske Jigsaw 2x5, Menneske Jigsaw 3x3, Menneske Jigsaw 3x4, Menneske Jigsaw 4x4, Menneske Jigsaw Disjoint 2x2, Menneske Jigsaw Disjoint 2x3, Menneske Jigsaw Disjoint 3x3, Menneske Jigsaw Even Odd 2x2, Menneske Jigsaw Even Odd 2x3, Menneske Jigsaw Even Odd 3x3, Menneske Jigsaw Greater Than 2x2, Menneske Jigsaw Greater Than 2x3, Menneske Jigsaw Greater Than 3x3, Menneske No Box 2x3, Menneske No Box 3x3, Menneske No Box 4x4, Menneske No Box 5x5, Menneske No Box 5x6, Menneske No Box 6x6, Menneske No Box 7x7, Mikio, Mikio 16x16, Mikio Jigsaw, Mikio Killer, Mikio X, MIT Generator, MP, MP Jigsaw, NC Generator, Nikoli, OS Generator, PGJ, PGJ Generator, PP Generator, Roqa Radial, Roqa Triangle, SCA, SD Generator, SF Generator, SE Circle, SE Cube, SE Cubic, SE Dial, SE Diamond, SE Impossible, SE Square, SE Star (5pt), SE Star (6pt), SE Star (7pt), SE Star Adv, SE Steps, SE Toroidal, SE Wall, SF Generator, SG4A, SG4A Samurai, SN Generator, SO Generator, SOU, SOU Jigsaw, SOU Killer, SP Generator, SPO Generator, SPN, SPN 4x4, SPN 6x6, SPN 12x12, SPN 16x16, SPN Samurai, SS Generator, SS Samurai, SSP Generator, URP Generator, Variants, Variants 2, Variants 3, Variants 4, Variants 5, Wikipedia, WS Generator, WS Variants
Sternen Himmel: Janko
Sternenschlacht: Janko
Symbolrechnen: Janko
Tatmibari: Wikipedia
Tenpair: LGO
Tentai Show: Nikolai
Trace Numbers: Janko
Trivia Quiz: Janko
Um Die Ecke Gedacht: Janko
Various: Cross+A, Mathematische
Verbal Arithmetic: Wikipedia
Vermischtes: Janko
Vers Und Wortratsel: Janko
Wolkenkratzer: Janko
Yajilin: Nikoli, Wikipedia
Zahlenordnung: Janko
Zahlenpfad: Janko
Zahlenschlange: Janko
Zehnergitter: Janko
Zeltlager: Janko
Zitatemix: Janko

Bezumie

Bezumie: Nonograms 5x5
Bezumie: Nonograms 5x15
Bezumie: Nonograms 10x5
Bezumie: Nonograms 10x10
Bezumie: Nonograms 10x15
Bezumie: Nonograms 15x5
Bezumie: Nonograms 15x10
Bezumie: Nonograms 15x15
Bezumie: Sudoku

Brain Bashers

Brain Bashers: Fillomino
Brain Bashers: Futoshiki
Brain Bashers: Hashiwokakero
Brain Bashers: Hitori
Brain Bashers: Light Up
Brain Bashers: Logic Problems
Brain Bashers: Nonograms
Brain Bashers: Nurikabe
Brain Bashers: Puzzle Loops
Brain Bashers: Rectangles
Brain Bashers: Sudoku

Brain Stuff has Kakuro and Sudoku generators that let you vary size and difficulty.

Brain Stuff: Giant Kakuro
Brain Stuff: Kakuro
Brain Stuff: Killer Sudoku
Brain Stuff: Samurai Sudoku
Brain Stuff: Sudoku

Conceptis
Conceptis: ashiwokakero
Conceptis: Hitori
Conceptis: Kakuro
Conceptis: Kakuro (Diamond)
Conceptis: Kakruo (Heart)
Conceptis: Kakuro (Holes)
Conceptis: Kakuro (Multi)
Conceptis: Kakuro (Round)
Conceptis: Slitherlink
Conceptis: Sudoku
Conceptis: Sudoku (16x16)
Conceptis: Sudoku (Even Odd)
Conceptis: Sudoku (Irregular)
Conceptis: Sudoku (Multi)
Conceptis: Sudoku (Picture)
Conceptis: Sudoku (Sums)
Conceptis: Sudoku (X)

Hirofumi has a handful of puzzles.

Hirofumi: Kakuro
Hirofumi: Nonograms
Hirofumi: Slither Link
Hirofumi: Sudoku
Hirofumi: Sudoku 2
Hirofumi: Sudoku 18 Hint
Hirofumi: Sudoku 20 Hint
Hirofumi: Sudoku Diagonal

Logic Games Online (LGO)
LGO: Lights Out 5x5
LGO: Lights Out 9x9
LGO: Nurikabe 5x5
LGO: Nurikabe 9x9
LGO: Tenpair

Janko Raetsel has a large supply of puzzles (including Sudoku) that you can play online (Java-based). Puzzles at Janko Raetsel include:

Janko: ABC End View
Janko: ABC Kombi
Janko: Alphametics
Janko: Analogien
Janko: Arukone 1
Janko: Arukone 2
Janko: Bijutsukan
Janko: Black Cells ( Kuromasu Wa Doko Da)
Janko: Blockteilung
Janko: Dominos
Janko: Ebony And Ivory
Janko: Ein Begriff paBt Nicht
Janko: Fillomino
Janko: Geschicten Mit Knoten
Janko: Gokigen
Janko: Hakyuu Kouka
Janko: Hashi
Janko: Heyawake
Janko: Historische Ratsel
Janko: Hitori
Janko: Kakurasu
Janko: Kakuro
Janko: Kreuzzahlen
Janko: Lateinische Quadrate
Janko: Laterale
Janko: Lateinische Summen
Janko: Logicals
Janko: Logik
Janko: Magische Quadrate
Janko: Magnete
Janko: Masyu
Janko: Mosaik
Janko: Master Mind
Janko: Mathematik
Janko: Minesweeper
Janko: Moebius
Janko: Nokoli
Janko: Nonograms
Janko: Nurikabe
Janko: Patchwork
Janko: Pathfinder
Janko: Pentominos
Janko: Pfadfinder
Janko: Pfeilpfad
Janko: Pfeilzahlen
Janko: Physik
Janko: Rechengitter
Janko: Samunamupure
Janko: Schlangenlinie
Janko: Seek Numbers
Janko: Sikaku
Janko: Solitaire Battelships
Janko: Sphinx
Janko: Spukschloss
Janko: Sudoku
Janko: Sternen Himmel
Janko: Sternenschlacht
Janko: Symbolrechnen
Janko: Trace Numbers
Janko: Trivia Quiz
Janko: Um Die Ecke Gedacht
Janko: Vermischtes
Janko: Vers Und Wortratsel
Janko: Wolkenkratzer
Janko: Zahlenordnung
Janko: Zahlenpfad
Janko: Zahlenschlange
Janko: Zehnergitter
Janko: Zeltlager
Janko: Zitatemix

Krazydad has a handful of puzzles in PDF files.

Krazydad: GT Sudoku
Krazydad: Kakuro
Krazydad: Mazes
Krazydad: Slitherlink
Krazydad: Sudoku

Menneske

Mikio

Mikio: Bijutsukan
Mikio: Bijutsukan (2)
Mikio: Fillomino
Mikio: Hakyu
Mikio: Heyawake
Mikio: Kakuro
Mikio: Kakuro (2)
Mikio: Kuromasu
Mikio: Masyu
Mikio: Masyu (2)
Mikio: Nurikabe
Mikio: Sikaku
Mikio: Sikaku 2
Mikio: Slitherlink
Mikio: Sudoku
Mikio: Sudoku 16x16
Mikio: Sudoku Jigsaw
Mikio: Sudoku Killer
Mikio: Sudoku X

Nikoli makes some of the puzzles that appear on Janko, but not all of them. Nikoli makes some puzzles that don't appear on Janko at all. Nikoli apparently publishes some magazines made up of nothing but one particular puzzle type, so if you like that particular type of puzzle, you can order magazines to your liking.

Nikoli: Akari
Nikoli: Black Cells (Kuromasu Wa Doko Da)
Nikoli: Fillomino
Nikoli: Hakyuu Kouka
Nikoli: Hashiwokakero
Nikoli: Heyawake
Nikoli: Hitori
Nikoli: Kakuro
Nikoli: Masyu
Nikoli: Number Link
Nikoli: Nurikabe
Nikoli: Shikaku Ni Kire
Nikoli: Slither Link
Nikoli: Sudoku
Nikoli: Tentai Show
Nikoli: Yajilin

Puzzlinks has posted Mochikoro puzzles.

Puzzlinks: Mochikoro

Sudoku Evolution (SE)

SE: Sudoku Circle
SE: Sudoku Cube
SE: Sudoku Cubic
SE: Sudoku Dial
SE: Sudoku Diamond
SE: Sudoku Impossible
SE: Sudoku Square
SE: Sudoku Star (5pt)
SE: Sudoku Star (6pt)
SE: Sudoku Star (7pt)
SE: Sudoku Star Adv
SE: Sudoku Steps
SE: Sudoku Toroidal
SE: Sudoku Wall

Sudoku Puzzles . Net (SPN)

SPN: Futoshiki 4x4
SPN: Futoshiki 5x5
SPN: Futoshiki 6x6
SPN: Futoshiki 7x7
SPN: Futoshiki 8x8
SPN: Futoshiki 9x9
SPN: Kakuro 5x5
SPN: Kakuro 6x6
SPN: Kakuro 7x7
SPN: Kakuro 8x8
SPN: Kakuro 9x9
SPN: Kakuro 10x10
SPN: Sudoku
SPN: Sudoku 4x4
SPN: Sudoku 6x6
SPN: Sudoku 12x12
SPN: Sudoku 16x16
SPN: Sudoku (Samurai)

These are the Wikipedia pages for several puzzle types. Instructions in English and solution strategies in some cases.

Wikipedia: Bijutsukan
Wikipedia: Black Cells (Kuromasu Wa Doko Da)
Wikipedia: Fillomino
Wikipedia: Hakyuu Kouka
Wikipedia: Hashiwokakero
Wikipedia: Heyawake
Wikipedia: Hitori
Wikipedia: Inshi No Heya
Wikipedia: Kakuro
Wikipedia: Light Up
Wikipedia: Masyu
Wikipedia: Maze
Wikipedia: Nonograms
Wikipedia: Number Link
Wikipedia: Nuruomino
Wikipedia: Nurikabe
Wikipedia: Paint By Numbers
Wikipedia: Picture Maze
Wikipedia: Shikaku Ni Kire
Wikipedia: Slither Link
Wikipedia: Sudoku
Wikipedia: Tatamibari
Wikipedia: Verbal Arithmetic
Wikipedia: Yajilin