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Interactive Puzzle Solution Center

Authentic dynamic visual implementations
of famous and other curious brain teasers

**   ! Two squares Remove eight sticks from a given figure so that the remaining sticks compose two squares that do not touch each other

* Cube Find out which colors will be on opposite faces of a cube whose faces are shown unfolded

***   ! Eight Queens Place eight queens on a chessboard so that no queen attacks another

*    Fair Share Help divide barrels so that everyone gets an equal share

**   N Summed Numbers Find three numbers by given sums for some of their pairs

**   ! Cannibals and Missionaries Help missionaries to cross a river with cannabals. Beware: one wrong move and missionaries will be eaten.

*   N Four Diamonds
-simple version- Restore a four-diamond figure scrambled by a computer

***   !   N Four Diamonds
-difficult version- Restore a four-diamond figure scrambled by a computer

** Number pattern Discover a pattern and find a missing number

**   !   N 8-Puzzle
(with acceleration) Arrange 3*3 tiles in correct positions (also known as 'sliding-tile puzzle')

**   ! Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage Old Russian Puzzle: You have to carry a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage across a river.

* Letter pattern Discover a pattern and find missing letters

**   V   N Balance Scale Find one heavier ball by weighting balls on a balance scale.

**   ! Car Journey Figure out how to make a trip when the tank of your car is not big enough

**    Fort Knox Jumping Frogs Make four piles of two by jumping over two neighbors

*** Digits 1 through 9 Find how digits one through nine can be placed in boxes so that a given equation is satisfied

**   V Box Placement Place boxes by walls in a room so that equal number of boxes are located by each wall.

* Three numbers Find three different numbers whose sum equals to their product

***   !   V Gunport Problem Arrange dominos on a board so that none can slide and leave as many holes as you can.

** Distinct Characters Place characters on 4*4 board so that they do not repeat in any row, column, or main diagonal.

**   N Reach 100 You play with the computer by calling higher numbers. Whoever calls 100 wins.

* Moving Checkers Sort checkers by color in a minimal number of moves.

** Mobius Strip Imagine what happens when you cut a Mobius strip lengthwise.

* - easier ** - more difficult *** - most difficult
! - cool
N - new problem is generated each time its page is reloaded or variations occur
V - you select a variant of the problem (some variants may be simpler than the difficulty level shown)

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After you worked hard solving puzzles, let us switch roles. You can relax in a back seat and let Tim's own wizard do weight lifting.
Beware: once you click here, Tim's wizard will start reading your mind.

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** !	Two squares	Remove eight sticks from a given figure so that the remaining sticks compose two squares that do not touch each other
*	Cube	Find out which colors will be on opposite faces of a cube whose faces are shown unfolded
*** !	Eight Queens	Place eight queens on a chessboard so that no queen attacks another
*	Fair Share	Help divide barrels so that everyone gets an equal share
** N	Summed Numbers	Find three numbers by given sums for some of their pairs
** !	Cannibals and Missionaries	Help missionaries to cross a river with cannabals. Beware: one wrong move and missionaries will be eaten.
* N	Four Diamonds -simple version-	Restore a four-diamond figure scrambled by a computer
*** ! N	Four Diamonds -difficult version-	Restore a four-diamond figure scrambled by a computer
**	Number pattern	Discover a pattern and find a missing number
** ! N	8-Puzzle (with acceleration)	Arrange 3*3 tiles in correct positions (also known as 'sliding-tile puzzle')
** !	Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage	Old Russian Puzzle: You have to carry a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage across a river.
*	Letter pattern	Discover a pattern and find missing letters
** V N	Balance Scale	Find one heavier ball by weighting balls on a balance scale.
** !	Car Journey	Figure out how to make a trip when the tank of your car is not big enough
**	Fort Knox Jumping Frogs	Make four piles of two by jumping over two neighbors
*******	Digits 1 through 9	Find how digits one through nine can be placed in boxes so that a given equation is satisfied
** V	Box Placement	Place boxes by walls in a room so that equal number of boxes are located by each wall.
*	Three numbers	Find three different numbers whose sum equals to their product
*** ! V	Gunport Problem	Arrange dominos on a board so that none can slide and leave as many holes as you can.
**	Distinct Characters	Place characters on 4*4 board so that they do not repeat in any row, column, or main diagonal.
** N	Reach 100	You play with the computer by calling higher numbers. Whoever calls 100 wins.
*	Moving Checkers	Sort checkers by color in a minimal number of moves.
**	Mobius Strip	Imagine what happens when you cut a Mobius strip lengthwise.