#deduction puzzle

I was going through a collection of brain teasers a fellow puzzler gave me, and it occurs to me that “brain teaser” is one of the least specific puzzle terms around. Riddles, logic and deduction, math puzzles, and wordplay games all fall under the brain teaser umbrella. So you never know what you’re gonna get. Are your math skills required? Your outside-the-box thinking? Your ability to pay…

In today's blog post, we've got the solution to the reader-submitted Merry Birthday logic puzzle from last week!

A week ago, we shared a brain teaser sent in by a PuzzleNationer named Darrin (who credited Marilynn Rapp Buxton as the creator of the puzzle). Darrin challenged us to solve the following logic puzzle. Today, we’re going to share not only the solution, but how we got there! Please enjoy this brief solve and tutorial, submitted by one of your fellow PuzzleNationers! Four friends — two girls named…

In today's blog post, we've got the solution to the Peppermint Patty Brain Teaser submitted by a fellow PuzzleNationer last week!

[Image courtesy of SharpBrains.com.] A week ago, we shared a brain teaser sent in by a PuzzleNationer named Bethany, who challenged us to solve the following stumper. Today, we’re going to share not only the solution, but how we got there! Please enjoy this brief solve and tutorial, inspired by one of your fellow PuzzleNationers! The Peppermint Patty Riddle You’re facing your friend, Caryn, in a…

In today's blog post, we've got another reader-submitted brain teaser for us to unravel!

[Image courtesy of SharpBrains.com.] When’s the last time you had your brain properly tied in knots by a riddle? That’s a pretty common occurrence around here, honestly. In our puzzly explorations of the world, we stumble across all manner of brain teasers, riddles, logic puzzles, math problems, mind ticklers, deduction games, and wordplay-fueled bits of linguistic legerdemain. Sometimes, we even…

In today's blog post, we share the solution to the Smith-Jones-Robinson Problem we shared last week!

[Image courtesy of SharpBrains.com.] A week ago, we shared a brain teaser sent in by a PuzzleNationer named Brian, who challenged us to solve the following challenge. Today, we’re going to share not only the solution, but how we got there! Please enjoy this brief solve and tutorial, inspired by one of your fellow PuzzleNationers! The Smith-Jones-Robinson Problem Every fact is important. The…

In today's blog post, we share another brain teaser submitted by our fellow PuzzleNationers!

[Image courtesy of SharpBrains.com.] A few weeks ago, we shared two brain teasers submitted by one of our fellow PuzzleNationers! Well, that must have inspired some of the readership, because we received another brain teaser to solve and share this week! This brain teaser, submitted by puzzle fan Brian, is called The Smith-Jones-Robinson Problem, and Brian says it has been slightly altered from…

In today's blog post, we've got the solutions to two reader-submitted brain teasers!

Two weeks ago, we shared a pair of brain teasers sent in by a PuzzleNationer who discovered these particular deduction and math thinkers in a book of riddles and puzzles. Today, we’re going to share not only the solutions, but how we got there! Please enjoy this brief solve and tutorial, courtesy of brain teasers from your fellow PuzzleNationers! [Image courtesy of SharpBrains.com.] Brain Teaser…

In today's blog post, we've got the solution to last week's #Maythe4th logic puzzle!

Last week, we celebrated Star Wars Day (aka May the Fourth) with a Jedi-themed brain teaser for our fellow puzzlers and PuzzleNationers to solve! How do you crack this Star Wars-inspired Jedi mystery? Let’s find out together! On a small planet in the Mid Rim, a group of Jedi defeated several squads of battle droids. Reporters had a hard time piecing together descriptions of the five Jedi who…