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Without Further Ado...

Without Further Ado…

Hello there, PuzzleNationers. You probably don’t know my name, but you do know me. I’m Glenn, and for the last decade, I’ve had the privilege of being the voice of PuzzleNation. Tweets, Facebook posts, blog entries… I played games with you, solved puzzles with you, attended puzzly events with you, delved into the history of puzzles with you, and more. Three times a week, I’ve had the honor of…

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The PN Blog 2021 Countdown!

In today's blog post, we count down our 10 favorite blog posts of 2021!

It’s the final blog post of the year, so what do you say we revisit all of 2021 with a countdown of my ten favorite blog posts from the past year! #10 The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn’s Treasure One of 2020’s most baffling stories was the announcement that Forrest Fenn’s treasure, a mystery sought by thousands for most of a decade, had been found, but the lucky solver was remaining anonymous.…

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PuzzleNation Blog Looks Back on 2021!

In today's blog post, we look back at the year in puzzles (and PuzzleNation)!

2021 is rapidly coming to a close. As we do every year, we look back on another eventful year in the world of puzzles and games. And we are incredibly proud of the contributions both PuzzleNation Blog and PuzzleNation made to the puzzle community as a whole. Over the last year, we explored board games and card games, strategy games and trivia games, dice games and tile games, do-it-yourself…

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Do You Accept the Challenge of "The Impossible Crossword"? You absolutely should!

In today's blog post, we tackle the absolutely brilliant Impossible Crossword from @NewYorker by @meganamram and Paolo Pasco!

Part of the challenge for many crossword solvers is that you can’t adjust the difficulty of the cluing on a given day. The clues you get are the clues you get. New York Times crossword solvers are intimately familiar with this, talking about Tuesday puzzles and Saturday puzzles and understanding what each means in terms of expected puzzle difficulty. Our own Penny Dell Crosswords App offers free…

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Counting Down the Hours With Some Holiday Trivia!

In today's blog post, we've got some holiday trivia for you to count down the hours until Christmas Day with!

As you well know, fellow puzzlers and PuzzleNationers, we usually post a puzzle to celebrate a given holiday. But last year we started a new holiday tradition and offered you some trivia to help count down the hours until Christmas Day! So this year, we’re doing it again. That’s right, twelve questions on holiday pop culture from around the world. How does that sound? Feel free to cherry-pick…

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#Christmas Eve #Geeking Out #holiday trivia #puzzle holiday #PuzzleNation #Puzzlin&039; fool #puzzly holiday #trivia

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Tackling the GCHQ 2021 Christmas Card!

In today's blog post, we tackle the challenge of this year's GCHQ Christmas Card!

Every year, one of the puzzliest challenges many solvers will encounter all year descends upon the world, as the GCHQ issue their Christmas card. The GCHQ — or Government Communications Headquarters — provides security and intelligence services for the British government. Back when they were known as GC&CS — Government Code and Cypher School — they were responsible for funding Bletchley Park and…

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25 Days of Coding Puzzles to Save Christmas!

In today's blog post, we discuss Advent of Code, a programming-puzzle advent calendar!

Advent calendars come in all shapes and sizes. Some share traditional Bible verses, others share chocolates or small trinkets. You can find advent calendars with mini Funko Pop figurines inside, LEGO sets, ornaments, flavors of tea, socks, beverages, candle scents… practically anything comes in advent calendar form these days. I have friends who do a holiday movie advent calendar each year, which…

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Solution to Last Week's Merry Birthday Puzzle!

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…

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Assemble the Party!

In today's blog post, we look at a decidedly nerdy way to assemble a wedding party... Dungeons & Dragons-style!

Long-time readers of the blog have no doubt noticed one of the recurring themes in blog posts over the years: everything is better with puzzles in it. Mysteries, adventures, historical accounts… all of them have been enhanced in one way or another by the inclusion of a puzzly element to the topic. And romantic gestures are no different. For years now, we’ve shared stories where moments of puzzle…

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Speed and Stats in Solving: The Pros and Cons of Streaks

In today's blog post, we discuss the pros and cons of pursuing streaks in puzzle-solving!

Even before the advent of puzzle apps, stats and record-keeping in puzzle-solving was a thing. Plenty of solvers keep track of their solving times — here at PuzzleNation we share ours during our Daily POP posts across social media each morning — and it can be for any number of reasons. Maybe they like to keep in tournament-solving shape, maybe they enjoy a bit of friendly competition with fellow…

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A Festive Brain Teaser Submitted For Your Puzzly Pleasure!

In today's blog post, we share a festive logic problem submitted by one of our fellow PuzzleNationers!

[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…

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Hosting A Holiday Puzzle Hunt?

In today's blog post, we've got ideas for a Christmas morning puzzle hunt to entertain the family!

If you’re looking to spruce up Christmas morning with a puzzly challenge, or maybe prevent the kids from tearing through that wrapping paper in record time, you could create a mini holiday puzzle hunt for them to extend the holiday fun a little longer. There are several ways to do this. You could have Santa leave them a treasure map to follow. You could create a scavenger hunt with different…

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#Christmas #DIY puzzling #Geeking Out #Holiday #holiday puzzling #puzzle holiday #puzzle hunt #PuzzleNation #Puzzlin&039; fool #puzzly holiday #scavenger hunt

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The 2021 Boswords Fall Themeless League: Looking Back

In today's blog post, we look back at the recent Boswords Fall Themeless League!

After two months of challenging, engaging, and thoroughly enjoyable weekly solving, the Boswords 2021 Fall Themeless League came to a close last week. If you’re unfamiliar, the Boswords 2021 Fall Themeless League spreads out a tournament-style solving experience over nine weeks, one themeless crossword per week. Each puzzle is scored based on your answer accuracy (incorrect letters, empty…

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Sweep Your Eyes Across These Ugly Puzzly Sweaters!

In today's blog post, we go hunting for ugly puzzly sweaters!

It’s December, and you’ve probably already received an invitation to some sort of holiday event. Maybe it’s a housewarming, or a holiday luncheon, or a game night. But, maybe, it’s an ugly sweater party. Ugly sweater parties used to be events that ironically appreciated sweaters that were made with genuine affection, but simply didn’t please the eye. But once ugly sweaters became a part of pop…

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A Labyrinth of Stone and Puzzly Invention

In today's blog post, we explore the amazing story of making the world's largest dry stone labyrinth!

Many artistic and creative endeavors have a puzzly element to them. But it’s hard to think of one more intricate and puzzly than the construction of dry stone walls and structures. Dry stone walls are built without mortar, relying entirely on careful selection and placement of stones that interlock and reinforce each other. Anyone who has ever enjoyed a game of Tetris, solved a brain teaser about…

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Farewell, Stephen.

In today's blog post, we say goodbye to Broadway legend and puzzle icon Stephen Sondheim!

[Image courtesy of Vanity Fair.] Most people know him as a titan of Broadway and the American stage, the composer and lyricist behind dozens of iconic works, spanning decades. West Side Story. Gypsy. Into the Woods. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. (My personal favorite? Assassins.) Even as someone with a degree in theater, I don’t feel qualified to discuss or summarize his impact…

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What's New in the Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide?

In today's blog post, we discuss new additions to this year's Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide! Perfect for Black Friday scrolling!

It’s Black Friday, and I’m sure you’ve already been bombarded with emails and posts promising deep discounts and sales galore. We could do that too. I mean, we’ve got terrific deals on puzzle bundles for all of our apps… but then again, we do that all the time. We’re nice like that. =) And plenty of the companies that have products in this year’s Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide are going all out with…

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