What Is a Visual Puzzle? Kinds, Rules and a Worked Example
A visual puzzle is solved by looking, comparing, folding or turning shapes. Its main kinds, how it differs from other puzzles, and what makes one fair.
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Articles about visual puzzles
How Many Squares Puzzle: Count Squares, Rectangles and Triangles
Count shapes size by size. A step-by-step method for squares, rectangles and triangles, with quick rules, a worked grid and a practice puzzle.
Cube Counting Puzzles: How to Count Every Cube in a Stack
Count every cube in a stack, hidden ones included. Use a height grid, check by layers and diagonals, then try a worked example and a practice puzzle.
How to Solve Mental Rotation Puzzles: Turned or Mirrored?
Tell a turned shape from a mirror image with one landmark and one side check, read cube nets, then try a worked example and two practice puzzles.
How to Solve Mirror Image Puzzles: Clocks, Letters, Tiles and Light
Undo the flip: read mirrored and water clocks, test letters and words, spot the mirrored tile and trace a light beam, with worked examples and answers.
How to Solve Hidden Picture Puzzles: A Step-by-Step Method
Find every hidden shape, letter and object with one method: one item at a time, an anchor feature and a strip sweep. Worked grid and practice puzzle.
How to Solve Spot the Difference Puzzles: The Grid Method
Scan both pictures cell by cell, sort changes by kind and check your tally. A six-step method, a worked tile puzzle and a practice puzzle with answer.
How to Solve a Pentomino Puzzle: Area, Corners and Colours
Fill a board with the 12 five-square pieces. Check area and colour, mark tight corners, place awkward pieces first, then try a worked and a practice box.
Tangled Cord Puzzles: How to Remove Every Crossing
Move one dot at a time, count crossings in pairs and fix a triangle first. A worked tangled cord puzzle, a practice puzzle and the networks that never lie flat.