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jigsaw puzzle
type of tiling puzzle
Tower of Hanoi
mathematical game or puzzle
15 puzzle
number game with 15 pieces but 16 spaces
Pyraminx
thumb|A Pyraminx slightly turned from the solved position
peg solitaire
board game for one player
Megaminx
thumb|A 6-color Megaminx, solved thumb|A 12-color Megaminx, solved thumb|A 12-color Megaminx in a star-pattern arrangement
mechanical puzzle
puzzle presented as a set of mechanically interlinked pieces
Rubik's Snake
toy with twenty-four wedges that are right isosceles triangular prisms
Rubik's Clock
two-sided puzzle
Rubik's 360
3-D combination puzzle
baguenaudier
thumbnail|A baguenaudier thumbnail|right|Diagrammatic representation of a four-ring baguenaudier thumbnail|right|A metal version of the puzzle Baguenaudier (; French for "time-waster"), also known as the Chinese rings, '''Cardan's suspension, Cardano's rings, Devil's needle or five pillars''' puzzle, is a disentanglement puzzle featuring a loop which must be disentangled from a sequence of rings on interlinked pillars. The loop can be either string or a rigid structure.
sliding puzzle
puzzle game involving sliding pieces to achieve certain configurations
flexagon
thumb|alt=A hexaflexagon, shown with the same face in two configurations|A hexaflexagon, shown with the same face in two configurations In geometry, flexagons are flat models, usually constructed by folding strips of paper, that can be flexed or folded in certain ways to reveal faces besides the two that were originally on the back and front.
Alexander's Star
combination puzzle
Rubik's Magic
puzzle created by Erno Rubik
Pyramorphix
thumb|The Pyramorphix in its solved state thumb|right|The Pyramorphix, scrambled
Skewb Diamond
combination puzzle
disentanglement puzzle
Simple games in topology
combination puzzle
also knows as twisty puzzles, turning puzzles and Rubik's puzzles
puzzle box
box that can be opened only by solving a puzzle
Klotski
thumb|In a Klotski puzzle, the largest block must be moved to the bottom middle location so that it can be slid over the border, without any of the other blocks being removed in this way.
Rush Hour
sliding block puzzle
Dogic
frame|right|The 12-color Dogic
Pyraminx Crystal
combination puzzle
burr puzzle
type of interlocking puzzle
Impossiball
thumb|The Impossiball in its solved state. thumb|The Impossiball in a scrambled state. thumb|The Impossiball partway through a turn, showing how the pieces lift up.
impossible bottle
Bottle with an item larger than the neck
Skewb Ultimate
combination puzzle
Puzzle ring
jewelry ring
Pyraminx Duo
combination puzzle
Nintendo tumbler puzzle
mathematical 3D puzzle game
Hedgehog in the Cage
puzzle
Infinity Cube
foldable cube made of die
Tuttminx
thumb|The original Tuttminx in its solved state. A Tuttminx ( or ) is a Rubik's Cube-like twisty puzzle, in the shape of a truncated icosahedron. It was invented by Lee Tutt in 2005. It has a total of 150 movable pieces to rearrange, compared to 20 movable pieces of the Rubik's Cube.
puzzle jug
trick drinking vessel
Larry D. Nichols
American puzzle designer
Minus Cube
rearrangement puzzle