Editing Puzzle (section)

==Categories==
[[File:Set of various puzzles.jpg|thumb|Various physical puzzles]]
[[File:Raetselkreuz.jpg|thumb|Simple wooden puzzle made of three pieces]]
Puzzles can be categorized as:

*[[Lateral thinking puzzle]]s, also called "situation puzzles"
*[[Mathematical puzzle]]s include the [[missing square puzzle]] and many impossible puzzles — puzzles which have no solution, such as the [[Seven Bridges of Königsberg]], the [[three cups problem]], and [[three utilities problem]] 
**[[Sangaku]] (Japanese temple tablets with geometry puzzles)
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*A [[chess problem]] is a puzzle that uses chess pieces on a chess board. Examples are the [[knight's tour]] and the [[eight queens puzzle]].
*[[Mechanical puzzle]]s or dexterity puzzles such as the [[Rubik's Cube]] and [[Soma cube]] can be stimulating toys for children or recreational activities for adults.
**[[combination puzzle]]s like [[Peg solitaire]]
**[[construction puzzle]]s such as [[stick puzzle]]s
**[[disentanglement puzzle]]s,
**[[Mechanical puzzle#Fold Puzzles|folding puzzle]]s
**[[jigsaw puzzle]]s. [[Puzz 3D]] is a three-dimensional variant of this type.
**[[lock puzzle]]s
**A [[puzzle box]] can be used to hide something — [[jewelry]], for instance.
**[[sliding puzzle]]s (also called sliding tile puzzles) such as the [[15 puzzle|15 Puzzle]] and [[Sokoban]]
**[[tiling puzzle]]s like [[Tangram]]
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*[[Metapuzzle]]s are puzzles which unite elements of other puzzles.
*[[Paper-and-pencil game|Paper-and-pencil]] puzzles such as ''[[Uncle Art's Funland]]'', [[connect the dots]], and [[nonogram]]s
**Also the [[logic puzzle]]s published by [[Nikoli (publisher)|Nikoli]]: [[Sudoku]], [[Slitherlink]], [[Kakuro]], [[Fillomino]], [[Hashiwokakero]], [[Heyawake]], [[Hitori]], [[Light Up (puzzle)|Light Up]], [[Masyu]], [[Number Link]], [[Nurikabe (puzzle)|Nurikabe]], [[Ripple Effect (puzzle)|Ripple Effect]], [[Shikaku]], and [[Kuromasu]]; [[takuzu]].
*[[Spot the difference]]
*[[Tour puzzle]]s like a [[maze]]
*[[Word game|Word puzzles]], including [[anagram]]s, [[cipher]]s, [[Crossword|crossword puzzles]], [[Hangman (game)]], [[dropquote]]s, and [[Word search|word search puzzles]]. Tabletop and digital word puzzles include [[Bananagrams]], [[Boggle]], [[Bonza (Word Game)|Bonza]], [[Dabble]], [[Letterpress (video game)]], [[Perquackey]], Puzzlage, [[Quiddler]], [[Ruzzle]], [[Scrabble]], [[Upwords]], [[WordSpot]], and [[Words with Friends]]. [[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)]] is a game show centered on a word puzzle.
*[[Puzzle video games]]
**[[Tile-matching video game]]
**[[Puzzle-platformer]]
**[[Adventure game]]
**[[Hidden object game]]
**[[Minesweeper (video game)|Minesweeper]]