Word games are knotty, paradoxical devices. They offer players the illusion of control: What could be tidier than a Scrabble board, or the orderly grid of a crossword puzzle? But they are possible ...

The Sphinx has five riddles — for each riddle you solve, you’ll unlock one chest. To answer her riddles, you need to present an item or person. Some of these riddles are really weird. Because one ...

Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today. By Sam Corbin To discuss this year’s Super Mega, please visit our guide.

There are two central questions that puzzles have always raised: Why have people from the beginning of time been so fascinated by seemingly trivial posers, which nonetheless require substantial time ...