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Logic puzzles

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(idea) by Tem42 (4.9 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sun Dec 26 1999 at 3:35:12

Puzzles that need logic, as opposed to math, to solve them. NOT a riddle, which usually rely on tricks of words or misunderstandings.
At least in theory.

Here's a quick list:

The brakeman, the fireman, and the engineer

Truths and lies

The smudged faces

The unexpected hanging


(thing) by /dev/joe (4.2 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Jun 12 2000 at 15:49:37

Most puzzles which are not word puzzles dependent on the meanings of words, like crosswords, can be thought of as logic puzzles in some sense. Sometimes the pure math puzzles are separated from these as another separate class of puzzle.

The World Puzzle Championship consists mainly of logic puzzles and some math puzzles.

Old Chestnuts are often logic puzzles; you can find many examples at that node.

One popular category of logic puzzles are what I call grid-logic puzzles; these include Paint by numbers, battleships, most path puzzles, and other similar puzzles.


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The brakeman, the fireman, and the engineer Truths and lies The unexpected hanging The smudged faces
fetish Old Chestnut grid-logic puzzles riddle
World Puzzle Championship Russell's paradox Path puzzle 1, 11, 21, 1211
Four men crossing a bridge Paint by Numbers pathological liar Logical Pickup Lines
The Tiger Problem battleships wu-wei Game theory
Alice in Puzzle-Land The Drunk Guy on a Cliff Puzzle stories with holes word puzzle
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