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Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-27-2016
Word games are not only fun and challenging but great for improving brain function and reducing memory loss. If word games such as crossword, logic, riddle, and Sudoku puzzles are your thing, try some helpful tips for playing and solving these puzzles.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Whether you're a game novice or a puzzle pro, you like to challenge your brain with word games such as crosswords, word scrambles, and cryptograms. Keep the following tips in mind to help you solve them:
Use a straight edge to guide your eyes if necessary, and check each row or column for the first letter of the word you're looking for.
Article / Updated 04-26-2016
Crossword puzzles are just plain fun to solve, not to mention the great mental workout you get. If you're new to working crosswords, keep the following basic tips in mind:
Keep key resources, such as the following, on hand (whether in electronic or hard-copy form):
A dictionary
A slang dictionary
A thesaurus
An atlas
An almanac
Work in pencil.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
When you're working on a Sudoku puzzle you can throw vocabulary and factual knowledge out the window. Keys to solving Sudoku puzzles are logic and diligence along with these key strategies:
It's harder than it looks! Even with the easiest puzzle, you won't fill in a Sudoku grid in a matter of minutes.
Each puzzle has a unique answer; you can't find multiple ways to solve it.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Logic puzzles can take a variety of forms - involving numbers, words, or images - and they can be very easy or very difficult to solve. You don't have to worry about how a logic puzzle is put together or know specific strategies, but use your wits and the following tips to help solve them:
If you can think of more than one answer that makes good sense, chances are you've outwitted the puzzle constructor!