The Different Types of Brain Teaser Puzzles

Everyone has probably seen that old metal disentanglement puzzle where there are three horse shoes, two chained together and the third one located in the middle. The object of the puzzle is to remove the third horseshoe without breaking the chains. Another logical puzzle that exploded on the scene in the 1970s was Rubik's Cube. Today, as in the past, this brain teaser puzzle baffles thousands of the best puzzle solvers all over the world. Besides these two well-known puzzles, there are thousands of brain teaser puzzles where basic logic should apply, but just doesn't seem to work. Solving these logic puzzles is a challenge even for the best master puzzle solvers.

Brain teaser or logic puzzles can be made out of anything, wood, metal, plastic, and glass. Metal and wooden puzzles date back hundreds of years. Wooden puzzle would come in the shape of a circle or square. The object was to disassemble the shape by finding the key interlocking piece. The concept of the wooden interlocking brain teaser puzzle has grown over the years to include many different shapes such as airplanes, barrels, stars, ships, animals, and just to name a few. Once a person has figured out the key interlocking piece, and is able to disassemble the shape, the next step is to reassemble it, which may not be any easy task either. Wooden brain teaser puzzles also come as assembly puzzles, easy to take apart, but harder to put back together, similar to the Rubik's cube. These also come in different shapes and different colors of wood. Most of these will be rated easy to difficult.

Metal wire brain teaser puzzle can be just as difficult if not more difficult than their wooden cousins. These can be made of the same shape metal all through the puzzle, such as all hoops, or they can be made of different metal shapes twisting in all different directions. Some diehard puzzle solvers rate the Hanayama cast puzzles as being one of the best metal puzzles being sold today. These brain teaser puzzles have six levels of difficulty, with six being the most difficult and one being the less difficult.

Another popular puzzle is the Japanese puzzle box, which has been around for over 100 years. These boxes are comprised of a secret compartment or drawer and it can take up to hundreds of moves to get the secret drawer open, depending on the size of the box. For fine quality in workmanship, it is best to order one of these from a genuine Japanese puzzle box maker. Several of these can be found on the Internet.

Glass brain teaser puzzles usually involve an oddly shaped bottle with an object in it and another object blocking the bottle opening that appears to be impossible to remove. The objective of the puzzle is to remove the object inside the bottle.

Any of these brain teaser puzzles are sure to keep a person busy for hours. Even when you are able to figure out how to solve the puzzle, you may not remember the next time.

Source: Brilliant Puzzles